The Game Census
Bus Simulator 23 cover art

Bus Simulator 23

Daddysucc5000 · 2023-06-15

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Drive your daily bus route and reconnect with an old friend

97%
positive of 61 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.69
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 11,416 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2024-12-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620232026Week of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$1.392023-06-152026-09-212023-06-15 — best price $1.692023-06-22 — best price $1.992023-07-31 — best price $1.692023-08-07 — best price $1.992023-09-18 — best price $1.492023-09-25 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $1.592023-11-28 — best price $1.992023-12-22 — best price $1.492024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-04-01 — best price $1.692024-04-08 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-11-15 — best price $1.592024-11-22 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.592024-12-04 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $1.392025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $1.392025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-08-11 — best price $1.792025-08-18 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.592025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.592026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-09-14 — best price $1.692026-09-21 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DRetroLinearDrivingRelaxingStylizedEmotionalOpen WorldSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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