How RustTrust Works
Understand exactly how RustTrust evaluates player profiles.
What RustTrust is — and what it is not
What we do
- Help players and server owners read a Steam profile quickly.
- Aggregate public Steam information into one clear overview.
- Highlight objective risk indicators with their exact weight.
- Show what could not be verified instead of inventing it.
What we never do
- We do not detect cheats or inspect any game client.
- We never state or imply that a player is cheating.
- We do not access private data, chats or match history.
- We do not ban, sanction or blacklist anyone.
How the Trust Score works
Weighted criteria
Every profile starts from a neutral baseline, then each criterion adds or removes points. The total is clamped between 0 and 100.
Steam Account Age
+18Older accounts accumulate verifiable history.
Steam Level
+5Long-term investment in the platform.
Rust Hours
+14Consistent playtime on Rust specifically.
VAC Ban
-30A Valve Anti-Cheat sanction on the account.
Game Ban
-40Developer-issued ban; recent bans weigh more.
Community Ban
-10Steam community restrictions.
Trade Ban
-12Trading privileges revoked by Valve.
Friends Analysis
-14Share of sanctioned accounts in the friend network.
Inventory Visibility
+5A public inventory can be verified.
Profile Visibility
-8A private profile blocks most verification.
Activity
+5Recent, regular activity on the account.
Alias History
-8Frequent name changes are a mild risk signal.
Weights shown are maximum contributions. Recent sanctions weigh more than old ones, and criteria that cannot be verified — for example on a private profile — are excluded rather than assumed.
From Steam profile to Trust Score
- 1
Public data retrieval
We query the official Steam Web API for the profile, ban records, level and Rust playtime. Nothing private is accessed.
- 2
Normalization
Raw values are converted into comparable indicators and missing fields are flagged as unknown rather than guessed.
- 3
Weighted scoring
Each indicator contributes a positive or negative weight. The sum is clamped to a 0–100 range.
- 4
Level & summary
The score maps to a risk level, and an automated summary describes the signals in plain language.
- 5
24-hour cache
Results are cached for a day, then recomputed from fresh Steam data on the next analysis.
Risk levels
Long history, no sanctions, fully verifiable profile. Nothing suggests risk.
Healthy account with minor gaps. Low risk for most communities.
Not enough public data to conclude either way. Verification recommended.
Several grey areas — private data, young account, or network signals.
Multiple negative indicators combined. Approach with caution.
Heavy sanctions or a strongly degraded profile. High risk.
Limitations
We cannot detect cheating software
RustTrust has no anti-cheat capability. It never inspects a game client, memory or network traffic.
We do not replace administrators
A score is context, not a decision. Server staff remain fully responsible for their moderation calls.
The Trust Score is an estimate
It is a statistical reading of public signals, and public signals are incomplete by nature.
Scores evolve
A score is a snapshot. It changes as Steam data changes, and an old screenshot proves nothing today.
Frequently asked questions
Think a score is wrong?
Ask for a manual review — a human checks the profile and the criteria applied.