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Bus-Simulator 2012 cover art

Bus-Simulator 2012

TML-Studios · astragon Entertainment · 2013-11-22

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Feb 23, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Catch the bus and let it take you to a detailed, virtual world.Are you ready to explore a picturesque German city behind the wheel of a realistically modeled, freely accessible bus? Then take a look at “Bus Simulator 2012” by the well-known developer studio TML!Every technical detail of the original bus has been reproduced true-to-live.

2
playing now
45%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 16,739 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 43k–85k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,067 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.92 at Gamer Thor (2025-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.89 · on sale 84 of 90 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
271Nov 2013Jan 2025Nov 2013 — avg 27 · peak 63Mar 2014 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2014 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2014 — avg 8 · peak 30Mar 2015 — avg 7 · peak 26Jul 2015 — avg 7 · peak 21Nov 2015 — avg 8 · peak 31Mar 2016 — avg 9 · peak 36Jul 2016 — avg 7 · peak 25Nov 2016 — avg 7 · peak 30Mar 2017 — avg 6 · peak 23Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 29Nov 2017 — avg 6 · peak 26Mar 2018 — avg 5 · peak 20Jul 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jan 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.81$0.992015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $3.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-12-28 — best price $9.992017-11-21 — best price $2.002018-06-18 — best price $7.992019-04-03 — best price $9.992019-12-16 — best price $1.602020-05-30 — best price $8.992020-07-26 — best price $7.342020-09-10 — best price $9.992020-10-23 — best price $7.342020-12-06 — best price $8.992021-01-22 — best price $9.992021-03-01 — best price $8.992021-04-04 — best price $9.992021-05-09 — best price $8.992021-06-21 — best price $8.992021-09-08 — best price $8.992021-10-29 — best price $9.992022-01-12 — best price $8.992022-03-27 — best price $8.992022-05-25 — best price $9.992022-08-02 — best price $8.222022-09-20 — best price $0.992023-05-12 — best price $7.342024-02-05 — best price $1.902024-07-30 — best price $6.992025-02-03 — best price $9.492025-07-28 — best price $6.992025-10-22 — best price $1.952025-12-08 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $1.952026-07-14 — best price $9.892026-08-25 — best price $1.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

DrivingRealisticFast-PacedOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerFirst-PersonSingleplayerJob SimulatorAutomobile Sim

Census log

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

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