Stephen's Playground
Offline 15.218.111.176:28015 checked 18d ago
Measurements
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.
Quick answers
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, within the top 62% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Stephen's Playground?
We have no live count for Stephen's Playground right now. It was last seen 18 days 12 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Stephen's Playground mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Stephen's Playground is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Stephen's Playground?
On Rust Population, Stephen's Playground is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Stephen's Playground?
The record holds too few of Stephen's Playground's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 19 days 1 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Stephen's Playground run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Stephen's Playground.
What are the rules and settings on Stephen's Playground?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Stephen's Playground states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Stephen's Playground run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows is what Stephen's Playground uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Stephen's Playground online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Stephen's Playground was last seen 18 days 12 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 10 October 2026.
Where is Stephen's Playground located?
A region is not published by Stephen's Playground. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 15.218.111.176:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Stephen's Playground?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 15.218.111.176:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.