The Bus
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 5h it's 1 in 5 (22%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 34% 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 8,697 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 18.9h for positive, 5.5h 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 (34.2% 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 (49)
story milestone ending side
- Ready to Go Start the on-board computer. 100%
- Your Sound, Your Style Listen to Flashbass.FM. 88%
- Home Sweet Home Visit the depot. 72%
- A roof over your head. Rent the office. 59%
- Now we’re ready to go! Buy your first bus. 58%
- Turned Up Listen to the radio for 10 minutes at volume 100. 57%
- House of Cards Visit the Government District. 54%
- German Punctualn’t Finish a route with a delay. 54%
- Easy Does It Start in Arcade Mode. 52%
- Change King Give back €1,000 in change. 45%
- Time to Transfer Drive to Central Station. 37%
- Not bad for starters. Complete your first job successfully. 36%
- Caught! Get caught speeding. 36%
- Full Throttle Accelerate from 0 to 80 km/h in 30 seconds. 35%
- Emergency Brake Brake from 80 km/h to 0 in 5 seconds. 28%
- Trash Collector Collect trash in the bus. 25%
- Just Like Real Life Sync the weather with Berlin. 24%
- Shopping Trip Visit Das Center at Potsdamer Platz. 23%
- There’s room for improvement. Increase your reputation to 30%. 21%
- Finally not alone. Hire your first driver. 20%
- 26 Degrees And it gets even hotter. Set the temperature in the bus to 26°C. 17%
- Ticket Dealer Sell 100 tickets. 15%
- Divided and Reunited Drive from east to west to Friedrichstraße. 15%
- Step by step Walk 50,000 m. 14%
- Halfway there. Increase your reputation to 50%. 13%
- This is Berlin, eh. Drive one route on every line. 9.1%
- Versatile Ride Drive one line with every bus type. 8.8%
- Everything in its place. Fully upgrade your workshop. 8.5%
- Cash? No thanks. Sell 100 tickets cashless. 7.0%
- Fully staffed Assign a mechanic to each workshop area. 6.7%
- Night Shift Drive for 1440 minutes at night. 5.8%
- Snapshot Take a photo in Photo Mode. 5.3%
- Roads’ favorite Increase your reputation to 100%. 3.2%
- Big family Hire 30 drivers. 2.9%
- Can’t do it without coffee Drink a coffee before your route starts. 2.0%
- Safety Inspected Repair 50 buses. 1.8%
- Full Battery Charge an e-bus. 1.8%
- Check out my fleet! Buy at least 50 busses. 1.8%
- Disturbing the Peace Honk 1,000 times. 1.2%
- Zero Emissions Drive 20.000 km in an e-bus. 0.9%
- Make it pretty Use 5 different filters in Photo Mode. 0.9%
- Feels real. Drive 5.000 km in Realistic Mode. 0.6%
- A true tycoon Earn €10,000,000. 0.6%
- Tegel Transfer Drive the Tegel–landfill route. 0.6%
- Around the World Drive 40.075 km. 0.6%
- Flexible, but Safe Drive an articulated bus without crashing. 0.3%
- Ho Ho Ho! Visit a Christmas market. 0.3%
- All Eyes On Find four glasses. 0.3%
- Matrix Rewind 500 times. 0.3%