The Sandbox
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 1/ 10 10% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪n/a no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #13,234 top 57%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #3,680 ▼9554 places down
- Last wipe
- 28d ago no schedule published
- Next wipe
- – too few wipes seen yet
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 1 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- – Procedural Map
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026 no hostname published
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 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yet- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 15 Sep, 16:32 UTC28d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [EU] Builders Sanctuary 3.0 Creative | Sandbox | Minigames |EU · groups of 8+ · 106 on average | 48/999 | ▲+19+64.6% | |
| 2 | [NA] Builders Sanctuary 3.0 Creative | Sandbox | Minigames |NA · groups of 8+ · 87 on average | 74/999 | ▲+40+114.5% | |
| 3 | [AU] Rusticated.com - Creative Sandbox | Build | Never WipesOC · groups of 8+ · 53 on average | 71/150 | ▼−16−18.9% | |
| 4 | Atlas // CSL - Ranked | Battlefield | Aimtrain | Scrims | FFAEU · groups of 30+ · weekly · 31 on average | 87/100 | ▲+46+114.8% | |
| 5 | AQRUX RUST BUILD | CREATIVE | SANDBOXEU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 25 on average | 10/100 | ▼−13−57.3% | |
| 6 | KoalaKopters - Minicopter / Helicopter Training|Arena|Dogfightgroups of 8+ · 19 on average | 3/100 | ▼−13−80.9% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageRules & Settings
What settings and rules are in place on The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Sandbox. Groups can contain a maximum of 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use. VAC is active.
What is the current map on The Sandbox?
The game generates the procedural map on The Sandbox.
Population
Where does The Sandbox sit in the rankings?
For the last seven days, The Sandbox holds rank #13,234 on player hours, in the top 57% of all ranked servers.
How full is The Sandbox?
At present, The Sandbox is offline; the last sighting was 21 days 21 hours ago.
Wipe Cycle
What can you expect on wipe day for The Sandbox?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does The Sandbox schedule its wipes?
The record holds too few of The Sandbox's wipes to establish its rhythm. At the monthly force wipe, every Rust server wipes. That happens next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. This world has been running for 28 days 13 hours.
Server Overview
What is the location of The Sandbox?
No region is published by The Sandbox. The location shown by Rust Analytics is the one a server states; it does not verify the machine's position. 137.83.97.28:28015 is its address.
The Sandbox runs which version of Rust?
The build is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows, running on The Sandbox. The protocol has to match for you to join, and Steam applies that update.
How reliable is The Sandbox and is it currently online?
No response from The Sandbox. It was last seen 21 days 21 hours ago. 7 full days have passed with 0% uptime, 0 of 168 hours. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Analytics first saw it.
Server Tags
What is the meaning of the tags on The Sandbox?
Published by The Sandbox for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Rust's standard survival mode; mp10 (Max players): It holds 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Team size stays at the game default of 8; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: matching game versions are required to join; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794; ptrak (Networking): Runs on RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code: none set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is in use; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: the game is changed by plugins or settings. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
The Sandbox appears in which of the lists and filters on Rust Analytics?
On Rust Analytics, The Sandbox matches these lists: Modded Rust servers and Rust build and creative servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Joining the Server
What steps do I take to join The Sandbox?
Type client.connect 137.83.97.28:28015 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2633
cs163794
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.