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Bus-Simulator 2012 cover art

Bus-Simulator 2012

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

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
45%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–85k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,065 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.95-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 95 of 104 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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