10 Best Battle Royale Video Games - Ranked

Rust was already a popular survival game before it adopted a battle royale mode, with players having to hunt for food and shelter to keep themselves alive. Its battle royale mode retains a number of the same ideas, helping it to stand out from the crowd. In Rust Battle Royale, you start out completely naked and with nothing but a rock to defend yourself with, so it's time to put those survival skills truly to the test.

Despite this, the game completely removes the crafting and survival elements of the base Rust game, placing the emphasis squarely on killing everyone else on the map in true battle royale fashion. As you play, the map grows smaller and smaller as bombs begin to fall from the sky in a unique take on the constant threat of environmental death found in the genre, which helps matches come to a natural conclusion.

Interestingly, Rust Battle Royale allows you to team up with other people in order to win. Despite this, victory is still only awarded to the last person alive, so there's an element of tension and mistrust that permeates the game's atmosphere.