Bus Driver
Bus driving simulation with scheduled routes and traffic rules
SCS Software · Released Jun 3, 2014
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 2,229
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 10 in 30 days
- Players
- 3
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 61/100 (critic reviews)
What is Bus Driver?
In this single-player driving simulation, you carry passengers across a city on scheduled bus routes, obeying traffic rules and keeping passengers safe and comfortable. Routes are grouped into tiers of increasing difficulty, with different buses, weather, times of day, and duties such as school runs and tourist trips.
For you if...
- +you enjoy driving buses on scheduled city routes
- +you like following traffic rules while keeping to a timetable
- +you want a single-player game with varied bus duties
Not for you if...
- −you want to drive freely without fixed routes
- −you tire quickly of repeating similar passenger trips
What players say
84% of 2,229 reviews are positive · 100% of 10 in the last 30 days
Players praise the bus driving and selection of routes. They complain that trips become repetitive, and some find braking and passenger penalties too sensitive.
Screenshots and trailer
Bus Driver system requirements
Minimum: OpenGL 1.3 compatible 64M…, 0.3 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Bus Driver?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8
- Processor
- 1GHz Pentium III or equivalent
- Graphics
- OpenGL 1.3 compatible 64MB AGP with hardware T&L
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- Processor
- 1.5GHz Pentium IV or equivalent
- Graphics
- OpenGL 1.5 compatible 128MB PCI Express with hardware T&L
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- Notes
- DirectX compatible gamepad or steering wheel
Does Bus Driver have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.
Does Bus Driver run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- The native resolution is not the default one
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch.
Does Bus Driver use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
