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Programming Games in Rust

The Rust programming language has a powerful type system and provides safety without a garbage collector. This makes it suitable for game programming, where both performance and code maintenance are of high importance.

46k subscribers71 posts / mo in Sep 202648 authors / mosince 2014

r/rust_gamedev has 46k members (+8.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 71 posts a month from 48 people. Top topics: Rust Game Dev, RustServerCode and Rust Servers.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+8.7%in 12 months · +1.7% in 3 months
Oct 202646k
Growing46k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+45%vs Sep 2025 · +30% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202671
BusierPeaked at 87 in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/rust_gamedev

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Rust Game Dev24%
  2. RustServerCode1.2%
  3. Rust Servers1.1%
  4. RustProgrammingCommunity1.0%
  5. Rust Programming Learning0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. itch
  2. crates.io: Rust Package Registry
  3. Bevy Engine
  4. Bluesky Social
  5. Docs.rs

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