City Bus Manager

Bus company management sim built on real-world city maps

PeDePe GbR · Published by Aerosoft GmbH · Released Jun 25, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 2,872
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 93% of 29 in 30 days
Playing now: 208; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 4 days ago; Sep 18, 2026

What is City Bus Manager?

A single-player bus company management simulation using real-world map data for cities worldwide. You build and equip a depot, create routes and schedules, buy and maintain buses, hire staff, and manage passenger satisfaction and ticket sales.

For you if...

+you enjoy detailed scheduling and operational micromanagement
+you prefer open-ended, single-player economy simulations
+you like customizing vehicle fleets and depot layouts

Not for you if...

−you want to drive buses instead of managing operations
−you prefer management games with minimal micromanagement
−you want to manage multiple forms of public transportation

What players say

91% of 2,872 reviews are positive · 93% of 29 in the last 30 days

Players praise the ability to recreate or redesign local bus networks and manage both routes and depots. Common complaints focus on cumbersome menus and stop editing, limited strategic depth, and severe performance slowdowns as networks grow.

Screenshots and trailer

City Bus Manager system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Win 7 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 (64Bit)
Processor: Prozessor Quad Core CPU with min 2.6 GHZ
Graphics: Geforce 760 or similar
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
Notes: Keyboard, mouse and internet connection for Steam

OS: Win 10 / 11 (64Bit)
Processor: AMD / Intel quad-core processor running at 3.5 GHz (AMD Athlon X4 950 series or Intel Core i5 3000 series or newer architectures are recommended)
Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphic card, with at least 2048 / 4096MB of dedicated VRAM (or more) and Shader Model 5.1 support. ATI/AMD Radeon HD 7870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or newer architectures are recommended.
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 15 GB available space
Notes: Keyboard, mouse and internet connection for Steam, SSD reccomended

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 59
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Dutch, Czech, Turkish, Korean.