Rust Server Now reads the public server list every five minutes and records what each server reports about itself.
Use Rust Server Now to judge a server before you join it. The in-game browser shows a name and a player count. It does not show a wipe history, a rating or a trend. This site does.
The data comes from Steam's public Rust server list: names, player counts, queues and the tags each server publishes. Where a server answers direct queries, the site also records map seed, server fps and entity count. Not every server replies, so some entries show only what Steam publishes. From those sources the site builds a live picture: population, wipe times and schedules, region, group limits and settings. Every list on the site ranks servers by the players on them now. You can re-sort by rank, by recent wipes or by the next wipe. Each server's page carries an evaluation from 0 to 100, averaged from six readings: population against slots, standing in the rank, uptime over 48 hours, server fps, how well its wipes hold their crowd, and rank movement this week. Every server also has a tier from Bronze to Titanium, set only by its rank on player hours over the last seven days. Lists are never ordered by the evaluation, and there is no other rating.
Ranks are based on players over the past week, hour by hour. A server that is busy every day ranks above one that fills up for a single evening after a wipe. The lists are ordered by player count, never by payment. This site is independent and built by Rust players. It is not affiliated with Facepunch Studios, and nothing here is endorsed by them. Server names, descriptions and images belong to the people who run those servers.
Everything shown comes from what servers publish about themselves. If something about your server looks wrong, the fix is usually in the server's own settings, and changes appear within about five minutes. If it still looks wrong, write to hello@rustservernow.net.