Bus Simulator 18
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 13,817 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 8.8h for positive, 1.3h 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 (67.7% 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 (28)
story milestone ending side
- 1 Up Level up a bus stop. 100%
- Baby Steps Finish your first mission. 67%
- Three's a crowd Hire 3 drivers. 56%
- They grow up so fast Reach level 10. 55%
- High Five Drive a perfect route. 44%
- Kilo Personally transport a total number of 1000 passengers. 29%
- Ka-ching! Earn a lot of money with a single journey! 29%
- Dirty Dozen Own 12 buses. 26%
- Interconnected Gain access to the Central Bus Station. 21%
- Half-full Connect 50% of all bus stops to your route network. 20%
- Lucky 7 Unlock all areas. 16%
- Wherever I Please Unlock all bus stops. 14%
- Almost... Connect 75% of all bus stops to your route network. 12%
- Feeling Old Yet? Reach level 25. 11%
- Gotta Catch 'Em All Own each bus. 8.4%
- All mine! Connect all bus stops to your route network. 4.6%
- Key to the City Finish all missions. 4.4%
- Collectible One Find a collectible. 4.0%
- Business Expansion Unlock Kerststadt. 3.8%
- Happily Married Find the happily married couple. 3.7%
- The Dream of Flight Unlock the Airport. 3.5%
- Praise the Sun Unlock Sonnstein. 3.1%
- Collectible Four Find a collectible. 3.0%
- Collectible Two Find a collectible. 3.0%
- Collectible Three Find a collectible. 2.7%
- Collectible Five Find a collectible. 2.5%
- Another Job Well Done Finish all Official Map Extension Missions. 1.8%
- Frequent Flier Reach level 25 with the Airport stop. 1.3%