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Drive scheduled city-bus routes, manage passenger needs and traffic, then expand a transit company across five districts.
Released 02 Mar 2016
Sell Bus Tickets
Fix Stuck Doors
Deploy Wheelchair Ramps
Get behind the wheel of 13 realistic city buses licensed by known city bus manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz and MAN. Keep an eye on the traffic code and drive your passengers safely to their destinations through five characteristic city districts.
Developed by stillalive studios · Published by astragon Entertainment
You drive city buses and carry passengers between stops across five districts. Create routes, follow schedules and traffic rules, and deal with rush-hour traffic, roadworks and emergency vehicles.
During each trip, you also handle tasks inside the bus: sell the right tickets, calm upset passengers, fix stuck doors and extend the wheelchair ramp when needed. Staying on schedule while avoiding violations helps earn money and build your reputation.
Use earnings and reputation to unlock districts and buses, hire drivers and plan routes for them. You can customize buses with colors, decals and advertising, and the game supports mods for adding or altering buses and buildings.
Some players enjoy the steady routine of driving routes and handling passenger tasks, while others like planning routes and growing a bus company. A few describe the game as relaxing or fun despite its age; comments are mixed, with control difficulties and dated presentation also recurring in the sample.
A gigantic, freely accessible world is waiting for you in Bus Simulator 16. Transport your passengers to their destinations across five authentic city districts safely and on time. Drive a two-door, three-door, or a true-to-life articulated bus through commuter traffic at rush hour, watch out for emergency vehicles, and take detours around construction sites. Make sure that you are always aware of your surroundings or you will get into trouble for accidents and traffic violations!
Apart from driving you will also have to maintain order on the inside of your bus. Calm upset passengers, repair stuck doors, sell the correct tickets, and extend the ramp for wheelchair users in a timely manner. You will have to be efficient if you want to stick to your schedule and increase your reputation in the city, earn the trust of your passengers and most importantly make lots of money! The better your reputation, the larger the contracts you will be able to secure, and the more buses will be available to your company in the shop. Unlock additional districts of the city and carefully plan routes for bus drivers in your employ, who you can hire through the ingame job exchange.
As you grow more and more successful, you will also be able to acquire advertising banners for your buses, which will bring in some additional funds. If you are not satisfied with the appearance of your buses, you can paint and decorate them with unlockable decals, ensuring that your passengers will reach their destinations in the coolest way possible.
Modding
You want to drive even more buses and arrange Sunny Springs to fit your expectations? Reconstruct the city to suit your own taste: Bus Simulator 16 is mod-friendly, and you can use programs like Blender and Gimp to adjust the visual appearance of the existing buses to your liking, as well as integrate your own custom buses and buildings into the game.
13 realistic buses: 2 door buses, 3 door buses, and articulated buses
With various originally licensed buses from Mercedes-Benz and MAN
With all currently released updates and DLCs
Gigantic, freely accessible city with 5 authentic districts that you can unlock one by one for a great open-world experience
Plan your own routes and drive them yourself
Drive your routes in single or round trips
A multitude of pedestrians and vehicles with different behaviors bring the city alive
Various challenging traffic situations (rush hour, road works, protest marches, emergency vehicles)
Unforeseen situations such as stuck doors and special requests from your passengers constantly demand your attention
Follow the traffic rules and stick to your schedule in order to unlock the various buses, districts, and missions
Manage your company, hire drivers with various characteristics and skills, and optimize your routes as well as your profit
Customize your buses with different colors and decals
Modding: Customize your buses and your city to suit your individual taste, create new buses, and integrate them into the game
Support of common steering wheels and gamepads
English voices
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 30 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Content notices |
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| Website | Official website |
