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Drive licensed city buses across a freely drivable town, serve passengers on schedule, and grow a bus company alone or with friends.
Released 13 Jun 2018
Drive City Buses
Plan Bus Routes
Manage Your Company
Experience the job of a bus driver in a vast and freely drivable urban area. Drive original licensed city buses from the great brands: Mercedes-Benz, Setra, MAN, and IVECO BUS. Transport your passengers safely and punctually, either solo in single player mode, or in multiplayer mode.
Developed by stillalive studios · Published by astragon Entertainment






Take the role of a city bus driver in a freely drivable urban area spanning 12 districts, from downtown and the harbour to villages and a business park. Choose among eight buses from Mercedes-Benz, Setra, MAN, and IVECO BUS.
Drive routes and pick up passengers while aiming to reach stops safely and on time. Traffic, weather, roadworks, potholes, accidents, fare evaders, and passenger requests can complicate a shift; play in simplified or realistic mode, in day or night conditions.
Earn money and reputation through your driving, then expand your service by unlocking districts and buses. Plan routes, purchase or sell buses, assign staff, and customize vehicles; play solo or with up to three friends, or create and share routes, buses, liveries, and maps using modding tools.
Players who enjoy Bus Simulator 18 often describe its bus driving and city routes as relaxing, and appreciate the sense of routine, bus handling, and company or route management. Some also enjoy playing with friends. Opinions are mixed: recurring complaints include crashes and bugs, unpredictable traffic and pedestrians, and routes that can feel repetitive.

Whether in the industrial or harbour zone, downtown, in the surrounding villages or the business park, in Bus Simulator 18, you experience up-close the exciting everyday life of a bus driver in a vast and freely drivable urban area. Get behind the wheel of your 8 original licensed city buses from the great brands of Mercedes-Benz, Setra, MAN, and IVECO BUS and transport your passengers safely and punctually to their destinations, either solo in single player mode, or with friends in real-time multiplayer mode.
As a bus driver in the 12 different districts, you’ll face the challenges of the traffic in a big city and everything that entails. Don’t be deterred by freak weather conditions, potholes, traffic jams, fare evaders, accidents, construction sites, night driving and specific passenger requests. On the contrary, take full control of your bus, earn money, gain a good reputation owing to your safe and punctual driving style and enjoy almost limitless driving pleasure in the authentic urban locations. Use the thousands of miles of virtual roads and streets to gain new districts, new buses and new customisation options.

With the extensive modding support of Bus Simulator 18 there are no limits: create routes, build your own buses, create bus liveries, design new maps and share them with the community, or download and install the modding content available from the Steam Workshop to enhance your game experience.
But drive carefully with the buses you build! Don’t cause any damage or accidents and watch out for the speed cameras located around the city, or it could have a negative effect on your reputation, not to mention your wallet.
So, what are you waiting for? Your shift has already started!
8 buses from 4 leading manufacturers are faithfully reproduced in meticulous detail, including the Mercedes-Benz Citaro K, Mercedes-Benz Citaro G, MAN Lion’s City bus, MAN Lion’s City CNG articulated bus, SETRA S 418 LE business, SETRA S 416 LE business, IVECO BUS Urbanway and the IVECO BUS Urbanway CNG articulated bus.
In real-time multiplayer mode you can drive around the 12 districts and over 5.8mi² of routes in the freely drivable urban area with up to 3 friends and therefore promote your bus service.
The updated progression system and the comprehensive management element, including route planning, the purchase and sale of buses, staff planning and numerous statistics will guarantee long-term game motivation.
For novices and pros: you can play in a simplified or a realistic mode.
Modding: let your imagination run wild and create routes, build your own buses, design bus liveries, create new maps and share them with the community. You can also download and install the modding content available from the Steam Workshop to enhance your game experience.
Support for popular steering wheels, gamepads, Tobii eye tracking and TrackIR.
Authentic bus sounds, extensive tutorial and passenger voiceovers in English and German to provide even more atmosphere.
Control your bus in different weather conditions, both day and night.
Customisation: fully customise your buses with different colours, patterns and advertising panels.
Authentically reproduced cockpits of the 4 manufacturers, equipped with numerous individual functions.
Smart traffic AI and a range of challenging traffic situations await you (bus station, night driving, construction sites, diversions, long-distance journeys, potholes, traffic jams, accidents and speed bumps, etc.).
For a complete gaming experience, a variety of incidents in the bus, e.g. interior soiling and debris, special passenger requests, fare dodgers, loud music and cars parked in designated bus bays.
Modern technology: The Unreal® Engine 4 provides a high level of graphic detail and stunning simulation quality.
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| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 28 |
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| Players | 1–4 |
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| Multiplayer | Bus Simulator 18 supports single-player and online real-time multiplayer. Official text states multiplayer supports up to 3 friends, for 4 players total. Players can drive around the city together in the same company, drive separate routes, ride in the same bus, change drivers, and perform bus-related tasks such as checking tickets. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game has extensive modding support and Steam Workshop integration for routes, buses, liveries, and maps. The provided text does not explicitly state whether mods work in multiplayer, but reviews mention the game is moddable and multiplayer is built in without requiring mods. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 7 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 67/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |