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Game App 491540

The Bus

TML-Studios · published by Aerosoft GmbH · released Mar 26, 2026

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.

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Follow Data updated 19h ago · YouTube searched 2d ago
Price
$39.99
US store
Reviews
73%
7,945 · Mostly Positive
Playing now
40
sampled 14h ago
24h peak
40
all-time seen 45
Followers
38,392
2h ago
Owners (est.)
~238K
119K – 381K
Revenue (est.)
~$5.2M
gross, lifetime · how
YouTube activity
0
videos · 30 d
19
creators
2M
views · 1 y
Twitch activity 2 watching · 2 live
2
avg viewers · 30 d
190
hours watched · 30 d
35
streamers · 30 d

Product info

from Steam's PICS · read 1h ago
Change number
40,923,223 · seen 1h ago
Public build
24,981,026 · Oct 29, 2026 (15d ago)
Operating systems
windows
Architecture
64-bit
Install size
61 GB · 50 GB download
Install folder
The Bus
Controller support
Full
Metacritic
—
Release state
released
Community
hub · Workshop · stats

Steam Deck

Unsupported

Tested Aug 26, 2026 on build 23,682,867

  • ✕Unsupported graphics performance

Branches · 13

every build Steam serves for this app
BranchBuildUpdatedDescription
public 24,981,026Oct 29, 2026 · 15d ago
beta 24,981,026Aug 28, 2026 · 2mo ago Public Beta
release_1.0 23,702,048Jun 12, 2026 · 5mo ago Old Version - Release 1.0
release_1.1 23,682,867Jun 12, 2026 · 5mo ago Old Version - Release 1.1
3.1_ea 18,765,029Jan 21, 2026 · 9mo ago Old Version - Early Access 3.1
3.0_ea 18,113,374Jun 6, 2025 · 1y ago Old Version - Early Access 3.0
2.5_ea 15,966,178Apr 16, 2025 · 1y ago Old Version - Early Access 2.5
2.4_ea 13,375,620Mar 3, 2025 · 1y ago Old Version - Early Access 2.4
2.3_ea 14,906,587Jul 2, 2024 · 2y ago Old Version - Early Access 2.3
2.2_ea 13,021,481Dec 21, 2023 · 2y ago Old Version - Early Access 2.2
2.1_ea 10,510,349Apr 4, 2023 · 3y ago Old Version - Early Access 2.1
2.0_ea 10,181,207Feb 15, 2023 · 3y ago Old Version - Early Access 2.0
1.0_ea 6,432,704Apr 9, 2021 · 5y ago Old Version - Early Access 1.0

Build history

every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)
BuildBranchReleasedFirst seen
24,981,026public Oct 29, 2026 07:523d ago
24,981,026beta Aug 28, 2026 07:453d ago
23,702,048release_1.0 Jun 12, 2026 13:053d ago
23,682,867release_1.1 Jun 12, 2026 13:023d ago
18,765,0293.1_ea Jan 21, 2026 14:043d ago
18,113,3743.0_ea Jun 6, 2025 13:523d ago
15,966,1782.5_ea Apr 16, 2025 13:003d ago
13,375,6202.4_ea Mar 3, 2025 15:173d ago
14,906,5872.3_ea Jul 2, 2024 12:383d ago
13,021,4812.2_ea Dec 21, 2023 15:113d ago
10,510,3492.1_ea Apr 4, 2023 11:533d ago
10,181,2072.0_ea Feb 15, 2023 09:103d ago
6,432,7041.0_ea Apr 9, 2021 09:273d ago

Depots · 41

content of the public branch
DepotNameOSLanguageDLC / sharedSizeDownloadManifest
491541 all 57 GB47 GB 5160774850993936733
491542 all 243 MB153 MB 3599393296524611291
491543 all DLC #898620 138 MB122 MB 1400228975882641198
491544 all DLC #897490 82 MB69 MB 4431956966976619111
491545 all DLC #898610 88 MB75 MB 4255165807375540019
491546 all DLC #1033680 74 MB62 MB 1850409871717310831
491547 all DLC #1121040 89 MB73 MB 6499078654771680808
491548 all DLC #1158140 68 MB54 MB 4513458800614230871
491549 all DLC #1250750 44 MB36 MB 4181935579798534754
897491 all DLC #1294470 164 MB136 MB 7306858503788302850
897492 all DLC #1370030 131 MB116 MB 2962773770328050353
897493 all 169 MB133 MB 1099903074590598360
897494 all —— 3725264354591688735
897495 all —— 5501507913094284178
897496 all —— 7856527596074613875
897497 all DLC #1847590 265 MB215 MB 5051497051069864769
897498 all 305 MB237 MB 7575597901754286870
897499 all —— 3424333586108645378
898611 all 101 MB73 MB 2874276900602961734
898612 all —— 6856078903255251146
898613 all DLC #2295470 164 MB136 MB 6047393530830986733
898614 all DLC #2295471 160 MB134 MB 3905410406815477642
898615 all DLC #2295472 160 MB133 MB 3043704740203519865
898616 all DLC #2295473 89 MB72 MB 1793357933579726257
898617 all DLC #2407411 103 MB86 MB 3665132565414217611
898618 all DLC #2407410 229 MB197 MB 5985612336767629336
898619 all DLC #1684630 —— 6180250664714609960
898621 all 154 MB116 MB 5079404577296001792
898622 all —— 1231484820983016185
898623 all —— 2005502871026558840
898624 all —— 2265013552689358100
898625 all DLC #1684630 —— 6363392086725379820
898626 all —— 8119239068154372879
898627 all DLC #1684630 40 MB29 MB 1599989099062000144
898628 all DLC #4179410 342 MB288 MB 6880828287177504205
898629 all 262 MB170 MB 6472860076473827589
1033681 all DLC The Bus - New York US LFS Bus ——
1033682 all DLC #5550120 ——
1033683 all DLC #5550130 ——
228989 windows shared from #228980 ——
228990 windows shared from #228980 ——

Launch options · 1

ExecutableOSDescription
TheBus\Binaries\Win64\TheBus.exe all

Languages · 16

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Dutch ✓—✓
Arabic ✓—✓
French ✓—✓
German ✓—✓
Polish ✓—✓
English ✓—✓
Finnish ✓—✓
Italian ✓—✓
Russian ✓—✓
Spanish ✓—✓
Turkish ✓—✓
Japanese ✓—✓
Simplified Chinese ✓—✓
Portuguese - Brazil ✓—✓
Hungarian ✓—✓
Portuguese ✓—✓

Packages · 1

all packages
SubNameBillingPrice
111363The Bus Store or CD key $39.99

Bundles · 0

all bundles
Not part of any bundle we know.

DLC in product info · 5

includes DLC not sold separately

Change numbers

all changes
#40,923,223 · 1h ago#40,920,068 · 3h ago#40,917,032 · 4h ago#40,910,663 · 7h ago#40,909,481 · 8h ago#40,899,708 · 15h ago#40,877,320 · 1d ago#40,866,489 · 1d ago#40,834,480 · 2d ago#40,796,835 · 3d ago#40,793,984 · 3d ago

Updates · patch notes

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