The Game Census
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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.

67%
positive of 87 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$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 69% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87 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 9 of 19 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

Player tags

FunnyIndieShortActionCasualColorfulRelaxingAdventureDark HumorMouse only

Census log

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

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