Saber Interactive and developer stillalive studios have confirmed that Bus Bound, their new bus driving simulation, is set to arrive on April 30, 2026, across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through both Steam and the Epic Games Store. Standard pricing sits at $29.99, with a Deluxe Edition available at $39.99 that packages the base game alongside the Horizon Speed 40-foot bus, three retro skins, and the Bus Pass, a season pass covering three additional content drops slated for later in the year. Players who pre-order either edition will receive the Horizon Hydrogen 40-foot Gen2 bus and three modern skins at no extra cost.
The game is built around Emberville, a fictional American city divided into seven districts, each with its own traffic density, pedestrian patterns, and day/night rhythm. A dynamic weather system runs across all of them. At launch, players have access to 17 licensed vehicles, among them the New Flyer Xcelsior 40ft CNG and the Blue Bird Sigma. Bus Bound is the latest project from stillalive studios, who previously developed Bus Simulator 18 and Bus Simulator 21, and was first shown publicly at the PC Gaming Show in June 2025. Julian Mautner, Studio Head of stillalive studios, elaborated on that shift at the time of the announcement:
After Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop, we took a step back to evaluate what our fans truly wanted in a bus driving experience. With Bus Bound, we focused on making the core experience — how the bus feels, how the city engages with the player — fun in a way that’s easy to pick up for new players while still engaging for our core audience.
Running routes builds goodwill with passengers, which players spend on new vehicles, cosmetics, and upgrades. The progression extends beyond the driver’s seat, as stops gain infrastructure over time, new corridors open up across the map, and the districts themselves visibly change as service improves, growing denser and more walkable the longer a player invests in them. The city’s transformation is visible and tied directly to the player’s investment in it.
Up to four players can join the same city in online co-op, spreading across different routes at once to collectively accelerate Emberville’s development, though any improvements made register only on the host’s end. A single-player demo is currently live on Steam.
Bus Bound is available to wishlist on Steam ahead of its April 30 launch.