Bus Simulator 16
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (69%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 71% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 3,782 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 9.5h for positive, 2.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (70.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Bus Job Customize a bus to your wishes! 100%
- Training Wheels Drive a total of 10 km 79%
- Feel the Love! Get a 5 star rating on a drive! 69%
- Public DJ Skip a song on the bus radio! 67%
- Thirst for the Real Thing! Complete a playsession without quick-start or quick-end! 65%
- Diversifying Put ads onto your bus! Earn a little extra! 58%
- If You Love it Let it Go Sell one of your busses 57%
- Climbing the Ladder Reach reputation level 10 51%
- Spider Web Build a route network of over 20 km length! 43%
- Trumped! Fire one of your employees! 43%
- We May Bend But We Don't Break Buy your first bendy-bus! 39%
- Halfway There! Connect 50% of all bus stops to your route network. 34%
- Seeing Backwards Drive a route in reverse! 30%
- Popular! Earn a 5 star rating on 5 different routes! 23%
- A Long Run Great! 100 km driven! 20%
- A Busload Transport a total number of 1000 passengers personally! 16%
- All Routes Lead to You 10 different bus routes! Nice work! 14%
- The Big Five Unlock all city districts! 13%
- BUSt 'em All! Find and participate in the bus parcour! 13%
- Almost There! Connect 75% of all bus stops to your route network! 12%
- King of the City Reach reputation level 20! 11%
- Making it Rain Earn a lot of money in a single drive! 11%
- The Vast and the Curious Find and drive a bus race! 11%
- Fleet on Wheels Own 15 busses! 9.2%
- Entirely There! All bus stops in the city are part of your route network! Nice! 6.6%
- BlockBUSter Earn a 5 star rating on 10 different routes! You are awesome! 6.6%
- Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) Have at least 20 employees! 6.2%
- SyllaBUS Own a bus of every model! 5.2%
- The Best in the BUSiness Complete all missions! 3.2%
- Marathon What?! 1000 km driven?! Crazy! 2.0%