That's the delta that we feel qualifies us to leave Early Access.' 'Compare the game now to how it was when we entered Early Access. 'Please try not to compare the game to some other finished game or some idealised version you have in your head,' Newman said. Rather, it is a move toward a 'more stable' development process for Rust, in which updates will be more rigorously tested and issued monthly, and there will be two versions of the game running concurrently: a Main Branch, with monthly tested updates and smaller fixes, and a Staging Branch, with daily updates, both of which can be installed at the same time. He also advised the community to not see the move as a claim that the game is finished.

It's very much going to happen without much fuss. We're not going to move staff onto other projects. In a blog post announcing the decision, Newman said that Facepunch is, 'not planning any big reveals, launch parties, around the world tours or cash prize giveaways for this event. On February 8, Rust will take the next step and leave Early Access altogether.

It has been on Early Access for so long that, in December 2016, Facepunch founder Garry Newman attempted to break what he saw as a loop of unwittingly subjective negative feedback by inviting 'bored' players to leave the game behind. Rust launched on Early Access in December 2013, and it was an immediate hit: $3 million in revenue in two weeks, and one million unit sales in the space of two months.

Facepunch Studios' Rust will receive its official release next month, more than four years after it first hit Steam Early Access.

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