Bus Simulator 27 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-18
- Improvements over Bus Simulator 21
- Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- Beautiful and detailed graphics
- Wide selection of buses
- Erratic AI Traffic Behavior
- Frequent Bugs and Glitches
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMmixedWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 724
- Positive
- 43059.4%
- Negative
- 29440.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 48,599
- Estimated revenue
- $1,457,484
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 7310.08%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,900
- Estimated revenue lost
- $146,951
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 7310.1% Avg playtime 1.1h | 131.8% Avg playtime 1.3h |
| > 2h playtime | 22230.7% Avg playtime 16.6h | 41657.5% Avg playtime 19.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 48 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 24.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 15.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
724 total
Organic purchasers49368.1%
Voted up: 60%
Key activations23131.9%
Voted up: 58%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
724 total
First impression0-2h16622.9%
Voted up: 37%
Mid game2-10h38553.2%
Voted up: 66%
Late game10-20h11515.9%
Voted up: 70%
Endgame20h+588.01%
Voted up: 57%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 59.3%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 724 total.