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Steam pairing guide

Important

We currently support pairing Steam using these browsers:

If you already have one of them installed, you can ignore this.

During pairing, please enable your Steam accelerator (if you need one), otherwise Steam login may fail.

Step 1: Install the browser extension

You need to install the extension to obtain Rust credentials. We support Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.

We couldn’t detect your browser type. Please choose your browser:

Other browser downloads

Click “Get” in the store

Get Rust Credential Helper from the browser extension store

Confirm “Add extension”

Confirm adding the Rust Credential Helper extension

Prerequisites

Before continuing, make sure you have:

  • Signed up
  • Logged in

If not, go back to the sign-up & login guide.

Step 2: Pair with Steam

Security statement

Protecting your Steam account is our commitment

  • The login happens on Steam’s official pages—you authenticate directly with Steam
  • The extension is only used to (after you authorize) securely receive a temporary auth.Token generated by Rust and issued via Steam
  • This token is only used to complete the game-server pairing; it does not grant account access by itself
  • Your login credentials are handled by Steam end-to-end; we do not have access to them

Step 2.1: Open the Rust+ pairing page

After the extension is installed, open the Rust+ pairing page.

Then follow the instructions and click Sign in through Steam.

Rust+ Companion pairing page - click Sign in through Steam

Step 2.2: Sign in to Steam

Click to sign in. If this is not your game account, switch your Steam account here first.

Steam login page - enter your Steam account and password

After you finish, you’ll briefly see a welcome page and then be redirected to the token page.

Rust+ Companion welcome page - redirecting to token page

Step 2.3: Finish pairing

After redirecting successfully, click Go to dashboard and set token automatically.

Token acquired - click to go to dashboard and set token automatically

Paired

Congrats! You’ve successfully bound Steam to Rust Toolbox.