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Bus Simulator 16

Win the daily battle with the clock—become a bus driver!

Released: 2016
Platforms: Windows macOS
Genres: Bus simulation Racing Simulation
Developers: stillalive studios
Publishers: Astragon
Series: Bus Simulator
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Open world
Country: Austria
Languages: Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain) and 1 more
Entry: #4 in Bus Simulator
Time to beat: 13hmain story28hcompletionist

About

Bus Simulator 16 is a bus simulator game developed by stillalive studios and published by Astragon Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It is powered by Unity and was available on 3 March 2016 worldwide. It is the fourth game in the Bus Simulator series. A sequel titled Bus Simulator 18 was released in 2018.

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Gameplay

Bus Simulator 16 has licensed the vehicles of MAN. In addition to the buses of the German bus maker, the game features a total of six buses that allow players to drive across five districts. The game also provides a route manager for players to create their own bus lines. A multiplayer mode is available in the game as well.

Development

Bus Simulator 16 was announced July 2015. It is the first game in the series developed by Austrian video game developer stillalive Studios. The game was scheduled to release on 20 January 2016 for Microsoft Windows and macOS, but it was postponed to 3 March 2016 due to technical issues. A bus downloadable content featuring three licensed Mercedes-Benz buses, including an 18-meter long Citaro G articulated bus, were available on 25 January 2017.

Reception

Bus Simulator 16 received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator platform Metacritic.

Richard Allen of Invision Community rated a seven to the game. He wrote that the handlings of the game were quite similar with the American Truck Simulator of SCS Software, which was published in the same period.