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Desert Bus VR cover art

Desert Bus VR

Dinosaur Games · Gearbox Software, LLC · 2017-11-27

Steam

CasualFree To PlaySimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Nov 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Desert Bus is back and better than ever! The 1998 Penn and Teller cult hit mini-game is coming to virtual reality, so you can fully immerse yourself in the thrilling eight-hour trip from Arizona to Nevada. It’s almost like you’re driving the “wheel” thing!

Desert Bus VR is a 2017 Casual, Free To Play, and Simulation game that is free-to-play, with 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1730 reviews).

1
playing now
87%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10010020172026Week of 2017-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
121Dec 2017Feb 2026Dec 2017 — avg 10 · peak 49Mar 2018 — avg 3 · peak 17Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 14Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 19Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 24Jun 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 16Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 27Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 28Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 19Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 24Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 24Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 20Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 23Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 26Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 21Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2026 — avg 1 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Feb 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

15
achievements tracked
67.7%
earned "Vroom Vroom!"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,1931%15

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

Player tags

VRMemesActionCasualHorrorDrivingStrategyOpen WorldSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.