Release
Offline 176.61.162.189:28025 checked 5d 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 51% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct, 09:35 UTC5d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 14:41 UTC6d ago | 1 | – | 0.8 days | 0 |
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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Release?
You'll find Release 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; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Release mean?
These are the tags Release publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp500 (Max players): It has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $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.
The players
How does Release rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #11,263 puts Release in the top 51% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Release right now?
Offline now, Release was last spotted 5 days 22 hours ago. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.
Server facts
Is Release online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Release was last seen 5 days 22 hours ago. The last 6 full days saw uptime of 1%, with 2 out of 144 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 22 October 2026.
Where is Release located?
There is no region from Release. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 176.61.162.189:28025.
Which Rust version is Release on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Release runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on Release when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Release?
Release'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 5 days 23 hours.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Release?
No gather rate appears in the name of Release. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Community is its listing in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Release?
Enter client.connect 176.61.162.189:28025 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.