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City Bus Manager

PeDePe GbR · Aerosoft GmbH · 2024-06-25

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 15, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 15, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), May 15, 2025 (PlayStation 4), May 15, 2025 (Xbox One), Jun 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!

City Bus Manager is a 2024 Casual and Simulation title priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2864 reviews).

193
playing now
91%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.74★
PlayStation Store rating (241 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

193 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Build your own depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own home town or any famous city in the world. Recreate the official bus network or change it completely to your preference. Did you ever think your local bus schedule sucks? This is your chance to show that you can step it up. Connect all the Points of Interests and see your passenger numbers grow. Buy new buses and hire staff to make sure you can keep up with your schedule. Take care of your buses in the repair and washing stations to make sure they meet your customers' demands. Build a (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 193 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 284 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 29,185 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 58k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,887 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $16.49 at Fanatical (2023-09-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31531520222026Week of 2022-11-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

432692026-09-15 15:00 — 386 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 139 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 139 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 432 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 201 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 129 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 325 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 248 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 128 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 387 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 319 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 69 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 180 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 258 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 106 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 143 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 243 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 72 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 127 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 298 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 106 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 79 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 193 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
34378Nov 2022Aug 2026Nov 2022 — avg 324 · peak 973Jan 2023 — avg 123 · peak 308Mar 2023 — avg 88 · peak 264May 2023 — avg 112 · peak 359Jul 2023 — avg 107 · peak 236Sep 2023 — avg 108 · peak 231Nov 2023 — avg 128 · peak 267Jan 2024 — avg 178 · peak 424Mar 2024 — avg 174 · peak 424May 2024 — avg 129 · peak 267Jul 2024 — avg 343 · peak 783Sep 2024 — avg 197 · peak 534Nov 2024 — avg 189 · peak 392Jan 2025 — avg 227 · peak 496Mar 2025 — avg 186 · peak 389May 2025 — avg 176 · peak 384Jul 2025 — avg 177 · peak 409Sep 2025 — avg 190 · peak 441Nov 2025 — avg 192 · peak 408Jan 2026 — avg 214 · peak 463Mar 2026 — avg 180 · peak 407May 2026 — avg 190 · peak 464Jul 2026 — avg 173 · peak 361Aug 2026 — avg 155 · peak 303
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-232026-10-132026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$14.202022-11-102026-08-102022-11-10 — best price $26.692022-12-22 — best price $23.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-07 — best price $19.992023-05-26 — best price $26.882023-07-10 — best price $29.992023-07-21 — best price $23.992023-08-04 — best price $26.882023-10-27 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992023-12-29 — best price $26.882024-02-02 — best price $29.992024-02-26 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-03-19 — best price $20.992024-04-06 — best price $27.562024-04-29 — best price $22.772024-06-26 — best price $16.492024-07-09 — best price $22.042024-07-25 — best price $29.992024-08-05 — best price $19.492024-08-30 — best price $29.992024-10-14 — best price $29.992024-11-23 — best price $29.992024-12-03 — best price $29.992024-12-08 — best price $22.042025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $28.492025-05-04 — best price $29.992025-07-24 — best price $29.992025-09-17 — best price $29.092025-11-24 — best price $20.092026-01-31 — best price $17.992026-04-10 — best price $14.202026-06-25 — best price $17.992026-07-31 — best price $16.202026-08-10 — best price $22.77
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-01 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
87.2%
earned "Kickoff"
23%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

14 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Dutch, Czech…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2023-12-19, latest 2025-12-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1571%59
PS5 (PlayStation)773%58
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)510%58
PS4 (PlayStation)20%58

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

LogicCasualEconomyForeignSandboxColorfulRelaxingStrategyCapitalismManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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