The game is practically empty right now.The world is filled with mostly placeholders and it really feels like a pre-Alpha Dayz with some minecraft crafting added in for good measure.It seems to have potential, but the game is basically at 10-15% complete right now so defintely not worth 20 euros.Go buy Project Zomboid for a lot less for the survival thrill.

UPDATE: SO after many years I decided to fireup Rust once more. The difference was dramatic, might as well be a different game. Servers are variable, so if you watn a cutthroat, grief or be griefed place you can find it, if you want to chill building you base you can also find it and anything in between. The game is great in balancing its survival difficulty, not being a chore and always being on edge because you die 2 minutes after having no water, but it still punishing if you are unlucky and/or not careful, even in end game gear.

It still have things that are very rough, like horses that cant jump a 1 cm gap and get permastuck in rocks or a building process thas is an exercise to frustation, compared to similar other games

But this is still one ofmy most plaeyd games, and from a 3/10 I would give years ago, its a solid 8/10 now for me. IT loses a few points due to the rough mechanics existing still, and that includes a "loot box" system for ingame skins (so basically, gambling)

The game is practically empty right now.The world is filled with mostly placeholders and it really feels like a pre-Alpha Dayz with some minecraft crafting added in for good measure.It seems to have potential, but the game is basically at 10-15% complete right now so defintely not worth 20 euros.Go buy Project Zomboid for a lot less for the survival thrill. UPDATE: SO after many years I decided to fireup Rust once more. The difference was dramatic, might as well be a different game. Servers are variable, so if you watn a cutthroat, grief or be griefed place you can find it, if you want to chill building you base you can also find it and anything in between. The game is great in balancing its survival difficulty, not being a chore and always being on edge because you die 2 minutes after having no water, but it still punishing if you are unlucky and/or not careful, even in end game gear. It still have things that are very rough, like horses that cant jump a 1 cm gap and get permastuck in rocks or a building process thas is an exercise to frustation, compared to similar other games But this is still one ofmy most plaeyd games, and from a 3/10 I would give years ago, its a solid 8/10 now for me. IT loses a few points due to the rough mechanics existing still, and that includes a "loot box" system for ingame skins (so basically, gambling)