App Store ratings
54
0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026- Average rating
- 4.3
Mobile game · 2011
Desert Bus
In Desert Bus, the player drives a bus along a straight road between Tucson, Arizona, and Las Vegas. There are no other vehicles, and the scenery consists only of dead trees and bushes. The player can open the doors at occasional bus stops, although no passengers will get on. At a top speed of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) and a route length of 360 miles (580 km), one ride takes eight hours in real-time. The bus automatically veers to the right, requiring the player to regularly counteract, and the game cannot be paused. Completing a drive between the two cities grants the player one point and the option to turn around and travel the route in the other direction. When the player drives the bus off the road, it gets stuck in the sand, overheats, and must be towed back to the previous stop in real-time.
Estimated daily players
~1600.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 16–970
Estimated total players
~3,2000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 1.6K–6.5K
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
Nov 14, 2011Android
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Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play Desert Bus, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on App Store. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.
Estimated daily players
~160
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 16 – 970
No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.
Estimated total players
~3,200
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 1.6K – 6.5K
Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.
Estimated total players over time
2 readings · last 2 days
Average estimated players per month
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~3,200 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Desert Bus where it is sold.
Not tracked for Desert Bus: Google Play, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.
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How many people play Desert Bus?
We estimate that about 3,200 people have played Desert Bus — plausibly between 1.6K and 6.5K. Around 160 of them play on a given day, in a range of 16 and 970. Both figures are modelled from public counts on App Store rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.
Is Desert Bus still active?
Yes. Desert Bus is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.
How are the Desert Bus player estimates worked out?
Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.
When was Desert Bus released?
Desert Bus was released on November 14, 2011 for Android.
What platforms is Desert Bus available on?
Desert Bus is available on Android. You can get it from App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).