Garry Newman Says There's No Rust Sequel in Development, After Steam Listing Raises Eyebrows

Facepunch founder Garry Newman has denied the existence of a secret Rust sequel, after a Steam listing for the game popped up online. Suspicions of some kind of viral Rust 2 announcement were piqued last night when a reddit thread appeared highlighting a — real — Steam page for "Rust 2." Within minutes, the thread elicited a swift, potentially teasing response from a Facepunch developer, stating: "You saw nothing." But as players debated whether this new game might be a full sequel or the long-awaited port of Rust on a new engine (the current version was built using Unity), Newman ultimately stepped in to set the record straight. "Nope. We're not making Rust 2," Newman said in a short statement passed to PC Gamer, claiming that he had "no idea at all" what the Rust 2 Steam page was all about. At the time of writing, the page remains online. Newman has mentioned the possibility of a Rust 2 before, such as when he spoke out against Unity's infamous plan to introduce costly Runtime Fees for the use of games built on its engine. "Let's not make the same mistake again, Rust 2 definitely won't be a Unity game," Newman said back in 2023. Originally launched for PC and Mac in early access