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The Bus

TML-Studios · Aerosoft GmbH · 2026-03-26

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Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Mar 26, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Transport passengers in the city bus simulation The Bus along 1:1 scale routes in Berlin, passing landmarks like the Victory Column, Brandenburg Gate, and Alexanderplatz. In the Scania Citywide LF and other licensed buses, sell tickets, handle traffic, and get everyone to their destination safely.

109
playing now
73%
positive of 8.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

109 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Bus is a bus simulation game developed by TML-Studios and published by Aerosoft. The early access version was available via Steam for Microsoft Windows on 25 March 2021, and the full version was released additionally on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 26 March 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 109 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,249 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~156/week).
  • · Review velocity up 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 168k–378k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,405 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 3 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
68068020212026Week of 2021-03-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

468632026-08-06 23:00 — 103 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 160 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 296 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 90 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 177 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 333 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 126 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 182 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 349 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 155 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 251 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 269 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 88 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 252 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 150 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 271 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 102 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 137 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 281 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 167 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 100 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 267 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 268 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 65 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 215 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 468 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 84 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 414 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 109 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$19.992021-03-252026-07-272021-03-25 — best price $24.992021-06-24 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992022-12-19 — best price $34.992023-12-21 — best price $27.992024-01-04 — best price $34.992025-01-14 — best price $27.992025-01-21 — best price $34.992025-04-28 — best price $39.992025-08-20 — best price $29.992025-08-27 — best price $39.992025-09-29 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-12-18 — best price $27.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-06-25 — best price $33.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-20 — best price $35.992026-07-27 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

3902026-08-26 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
30.8%
earned "Ready to Go"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty2 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Finnish, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4700%49
PS5 (PlayStation)2210%50
Xbox Series (Xbox)480%49

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

DrivingEconomyModdableRelaxingRealisticManagementOpen WorldSimulationAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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