Release
Offline 176.61.162.189:28025 checked 6d 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 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 UTC6d 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Release rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Release places at #11,260, within the top 51% of ranked servers.
How busy is Release?
At this count Release is offline, with its last sighting 6 days ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Release mean?
These are the tags Release publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): 500 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Release?
Release appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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; Last wipe: In the last week.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Release?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Release?
Too few wipes are on record for Release to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 6 days 1 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
What are the rules and settings on Release?
Nothing in Release's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Release run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Release. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Release online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Release 6 days ago, and it is offline now. It was up 1% of the time over the last 6 full days, 2 out of 144 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 22 October 2026.
Where is Release located?
A region is not published by Release. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 176.61.162.189:28025.
Getting in
How do I join Release?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 176.61.162.189:28025; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.