Bus Simulator

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Bus Simulator
Genre(s) Vehicle simulation
Developer(s)
  • Contendo Media
  • TML Studios
  • Stillalive Studios
Publisher(s) Astragon Entertainment
Platform(s)
First releaseBus Simulator 2008
13 December 2007
Latest release Bus Simulator 21
7 September 2021

Bus Simulator is a vehicle-simulation video game series developed by Icebytes, Contendo Media, TML Studios and Stillalive Studios, and published by Astragon Entertainment. The franchise was introduced in 2007 by Astragon Entertainment. The latest installment, titled Bus Simulator 21 , was released on 7 September 2021.

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Games

Release timeline
2007Bus Simulator 2008
2008
2009Bus Simulator 2009
2010
2011
2012Bus Simulator 2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 Bus Simulator 16
2017
2018 Bus Simulator 18
2019
2020
2021 Bus Simulator 21
2022 Bus Simulator City Ride
Aggregate review scores
As of 8 June 2022.
GameYear Metacritic
Bus Simulator 16 2016PC: 46/100 [1]
Bus Simulator 18 2018, 2019
  • PC: 67/100 [2]
  • PS4: 61/100 [3]
  • XONE: 60/100 [4]
Bus Simulator 21 2021
  • PC: 73/100 [5]
  • PS4: 60/100 [6]
  • XONE: 69/100 [7]

Bus Simulator 16 (2016)

The fourth video game in the series was announced in July 2015. [8] The game was scheduled to release on 20 January 2016 for Microsoft Windows and macOS, [9] but it was postponed to 3 March 2016 due to technical issues. [10]

Bus Simulator 18 (2018)

The fifth installment in the series was revealed in May 2018. [11] It was available for Microsoft Windows on 13 June 2018 worldwide. The release of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions followed in August 2019 under the title Bus Simulator. [12]

Bus Simulator 21 (2021)

The sixth installment in the series was revealed on 11 August 2020. [13] It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 7 September 2021. [14] PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions are due to available on 23 May 2023. [15]

Bus Simulator City Ride (2022)

Bus Simulator City Ride was announced on 2 June 2022. It was released for Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch on October 13, 2022. [16]

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