Game overview
Bus Simulator 18
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.
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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!
Features:
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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System requirements Windows
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Minimum
Minimum:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7/8/10 64-Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3 with 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 with 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 (1GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon R7 360 (2GB VRAM) or higher
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 6500 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 (4th gen.) with 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8370 with 4 GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB VRAM) or higher
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 6500 MB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- astragon Entertainment
- Brazilian rating
- l
- Steam Germany rating
- 12
- Achievements
- 28
- Controller support
- full
- Metacritic
- 67
- Features
- Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English*, French, German*, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Korean
*languages with full audio support - Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- [email protected] Support site ↗
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features
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Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.
Structured language support (12)
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| German | Yes | Yes | No |
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | No | No |
| Czech | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| Polish | Yes | No | No |
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | No | No |
| Russian | Yes | No | No |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | No | No |
| Turkish | Yes | No | No |
| Korean | Yes | No | No |
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Value Score
Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 55th percentile. Priced as Market at $14.99.
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