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City Bus Manager
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 60 reviews raise this.
“I recommend this game for anyone who has dreamed about running a bus company in real life, it works most of the time, there are a few bugs that annoy me when playing such as when making a route that goes around a…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
7 of the 60 reviews raise this.
“100% worth buying. it's adictive and has great content”
“As someone who has played this game for a (not-so) little bit. I have to say that this game is a must get for either bus enthusiasts or even people who like games where you run your own company. Even my fiancé dislikes…”
5 of the 60 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“As someone who has played this game for a (not-so) little bit. I have to say that this game is a must get for either bus enthusiasts or even people who like games where you run your own company. Even my fiancé dislikes…”
“Its good, i wish we had more of such games with the same amount of depth and optimization, the games developer "PeDePe GbR" is developing a new similar type of a game base on emergency response. Looking forward to that.”
3 of the 60 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
3 of the 60 reviews raise this.
“Finally, you can create your own bus routes, whether in your hometown or anywhere else in the world. It's great that the map data is updated regularly. The game doesn't take long to load, which is also a big plus. I…”
“fajna gra, szczegolnie teraz po wyszlo duzo updateow i jest o wiele przyjemniejsza rozgrywka”
6 of the 60 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“The UI is a maze - instead of amazing. Which drags the UX down as well. Which is sad for a fully released title. After the un-skippable mini tutorial (which also nags you in free play mode again and again and breaks if…”
“I have changed my mind after my last review, and I am less frustrated now. After playing for a few more days, I can say that I have mostly enjoyed this game and that I like it a lot more. I have also found a way to…”
“Very interesting game. PROS: Cerebral game with very deep management parameters, salaries, training, vacations, research, mechanical repairs, bus cleaning , bus types and sizes, painting, logos etc. Plan the…”
5 of the 60 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I recommend this game for anyone who has dreamed about running a bus company in real life, it works most of the time, there are a few bugs that annoy me when playing such as when making a route that goes around a…”
“The UI is a maze - instead of amazing. Which drags the UX down as well. Which is sad for a fully released title. After the un-skippable mini tutorial (which also nags you in free play mode again and again and breaks if…”
“I have changed my mind after my last review, and I am less frustrated now. After playing for a few more days, I can say that I have mostly enjoyed this game and that I like it a lot more. I have also found a way to…”
4 of the 60 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 60 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“First quick review after first hours of play. It's the best game in this style, but only because similar games (cities in motion 1 and 2) are over 10 years old now. Generally, the only disadvantage is fact that many potential UI changes would make game much better, for example…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“[h2] Fantastic game! [/h2] I've now logged over 200 hours in City Bus Manager, and it's one of those games I keep coming back to. If you enjoy simulations and transportation planning, you can easily sink a lot of time into this. What I find particularly exciting is the ability…”
— a player, Steam review · 247 hrs played“If you like buses, and wanna make your own bus network in the city you live in, or another city you know, then this game is alright. Like, if that's all you really want, then go ahead and grab it. Beyond that, the game really lacks depth. Managing employees is... well, just hire…”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Management · Singleplayer · Economy · Automobile Sim · Capitalism · Casual · Logic · Strategy · Sandbox · Grand Strategy · Time Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Dutch, Czech, Turkish, Korean |
| Achievements | 59 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Win 7 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 (64Bit) Processor: Prozessor Quad Core CPU with min 2.6 GHZ Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 760 or similar Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: Integrated or dedicated DirectX 9 compatible soundcard Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse and internet connection for Steam