Terms of Service

These terms are an agreement between you and the maker of Rust On Top ("we", "us"), an independent developer based in Sweden. They cover the Rust On Top desktop app, the rustontop.com website and your account there, and the ROT Pro subscription. By installing the app, using the website, or subscribing, you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use them.

They are written in plain language. Words like "AS IS" appear because the law expects them.

Rust On Top is an unofficial Windows companion app for the game Rust. It shows you information about your server, team, and base, and helps with things like death and decay tracking.

It runs on your own computer and connects to Facepunch's official Rust+ service, the same service the official Rust+ mobile app uses.

The website is where you download the app, sign in with Steam, manage your ROT Pro subscription, and connect your Discord account if you want to.

Rust On Top is an independent project. It is not made by, affiliated with, authorised, sponsored, or endorsed by Facepunch Studios Ltd, Valve Corporation, or any server operator.

"Rust" and "Rust+" are trademarks of Facepunch Studios, used here only to identify the game the app works with.

We built Rust On Top to behave like a legitimate companion app. It does none of the things that get tools banned: no reading or injecting the game's memory, no hooking into the game or its graphics, no DLL injection, no input automation or macros (it never moves, aims, builds, loots, or clicks for you), and no attempt to bypass or evade anti-cheat (EAC).

Everything the app does comes from one of three sources: (1) the official Rust+ API, the same data feed the official Rust+ app uses; (2) files already installed on your own computer, such as item and map icons; and (3) text already visible on your own screen (for example the death screen), read with optical character recognition.

Team or clan chat you send through the app goes through Facepunch's official Rust+ chat function, the same channel the official Rust+ mobile app uses.

The app never touches the running game, so it gives you no in-game advantage that the official Rust+ app does not already provide.

Used as intended, Rust On Top does not get you game-banned. As explained above, the app never touches the running game: no memory reading, no injection, no hooks, no input automation. From the game's point of view, using Rust On Top is the same as using Facepunch's official Rust+ mobile app. It talks to the same official Rust+ API, reads files already on your own computer, and reads what is already on your own screen. Easy Anti-Cheat and VAC have nothing to detect, because nothing runs inside or against the game.

Individual community servers set their own rules, and a few restrict or forbid companion tools. Check the rules of the servers you play on; if a server bans you for using a companion tool, that is between you and that server.

We cannot control or predict the decisions of companies and people we don't run: Facepunch, Easy Anti-Cheat, Valve, Steam, or any server administrator. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we therefore accept no liability for any in-game ban, server ban, kick, mute, EAC or VAC ban, Steam suspension, restriction, loss of access, loss of items or progress, or any other action taken against your account while or after using Rust On Top.

You sign in with your Steam account, on Steam's own pages. We never see your Steam password. Your Rust On Top account is tied to your Steam ID.

You are responsible for what happens through your account, so keep your Steam account secure, and tell us promptly if you believe someone else is using it. We may suspend an account to protect it or to protect the service.

ROT Pro is a paid subscription that unlocks the full desktop app. The plans, the price, the currency, any taxes, and any free-trial length are shown at checkout before you commit. Stripe processes the payments.

Subscriptions renew automatically, monthly plans each month and yearly plans each year, with the charge taken at the start of each period, until you cancel. Your subscription is tied to your Steam account and may not be resold or transferred.

When we offer a free trial, you see its length and the price after it before you start. Cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing. If you do not cancel, the trial converts into a paid subscription when it ends.

Trials let you try ROT Pro once. We may limit, withdraw, or refuse a trial where it is abused, for example repeated trials for the same person.

You can cancel at any time from your account page on the website ("Manage billing" opens the Stripe billing portal) or by emailing us at the addresses below.

Cancelling takes effect at the end of the trial or of the period you have paid for: you keep Pro access until then, and we charge you nothing further. Except as described in our Refund Policy or required by law, we do not refund the remainder of a running period.

ROT Pro is a digital service with instant access, so payments already made are final as a rule, though we review every refund request case by case. Our Refund Policy has the details, including the 14-day right of withdrawal for consumers in the EU/EEA and the UK on their first subscription.

At checkout you expressly request that ROT Pro start immediately rather than after the 14-day withdrawal period, and you acknowledge that if you withdraw, you pay a proportionate amount for the time already supplied. Stripe records that consent with your checkout. Nothing in these terms limits any refund or remedy you are entitled to under mandatory consumer law.

We may change subscription prices. If a change affects you, we tell you at least 30 days before it takes effect, and it applies from your next renewal. If you do not agree with the new price, cancel before the renewal and we will not charge it.

If a renewal payment fails, Stripe retries it and may ask you to update your payment method. While a payment is past due we may suspend Pro access, and we may cancel the subscription if payment keeps failing.

If you connect your Discord account, our bot gives you the subscriber role on the Rust On Top Discord server while your subscription is active and removes it when the subscription ends. The role is a perk on top of the paid service: our Discord server has its own rules, and we may change or discontinue the perk.

We grant you a personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited licence to install and use Rust On Top on devices you own, for your own personal use, in line with these terms.

We keep all intellectual property rights in the app.

You agree not to: (a) reverse engineer, decompile, or modify the app except where the law allows; (b) copy, redistribute, rent, resell, or commercially exploit the app or your subscription; (c) use it for any unlawful purpose or to break the rules or terms of any Rust server, Facepunch, Steam, or any third party; (d) share your authentication tokens or account with others; (e) attempt to disrupt, attack, or gain unauthorised access to the app, the website, or our systems; or (f) circumvent or attempt to circumvent subscription checks, free trials, or promotional offers.

Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your data on the website, at checkout, and in the app, including the small cropped screenshot sent to Google Gemini to read on-screen text, which is never stored.

To delete the data we hold about you, see the Privacy Policy or email us at the addresses below.

We provide the app and the website on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the app or the website will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any information or analysis they produce, including who killed you or any decay timer, is accurate or complete.

Nothing in these terms removes any statutory rights you have as a consumer that cannot be excluded under the law of your country of residence.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss, or for any loss of data, profits, items, or in-game progress, arising from your use of or inability to use the app or the website, including any loss caused by a server ban, anti-cheat action, raid, or wipe.

Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or for any liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so some of the above may not apply to you.

We may update these terms from time to time. We will update the "Last updated" date and, for important changes, give you reasonable notice in the app or on the website. If a change materially affects your paid subscription, we give you notice before your next renewal.

If you keep using the app or the website after a change takes effect, you accept the updated terms. If you do not agree, stop using the app and cancel your subscription before the change applies to you.

You may stop using and uninstall Rust On Top at any time; cancelling your subscription is described above.

We may suspend or end your access if you break these terms or if we discontinue the service, with notice where reasonably practicable. If we end your access or discontinue the service and you are not at fault, we refund the unused part of any period you have paid for. When access ends, your licence ends and you must stop using the app. Sections that by their nature should continue, such as the disclaimers, limitation of liability, and governing law, survive.

These terms are governed by the laws of Sweden, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules.

If you are a consumer, you keep the benefit of any mandatory consumer-protection rights of the country where you live. If we cannot resolve a complaint together, you can turn to the consumer dispute body in your country; in Sweden, the National Board for Consumer Disputes (Allmänna reklamationsnämnden, ARN).

Questions about these terms? Contact us at richard@rustontop.com or anton@rustontop.com.