Bus Simulator 16
Skip · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.77/hr
- Reviews▼
- 71% of 3,782
- Genre rank
- Top 42% Strategy
Holding it back: Refunds, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 13h
- To 100%
- 27.8h 2.1x the story
- Achievements
- 30
Price and sales
- Sales
- 59 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 August 2022
- Sale every
- 60d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 39% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
71% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
59 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 42 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, MudRunner ($19.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Truck & Logistics Simulator ($19.99, scores 27).
More about Bus Simulator 16
Of the 461 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,604 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 286 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 2 of the 10 refunded reviewers were past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 27 percent of the 519 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 22 percent of everything written about it.
13 hours to finish it, 28 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.1 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 14 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Well hard to explain this one... I love the bus sims, and most sim games. Been playing them for a few months now, From 21 to this one, and their all great games. I don't mind the game itself, Its the Controls that's hard to do, KB and Mouse are good, but I always use a controller and its sometimes a pain to to use, as it doesn't work as intended. Wish there was something to fix this part, or it would been a great...
1 more review
Bus Simulator 16, developed by Stillalive Studios and published by Astragon Entertainment, is a city-driving simulation that attempts to combine the everyday realism of public transportation with the broader management aspects of running a municipal bus company. It follows the familiar structure of simulation games where you start small and work your way up, but instead of racing or construction, the focus here is...
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About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 470 (1 GB VRAM) or comparable graphics card, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Bus Simulator 16 scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/324310/bus-simulator-16Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.