Although they're still arduous and white-knuckle, there are no other survival games, whether The Long Dark, The Forest, or Project Zomboid, that make you work like Rust does. It's an epic journey. You begin with nothing - the first few hours, you're picking through the wilderness for sticks and rocks. But after enough time and sweat, you can scavenge, research, and craft even the most elaborate modern conveniences. After the transformative Jungle update from earlier this month, Facepunch has just made a less public but still-significant change to the survival shooter's stealth combat.
RELATED LINKS:
The Rust Jungle update introduces the survival game's deadliest animal yet
The Rust Jungle update has a date, and you can test it right now
Rust update makes softcore mode easier, as the survival game teases a new biome
The Rust Jungle update is a testament to the team at Facepunch Studios. Over a decade since it first launched, one of the founding figures of modern survival games remains steadfastly atop the Steam charts, pulling in hundreds of thousands of players daily. Competitors such as Ark, Valheim, and Once Human certainly have their moments, but Rust remains the most consistent presence among them, and a big part of that its regular cadence of impactful updates. Now, it's introducing the game's first new biome since it originally implemented Rust's procedural world generation.
RELATED LINKS:
The Rust Jungle update has a date, and you can test it right now
Rust update makes softcore mode easier, as the survival game teases a new biome
New Rust crafting update adds bee farms, new recipes, and more automation tools
Survival hellscape Rust has added a tropical jungle biome to its procedurally generated maps, the biggest change to the landscape of the game in nine years. It'll appear close to where new players spawn and hides a number of threats and fun. Poisonous snakes will skitter through the undergrowth and riverside crocs will chew your face given the chance. There are ruins and temples hidden among the trees, housing some basic loot. And you can swing from vines, perhaps inspiring a whole new life in the canopy. Probably for the best, considering there are now tigers and panthers stalking the ground below.
