$39.99The Bus Berlin at wheel height
Drive Berlin buses on true-to-scale routes, then put the ticket money to work. The Bus pairs hands-on driving with an Economy mode where you build a bus company, buy vehicles, hire staff, and take contracts, which gives tycoon fans a small but real management loop around the driving.
Is The Bus worth it?
The Bus is worth it if…
- you like tycoon games where driving funds the business
- you enjoy slow, scheduled routes done neatly
- you want licensed buses and a detailed Berlin to learn
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Running your own bus company
Economy mode is where the tycoon side lives. You start a company, buy buses from licensed makers like Scania, MAN, and VDL, hire drivers, pay for maintenance and repairs, and raise income through ticket sales and contracts. There is also an office you can furnish, which makes slow growth visible between shifts. It is a modest operation rather than a transport empire, best suited to tycoon fans who like earning the next vehicle one careful timetable at a time.
A shift behind the wheel
The driving itself is deliberate work. You set the route on an officially licensed onboard computer, pull up to more than 200 stops, manage the doors, and sell tickets to boarding passengers while traffic, lights, pedestrians, and random events keep Berlin moving around you. Day and night pass with changing weather and seasons, and you can match them to real Berlin time. You stop at the curb, the doors sigh open, and everyone waits to see if you are on schedule.
Berlin at full scale
The map recreates Berlin streets at 1:1 scale, with lines like the 100, 200, TXL, and N100 plus landmarks such as the Victory Column, Brandenburg Gate, and Alexanderplatz. Freeplay lets you take any vehicle on any route, multiplayer lets you drive the city as a group, and editors plus Workshop maps and repaints extend what is there. Pick Realistic, Arcade, or Custom controls, turn on Flashbass.FM or DoubleBass.FM, and learn the city stop by stop.
What else should tycoon fans know?
How deep is the management side?
It covers company basics: vehicles, staff, maintenance, repairs, contracts, and ticket income. There is no placing depots, setting fares stop by stop, or managing crowds like a park sim, so expect a light business layer built around driving well.
Can you play it solo or with friends?
Both. Singleplayer has Economy and Freeplay modes, and multiplayer lets you team up to drive lines or take a discovery tour through Berlin together.
What buses and routes do you get?
Licensed buses from Scania, MAN, and VDL across 20 variants, including solo and articulated types and a double-decker, plus Berlin lines such as TXL, 100, N100, 123, 142, 147, 200, 245, and 300.
Can you change the game with mods?
Yes. You can download community maps and repaints through the Workshop, and make your own content with line, route, timetable, tour, and other modding tools, for yourself or to share.
