Backyard
Online 193.192.59.248:28400 checked 11m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 68% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 20h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:34 UTC FW28d ago | 0 | – | running | 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 Backyard?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Backyard: 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 Backyard mean?
For the server browser, Backyard lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Backyard rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Backyard at #15,268, within the top 68% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Backyard right now?
The current tally at Backyard: 0 players across 50 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
Server details
Is Backyard online, and how reliable is it?
Backyard is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 4 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does Backyard run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 11 server fps, with a low of 5. The world carried as many as 74,772 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 1,933 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
Where is Backyard located?
No region is published by Backyard. 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 193.192.59.248:28400.
Which Rust version is Backyard on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Backyard runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Backyard when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Backyard?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for Backyard, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 28 days 3 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Backyard run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 2147483647 is what Backyard runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Backyard?
No gather rate appears in the name of Backyard. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Backyard?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 193.192.59.248:28400. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.