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Busway Islands - Puzzle cover art

Busway Islands - Puzzle

Rising Moon Games · 2023-04-20

SteamEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 11, 2024 (Xbox One)

Busway Islands is a puzzle game about organizing roads and rails across a large archipelago. Your goal is to create a safe and efficient route between bus stations, ensuring that all passengers are picked up along the way.

78%
positive of 55 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 9,739 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.26 at Epic Game Store (2024-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 17 of 32 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020232026Week of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 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 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$0.002023-04-202026-08-272023-04-20 — best price $2.002023-05-01 — best price $2.992023-06-12 — best price $2.992023-07-17 — best price $1.792023-08-03 — best price $2.992023-09-18 — best price $2.992023-10-24 — best price $1.792023-11-21 — best price $1.792023-12-05 — best price $1.792023-12-21 — best price $1.792024-01-22 — best price $1.792024-02-27 — best price $1.492024-03-11 — best price $2.992024-04-09 — best price $1.492024-05-16 — best price $1.492024-06-13 — best price $2.992024-07-22 — best price $1.042024-07-30 — best price $2.992024-09-16 — best price $2.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-16 — best price $2.992025-01-09 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $0.592025-03-31 — best price $0.592025-05-12 — best price $0.742025-06-12 — best price $2.992025-07-14 — best price $1.492025-09-08 — best price $2.992025-10-13 — best price $1.042025-12-01 — best price $0.592026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-02-09 — best price $0.292026-03-09 — best price $2.992026-04-13 — best price $1.492026-04-28 — best price $2.992026-06-01 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Player tags

CozyCuteIndieLogicCasualPuzzleTrainsColorfulRelaxingStylized

Census log

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

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