The multiplayer survival game, Rust has sold over half a million copies in 5 weeks.
Gary, the maker of Gary’s Mod has stated that Rust has sold over 500,000 copies “in just over a month”. He also stated that “from sales and royalties, in a month Rust has made about 40% of what GMod has made in about nine years.” Rust is a online multiplayer sandbox survival game. A cross between DayZ, Minecraft and GMod, players begin in a random location on the map where they must scavenge, harvest and hunt to survive. The world is populated with vast landscapes, monsters and other players. The game boasts an extremely impressive crafting and building system that allows players to build elaborate houses, forts and other structures.