Stephen's Playground
Offline 15.218.111.176:28015 checked 3d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 51% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags & lists
Can you explain the tags on Stephen's Playground?
Here are the tags Stephen's Playground lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp10 (Max players): The cap is 10; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167398 (Build): It runs on build 167398; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find Stephen's Playground in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Stephen's Playground are: Community Rust servers in stock. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Map and rules
Which map is currently on Stephen's Playground?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Stephen's Playground runs.
What rules does Stephen's Playground enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name Stephen's Playground. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. This server runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. In the server browser it is listed under Community, being a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
About the server
What is the location of Stephen's Playground?
There is no region listed for Stephen's Playground. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. Find it at this address: 15.218.111.176:28015.
How reliable is Stephen's Playground, and is it online now?
No stock on Stephen's Playground at the moment, last seen 3 days 12 hours ago. 2 of 72 hours online over the last 3 full days, or 3% uptime. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 10 October 2026.
Which Rust build is Stephen's Playground running?
On Windows, Stephen's Playground is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Live players
What is Stephen's Playground's rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Stephen's Playground at #11,391, in the top 51% of all ranked servers.
Is Stephen's Playground busy at the moment?
Current status for Stephen's Playground: offline, last seen 3 days 12 hours ago. It peaked at 1 this week, and the average was 1.
Wipe details
How often does Stephen's Playground wipe?
The wipes of Stephen's Playground on record are too few to show its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. 4 days 1 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
Getting in
What steps do you take to join Stephen's Playground?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 15.218.111.176:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2634
cs167398
ptrak
$r?
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.