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Bus Simulator 18

stillalive studios · astragon Entertainment · 2018-06-13

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Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jun 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 17, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 17, 2019 (Xbox One)

Experience the job of a bus driver in a vast and freely drivable urban area. Drive original licensed city buses from the great brands: Mercedes-Benz, Setra, MAN, and IVECO BUS. Transport your passengers safely and punctually, either solo in single player mode, or in multiplayer mode.

Bus Simulator 18 is a 2018 Simulation game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 13688 reviews) and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

24
playing now
81%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (227 downloads)
4.04★
PlayStation Store rating (6,411 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Bus Simulator 18 is a bus simulator game developed by Stillalive Studios and published by Astragon Entertainment. It is powered by Unreal Engine 4 and was released in June 2018 for Windows and in September 2019 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is the fifth game in the Bus Simulator franchise and is the direct sequel to Bus Simulator 16. A sequel titled Bus Simulator 21 was released in 2021.

Trailer

Bus Simulator 18 trailer thumbnail

Bus Simulator 18: Release Trailer (EN)

≈421,934 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 415 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~52/week).
  • · Review velocity up 97% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 16,758 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 342k–821k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,688 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.55-83%
Steam$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.52 at GameBillet (2026-08-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 123 of 150 observed days · $0.03 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
60360320182026Week of 2018-06-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

164102026-09-15 12:00 — 57 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 56 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 90 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 72 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 21 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 42 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 108 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 85 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 82 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 107 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 56 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 33 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 123 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 52 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 120 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 74 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 89 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k53Jun 2018Aug 2026Jun 2018 — avg 1,179 · peak 3,682Sep 2018 — avg 226 · peak 527Dec 2018 — avg 248 · peak 708Mar 2019 — avg 199 · peak 518Jun 2019 — avg 245 · peak 527Sep 2019 — avg 215 · peak 588Dec 2019 — avg 303 · peak 808Mar 2020 — avg 256 · peak 585Jun 2020 — avg 176 · peak 480Sep 2020 — avg 196 · peak 560Dec 2020 — avg 227 · peak 623Mar 2021 — avg 183 · peak 444Jun 2021 — avg 240 · peak 752Sep 2021 — avg 236 · peak 830Dec 2021 — avg 180 · peak 503Mar 2022 — avg 122 · peak 321Jun 2022 — avg 132 · peak 316Sep 2022 — avg 154 · peak 566Dec 2022 — avg 160 · peak 429Mar 2023 — avg 116 · peak 305Jun 2023 — avg 96 · peak 255Sep 2023 — avg 101 · peak 277Dec 2023 — avg 102 · peak 271Mar 2024 — avg 103 · peak 268Jun 2024 — avg 73 · peak 205Sep 2024 — avg 85 · peak 257Dec 2024 — avg 87 · peak 230Mar 2025 — avg 57 · peak 158Jun 2025 — avg 57 · peak 140Sep 2025 — avg 53 · peak 153Dec 2025 — avg 71 · peak 185Mar 2026 — avg 63 · peak 170Jun 2026 — avg 80 · peak 208Aug 2026 — avg 83 · peak 220
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$129.99$2.702018-05-302026-10-152018-05-30 — best price $29.562018-11-01 — best price $26.772019-02-04 — best price $29.742019-06-21 — best price $34.992019-12-28 — best price $28.482020-02-26 — best price $29.642020-06-10 — best price $29.292020-08-10 — best price $29.642020-10-04 — best price $29.642020-11-18 — best price $34.992021-01-20 — best price $34.992021-03-08 — best price $12.462021-04-14 — best price $27.992021-05-28 — best price $10.502021-08-18 — best price $10.542021-10-28 — best price $9.492022-01-06 — best price $27.992022-04-01 — best price $32.192022-05-24 — best price $10.492022-08-06 — best price $8.992022-11-15 — best price $29.392023-01-21 — best price $18.362023-04-29 — best price $7.502023-08-25 — best price $24.992023-12-24 — best price $15.992024-03-28 — best price $7.492024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-09-16 — best price $7.492024-12-30 — best price $6.682025-04-19 — best price $7.502025-07-14 — best price $24.992025-10-09 — best price $24.992026-01-02 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-05-22 — best price $20.992026-07-24 — best price $7.482026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2942026-05-29 — 15 pageviews2026-06-02 — 11 pageviews2026-06-06 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 19 pageviews2026-06-18 — 29 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 27 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 11 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-13 — 12 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 13 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 24 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 19 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
67.9%
earned "1 Up"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing7 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2018-07-05, latest 2020-07-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,9512%28

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRModCo-opActionDrivingModdableStrategyRealisticManagementOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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