Stephen's Playground
Offline 15.218.111.176:28015 checked 18d ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 62% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Stephen's Playground?
You'll find Stephen's Playground on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Stephen's Playground mean?
For the server browser, Stephen's Playground lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167398 (Build): It's on game build 167398; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Stephen's Playground rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Stephen's Playground at #13,637, in the top 62% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Stephen's Playground right now?
Stephen's Playground went quiet 18 days 16 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is Stephen's Playground online, and how reliable is it?
The server Stephen's Playground is not online now; 18 days 16 hours have passed since it was last seen. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 10 October 2026.
Where is Stephen's Playground located?
No region is published by Stephen's Playground. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 15.218.111.176:28015.
Which Rust version is Stephen's Playground on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 is the version Stephen's Playground runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Stephen's Playground?
Stephen's Playground's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 19 days 5 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Stephen's Playground run?
Stephen's Playground uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on Stephen's Playground?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Stephen's Playground. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Stephen's Playground?
Enter client.connect 15.218.111.176:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.