Games like Night Bus
If Night Bus is your kind of game, the closest matches are VARDIA, SPIRITGRAPHER: THE ASYLUM 99 and Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Night Bus: Night Bus is a thrilling public transit simulator that costs less than a bus ticket! It's your first night on the job: Pick up passengers, take their fares, enjoy the beautiful countryside, and please ignore That Which Has No Eyes.
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VARDIA
WHY THIS
Top pick for Night Bus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Night Bus.
After a series of mysterious events, the only question that will remain in your mind is, were they real? Witness the story of a lonely woman trying to overcome her grandmother's wishes and her new job as a night manager in a motel.
SPIRITGRAPHER: THE ASYLUM 99
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Night Bus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
This first-person horror detective. You are a spiritgrapher, your camera can see what is beyond the reach of the human eye. Head to an abandoned hospital and shoot a report about supernatural events.
Alone After Dark: A Short Drive
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Night Bus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
Experience the chilling solitude of a nighttime drive through the woods. You are not the only person—or thing—on the road tonight. Drive carefully and try to stay calm behind the wheel. Can you make it to the sunrise?
Eilean Mor: The Lost Keepers
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Night Bus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Eilean Mor lighthouse fell silent. The light is out, and its three keepers are missing. No one is answering the radio. As a reserve keeper, you’re sent to investigate this horror mystery. But beware you may become the fourth to vanish.
Pomberito
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Night Bus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
Survive 5 nights in the heart of northeastern Argentina as a local farmer and reveal the truth behind the haunting tales of the Pombero in a world where folklore meets terror.
Pikabuu: STOP!
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Night Bus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
Broken Psyche
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Night Bus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
Play as a detective investigating his wife's disappearance. Suspecting the asylum she was researching, he infiltrates it, only to uncover a realm of horror. Solve puzzles, maintain sanity, and confront monsters as you unravel the asylum's secrets.
Camp Hollow
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Night Bus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
A first-person survival horror game where you play as Riley, a night guard trapped in an abandoned summer camp. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery while escaping a relentless creature that hunts you in the dark.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Night Bus at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Night Bus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Night Bus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Night Bus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Night Bus on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Night Bus.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Night Bus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Night Bus.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Night Bus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Night Bus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Night Bus on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Night Bus.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Night Bus.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Night Bus.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Night Bus.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Night Bus.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Night Bus.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Night Bus.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Night Bus
- Does Night Bus run on Steam Deck?
- Night Bus is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Night Bus cost?
- Night Bus is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Night Bus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Night Bus are VARDIA, SPIRITGRAPHER: THE ASYLUM 99, Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.
- Who developed Night Bus?
- Night Bus was developed by Liquid Static Studio.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Night Bus.
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