Rust is Facepunch Studios' online survival game. It entered Steam Early Access in December 2013, fully released on PC in February 2018 and later reached consoles. You spawn naked on an island with a rock and a torch.
The loop is gather, research blueprints, build a base to hold your loot, and keep neighbours from blowing it open. Raiding is the heart of the game, so most people play in clans. Later come vehicles from horses to helicopters, plus electricity and farming. There are thousands of official, community and private servers with their own rules, and every server is force-wiped on the first Thursday of each month.
It suits players who want lawless PvP and have a group. Solo play is rough: your base can be raided while you are offline, and the wipe clears everything anyway.
