With friends, Rust is an absolutely wonderful experience. You get together, you pool your effort and resources, and you build structures and defend them as a team. There are many games out there that share similar concepts, but none of them pull it off quite like Rust does.

Unfortunately, if you do not have friends, expect the game to be a long, miserable slog where any progress you make toward moving up in the world is quickly stomped out by those in power and you end up dying alone. Just like real life.