The Game Census
Bustories cover art

Bustories

Nikita P. · SA Industry · 2018-04-19

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A small visual novel about bus trips and conversation with different companions, whom you see for the first and last time in your life.

Bustories is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 87 reviews).

67%
positive of 85 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–5.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 85 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2022-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720182026Week of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.392018-04-302026-07-232018-04-30 — best price $3.992018-11-01 — best price $3.992019-01-03 — best price $3.992020-07-09 — best price $3.992020-11-30 — best price $3.992021-08-13 — best price $3.992021-12-04 — best price $3.992022-01-26 — best price $3.992022-03-23 — best price $3.992022-07-07 — best price $3.992022-09-05 — best price $3.992022-11-21 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-03-06 — best price $2.392023-04-13 — best price $0.392023-06-29 — best price $1.992023-08-21 — best price $2.192023-12-21 — best price $1.592024-03-11 — best price $1.992024-06-08 — best price $0.792024-09-09 — best price $0.792024-11-27 — best price $0.672025-01-05 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-18 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $4.992025-10-22 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-03 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-04-19 (Steam store data)

Player tags

FunnyIndieShortActionCasualColorfulRelaxingAdventureDark HumorMouse only

Census log

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

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