Following weekly maintenance, Rust is unavailable on Steam, with Facepunch Studios, the game’s creator, claiming that the problem is “beyond our control.” The wildly popular survival game is still at the top of Steam’s most played lists, but since the most recent weekly maintenance, Rust users have reported being unable to connect to servers. The developer claims that it has contacted Valve to try and find a solution and is now waiting for a response.
Following the regular weekly maintenance period, users found themselves hit with a message reading, “Disconnected due to error: Steam auth timeout.” After several hours with no resolution, the Rust Twitter account commented, “We’re still seeing large amounts of users unable to connect to servers after Steam’s weekly maintenance period. We’re continuing to monitor and have reached out to Valve to find a solution. We apologize for the downtime.”
It appears the situation is still ongoing, and Facepunch Studios now says, “We’re continuing to see mass user Steam authentication timeouts across the Rust server network. This issue is beyond our control.” It’s unclear exactly what the problem is, although the developer adds, “We have made Valve aware of our situation and [are] awaiting a resolution.”
Rust downtime – tweet from Facepunch games: “We’re continuing to see mass user Steam auth timeouts across the Rust server network. This issue is beyond our control. We have made Valve aware of our situation and awaiting a resolution. We apologize for the downtime.”
Players affected by the Rust outage are worried that the unexpected downtime may interfere with potential raids. YouTuber Bernie ‘BernE’ had been loading up for a large-scale raid and comments in response to the Facepunch update, saying, “87 rockets and an incredible story down the drain. Thanks Steam servers, that’s three days I’ll never get back.”
We’ll monitor the situation, and will update this story when the Rust servers return to action. In the meantime, you’ll just have to hope that your base and all your hard-earned goodies stay safe during the downtime.
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