This article was updated by Andrea Trama on April 11, 2026, regarding the veracity of the rumor that Rust 2 is in development. It was first published on April 9. UPDATE: Facepunch founder Garry Newman ...

Yesterday, someone posted a picture of a barebones Steam page to r/playrust, captioned, "RUST 2 IS REAL?!" Any other day, players would have chalked this up to the equivalent of a Silkpost, but ...