Rust has been steady since it came out with ofc some ups and downs, however the game blew up in 2018. Its bigger and better than it has ever been. Youtubers and content creators are actually making a living off this game now. Rust is still in the top 10 most concurrent players on steam charts. Rust has come a long way. Make a server sometime
I play on a server called Rust Empires. It has a nice mix of PVP and PVE. This server doesnt have the usual toxicity that most servers have.
Ive been playing in a server that is PVE until 2 days before the wipe then it becomes PVP called the purge - seems pretty popular