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GameServers.com

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Offline · checked 24d ago · 173.199.72.27:28016

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server GameServers.com, reached at 173.199.72.27:28016. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,993 of all servers, the top 71%. It last wiped 115d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/500% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,993top 71%
Last wipe115d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–no wipe seen yet

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

No hourly history yet.
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 71% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep24 Sep28 Sep3 Oct7 Oct11 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

5.2History

Table 2: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of GameServers.com
Figure 4: The map: Procedural Map, size 3000, seed 2479920. Open on RustMaps.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address173.199.72.27:28016
Region–
Max players50
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe5 Jul 2026, 16:06 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size3000
Seed2479920

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are player-run rust server list [2] and servers wiping soon [3].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 537 on average164/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average170/200
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 291 on average18/250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 281 on average15/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 275 on average14/100
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 248 on average76/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1In which location is GameServers.com based?

No region is published by GameServers.com. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 173.199.72.27:28016 is its address.

A.2How reliable is GameServers.com, and is it currently online?

At the present moment, GameServers.com is offline; it was last seen 24 days 23 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 0%, with 0 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.3What is the Rust version for GameServers.com?

GameServers.com is running Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 on the Windows operating system. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.4What schedule does GameServers.com follow for wipes?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for GameServers.com to reveal its rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. The current world has been running for 115 days 14 hours.

Player count

A.5What is the rank of GameServers.com among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts GameServers.com at #15,993, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

A.6What is the population level of GameServers.com?

The last recorded sighting of GameServers.com was 24 days 23 hours ago; it is offline now.

Tags and filters

A.7What do the tags associated with GameServers.com signify?

Tags from GameServers.com, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp50 (Max players): It offers 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2631 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2631; cs156658 (Build): Build 156658 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.8Where can GameServers.com be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that GameServers.com fits are: Rust community servers, measured. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Rules, settings, map

A.9Which settings and rules are in force on GameServers.com?

No gather rate appears in the name of GameServers.com. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. Listed as survival, the game mode is gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.10On which map does GameServers.com take place?

Size 3,000 and seed 2479920 define the procedural, game-generated map on GameServers.com. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

How to join

A.11How do you connect to GameServers.com?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 173.199.72.27:28016. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2631,gmrust,cs156658,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp50Max players. It offers 50 slots.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2631Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2631.
cs156658Build. Build 156658 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Player-run rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.