Rank 01Why this
Shares time management with Desert Bus VR.
- $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2014
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.
Rank 01Why this
Shares time management with Desert Bus VR.
Rank 02Why this
Also Automobile Sim and Driving, like Desert Bus VR.
Rank 03
Why this: Shares passenger interaction with Desert Bus VR.




Also VR and Survival Horror, like Desert Bus VR.

Players highlight
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!
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
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…”
“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…”
People who play it also play: Bus Driver, The Long Drive, American Truck Simulator
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.
Yes — Desert Bus VR supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
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.
Desert Bus VR was developed by Dinosaur Games and published by Gearbox Software, LLC.