Players
Big Brother is Watching
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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 64% of all ranked servers, top 82% in EU. 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
| 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
Quick answers
Host and version
Is Big Brother is Watching online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Big Brother is Watching is not running; the last sighting was 28 days 23 hours ago. Of the past 7 full days it was running for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. Rust Charts has tracked it since 13 September 2026.
Where is Big Brother is Watching located?
The EU tag is how Big Brother is Watching lists its location: Europe. Rust Charts shows the location a server claims, not where the machine actually is. Connect at 82.16.184.189:28015.
Which version of Rust does Big Brother is Watching run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Linux is what Big Brother is Watching runs. Steam updates your game for you; all you need is the same protocol to join.
Who is on
How busy is Big Brother is Watching?
Last seen 28 days 23 hours ago, Big Brother is Watching is currently offline.
How does Big Brother is Watching rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours for the past week, Big Brother is Watching is #15,188: top 64% overall and #2,445 in Europe.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Big Brother is Watching?
Big Brother is Watching's wipe rhythm is not yet clear: too few are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and it covers every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 52 days 18 hours.
Rules and world
What are the rules and settings on Big Brother is Watching?
The name Big Brother is Watching carries no gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, as the game sets by default. You play pve, other players cannot be fought. The server browser shows it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide plugins running. VAC is on: that is Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map does Big Brother is Watching run?
Big Brother is Watching runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed produce the same map. You will see the map name as: Custom Map.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include Big Brother is Watching?
The Rust Charts lists that carry Big Brother is Watching are: EU Rust servers, Modded Rust servers and Rust PvE servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Big Brother is Watching mean?
gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 8, the default; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2633 to get in; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794 is what runs here; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's usual one; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^p (PvE): This is PvE: the world is the danger, not other players; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Listed as modded because plugins or settings differ from the base game; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe — that's the set of tags Big Brother is Watching publishes for the server browser. Player numbers now, queue size and world creation time sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
Join details
How do I join Big Brother is Watching?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 82.16.184.189:28015. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. Head to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I for its website.
