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Games like Desert Bus VR

  • 8 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Desert Bus VR also play

The closest matches to Desert Bus VR: Bus Driver, The Long Drive, American Truck Simulator, Fernbus Simulator, and DiRT Rally. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Shares time management with Desert Bus VR.

    • $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Also Automobile Sim and Driving, like Desert Bus VR.

    • $15.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2019
  1. Rank 04

    Fernbus Simulator

    Why this: Shares passenger interaction with Desert Bus VR.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2016

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Desert Bus VR

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Bus Driver

    Shares time management with Desert Bus VR.

    • 84% of 702 reviews
  2. 2
    The Long Drive

    Also Automobile Sim and Driving, like Desert Bus VR.

    • 90% of 25,119 reviews
  3. 3
    American Truck Simulator

    Genres: Indie, Simulation

    • 97% of 91,834 reviews
  4. 4
    Fernbus Simulator

    Shares passenger interaction with Desert Bus VR.

    • 65% of 1,396 reviews
  5. 5
    DiRT Rally

    Genres: Sports, Simulation, Racing

    • 90% of 10,015 reviews
  6. 6
    Project CARS

    Genres: Sports, Simulation, Racing

    • 74% of 3,968 reviews
  7. 7
    Assetto Corsa

    Genres: Sports, Indie, Simulation

    • 93% of 58,334 reviews
  8. 8
    Bus Simulator 18

    Genres: Simulation

    • 80% of 1,900 reviews
  9. 9
    Hand Simulator

    Also Memes and VR, like Desert Bus VR.

    • 83% of 9,892 reviews
  10. 10
    Touring Karts

    Genres: Sports, Simulation, Racing

    • 75% of 71 reviews
  11. 11
    FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED

    Also VR and Survival Horror, like Desert Bus VR.

    • 96% of 7,445 reviews
  12. 12
    RDS - The Official Drift Videogame

    Genres: Sports, Simulation, Racing

    • 80% of 254 reviews
  13. 13
    OmniBus

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 79% of 345 reviews
  14. 14
    Redout: Enhanced Edition

    Genres: Racing

    • 85% of 2,295 reviews
  15. 15
    Bus Driving Sim 22

    Genres: Simulation

    • 57% of 157 reviews
  16. 16
    Dakar 18

    Genres: Sports, Adventure, Simulation

    • 65% of 287 reviews
  17. 17
    City Car Driving

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Racing

    • 74% of 6,391 reviews
  18. 18
    FURIDASHI: Drift Cyber Sport

    Genres: Sports, Simulation, Racing

    • 77% of 503 reviews
  19. 19
    Vector 36

    Genres: Action, Indie, Simulation

    • 82% of 206 reviews
  20. 20
    Automobilista 2

    Genres: Action, Sports, Indie

    • 90% of 5,381 reviews
  21. 21
    VRChat

    Genres: Sports, Adventure, Simulation

    • 72% of 173,195 reviews
  22. 22
    Tourist Bus Simulator

    Genres: Simulation, Casual

    • 64% of 592 reviews
  23. 23
    My Summer Car

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Racing

    • 93% of 36,003 reviews
  24. 24
    iRacing

    Genres: Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer

    • 82% of 2,941 reviews
Desert Bus VR — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2017
  • Developer: Dinosaur Games
  • Price: Free to play
  • 89% of 1,348 reviews
  • Genres: Simulation, Free To Play, Casual
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Becomes a bizarrely addictive ritual
  • Driving takes 8 hours with no breaks
  • Feels like a darkly comedic art piece
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative
  • Hypnotic

About Desert Bus VR

The closest matches to Desert Bus VR: Bus Driver, The Long Drive, American Truck Simulator, Fernbus Simulator, and DiRT Rally. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Desert Bus VR is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bus Driver, The Long Drive and American Truck Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and hypnotic, and single out its high score chasing and mindless driving. 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.

Desert Bus VR is a free-to-play simulation developed by Dinosaur Games and published by Gearbox Software that tasks players with completing an eight-hour desert route from Arizona to Nevada. Players highlight that the experience combines high-score-chasing with route-completion and passenger-interaction mechanics, creating a deliberately monotonous driving simulation that stretches time-management to its limits. Reviewers describe the game as becoming a bizarrely-addictive ritual where each successful run feels like a personal victory. Players note the experience takes on qualities that are simultaneously challenging, contemplative, and hypnotic, with some treating the game as a darkly-comedic art piece. Released in 2017, the game holds an 89% positive rating from over 1,300 Steam reviews and is playable on Steam Deck.

About Desert Bus VR: Desert Bus is back and better than ever! The 1998 Penn and Teller cult hit mini-game is coming to virtual reality, so you can fully immerse yourself in the thrilling eight-hour trip from Arizona to Nevada. It’s almost like you’re driving the “wheel” thing!

Is Desert Bus VR worth buying?

  • 88% of 1,348 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Free to play.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 7 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“i was seriously thinking about 100%ing this. i knew it would probably eat like 30 hours of my life, but itd be funny to keep on my profile though a few hours in i decided to check the reviews, and there are an alarming rate of people who…”
2 h played
“I have not had luck getting through this game. If anyone knows how to fix this issue, please let me know. Was over 6 hours into my ride and the bus shot to the right off the road and died. Heres a clip of what happened…”
13 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Bus Driver, The Long Drive, American Truck Simulator

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Frequently asked about Desert Bus VR

Can I run it?

Is Desert Bus VR free to play?

Yes — Desert Bus VR is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.

Does Desert Bus VR have multiplayer or co-op?

Yes — Desert Bus VR supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).

What games are most similar to Desert Bus VR?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Desert Bus VR are Bus Driver, The Long Drive, American Truck Simulator.

Who developed Desert Bus VR?

Desert Bus VR was developed by Dinosaur Games and published by Gearbox Software, LLC.