r/rust_gamedev is a subreddit with 45k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses rust, game, bevy, game engine, and engine, and they frequently recommend/review game engines.
The Rust programming language has a powerful type system and provides safety without a garbage collector. This makes it suitable for game programming, where both performance and code maintenance are of high importance.
Popular Themes in r/rust_gamedev
#1
Self-Promotion
: "Rust is amazing. Building a space physics sandbox from scratch with Rust + WGPU"
13 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Hey we are making a trainsim/puzzle game, where you can control time. All made in rust! It would be awesome if you would play it and give feedback to make it better! You can play it here: https://coffejunkstudio.itch.io/railroad-scheduler"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Unhinged Pathfinding: Final Touches before Gnomes Demo Release [Writeup in Comments]"
4 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "I built a Godot-style Node/Scene system in Rust. Here's a look at the API and how it differs from ECS"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/rust_gamedev
#1
Rust
: "I made a movement shooter in Rust + Bevy for any FPS chads out there 📢"
194 posts
#2
Game
: "Why is nobody talking about this Game?"
82 posts
#3
Bevy
: "BerryCode v0.8.1 — a native IDE for Bevy, built in Bevy"
78 posts
#4
Game Engine
: "Fyrox Game Engine 1.0.0 Release Candidate"
48 posts
#5
Engine
: "Announcing MegaFactory Tycoon. Game made with Rust and Bevy Engine."
28 posts
#6
Wgpu
: "Learn Wgpu - Update to Wgpu 26.0.1 and started compute pipeline guide"
22 posts
#7
Gamedev
: "Macroquad after 2 years of mostly fulltime Rust Gamedev - the good, the bad, and the ugly (what I wish I could have read back in 2023)"
21 posts
#8
Ecs
: "Ever Since I tried Ecs I don't want to go back to OOP."
10 posts
#9
Physics
: "Rust is amazing. Building a space Physics sandbox from scratch with Rust + WGPU"
10 posts
#10
Simulation
: "Climate Simulation with plate tectonics and erosion in Godot and Rust"
10 posts
Products Discussed in r/rust_gamedev
Game Engines
6 reviews
#1
Bevy
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#2
Godot
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Rend3
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/rust_gamedev
#1
question:snoo_thoughtful:
: "How mature is wgpu now? Can I use rust for a solo game dev hobby project now? Rust worth learning before c++(cargo>cmake) ? or c++ first(been trying for 2 months and think I'd be more productive in rust without worrying about cmake/build systems)."
4 posts
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Last updated: June 28, 2026