Can My PC Run Rust?

Game details

Developer

Facepunch Studios

Publisher

Facepunch Studios

Released

8 February 2018

Engine

Unity

About Rust

Rust is one of the most memory-hungry games on Steam: 16 GB is the published recommendation and an SSD is strongly advised because of how much the world streams during play.

Common questions about running Rust

Each link runs a real comparison against the published specification.

• Can a GeForce GTX 980 run Rust?
• Can a GeForce GTX 1070 run Rust?
• Can a Radeon RX 5600 XT run Rust?
• Estimate Rust performance at your resolution

What PC do I need for Rust?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card

AMD Radeon RX 6600XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Arc B580

Processor

Intel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Memory

16 GB RAM

Storage

45 GB

Operating system

Windows 11 64bit

Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.

Can my laptop run Rust?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the AMD Radeon RX 6600XT named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

Keep checking

• Can my PC run it? Check your specs
• What games can my PC run?
• Minimum vs recommended requirements explained
• More action games like Rust
• How to check your PC specs