City Bus Manager news & patch notes

The new map update for City Bus Manager is now available on Steam!

The map data has been updated to the latest version from June 2026. Existing save files can optionally be updated to the new map version when loaded. Please note that the initial loading time after the update will be slightly longer.

We are continuing to follow the announced roadmap for 2026 and have a new content update planned for this summer.

We will be announcing further details about the content soon.

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Build your own base and take command of firefighting, police, EMS, and SWAT operations.

Thanks to real map data, you can play right in your hometown - or anywhere in the world! Manage your fleet, hire staff, and take on a variety of authentic operations.

In which city are you taking command?

Thank you for over 90% positive reviews – your feedback means a lot to us, and we’re excited to hear what you think about the new update! 🙌

With this update, the demo has been significantly expanded: the map now feels much more alive with new details, textures, sidewalks, and parked cars. At the same time, you can take on over 100 new missions, made even more immersive with visible elements like fires and people.

Gameplay has also been deepened: injured and arrested individuals now need to be transported to newly added hospitals and prisons. In addition, new rooms, objects, and a finance menu give you more options when managing your base.

And that’s not all – there are many more improvements included in this update.

Here are the key updates!

• Major map improvements (more details, textures, sidewalks, parked cars, bridges over water) • Correct lane markings & one-way streets with improved pathfinding • Simple visual mission details added (fires, people, vehicle wrecks) • New vehicles • Over 100 new missions • Hospitals and prisons added to the map – injured/arrested must be transported there • Base can now be connected with an access road • Staff details added, with optional manual task assignments in the base • New rooms: gym, shower, hallway, lounge • New furniture & objects • Building system improvements • Finance menu and loans added • Improved day/night cycle • New enhanced radio voices for English, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish • Fixed parking spaces can now be assigned • Emergency vehicles can now be followed with the camera and their route is shown • Improved city selection for more precise deployment areas • UI redesigns • Hundreds of bug fixes • AI placeholder graphics removed – the project now contains no AI-generated art at all

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Thank you for your strong feedback on the School Bus & Student Transportation DLC! We have implemented the most common requests and fixed some bugs.

• More realistic student locations: The size of the locations where schools and students are located is now taken into account. Students in larger cities no longer attend schools in smaller villages. (For schools that are already connected, the distribution will not change in order to avoid disrupting existing routes)

• Improved sorting of schools in the overview

• Students can now purchase their weekly passes at the service centre on Sundays

• Fixed a bug that prevented waypoints from being placed near schools

• Fixed a bug that prevented the import of paint jobs for some bus models

• Fixed various bugs that could occur when editing a school bus route

• Fixed a bug that prevented timetables from being opened

• Fixed a bug that prevented the new school buses from being researched

• Fixed a bug that prevented modding buses added later from being researched

If you like the DLC and are enjoying it, we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a short Steam review, as this helps us enormously with the further development and visibility of the DLC ❤️

Finally, we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, a relaxing holiday season, and lots of fun planning your school bus routes! 🎄

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The new School Bus & Student Transportation DLC for City Bus Manager is now available! 🚌

Plan and manage your own school bus network:

• 10 new school bus models from around the world – choose the right bus for every district

• Dedicated school routes for punctual pick-up and drop-off

• Realistic school hours – adjust schedules to real-life school times

• Student tickets for safe and organized transportation

• Detailed feedback & statistics – optimize punctuality, satisfaction, and safety

Make sure every student gets to school safely and on time – organization, strategy, and smart planning are key!

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We’ve updated the map data to the newest available data and made several improvements:

• Map data updated to the status as of November 16, 2025

• New file structure for navigation data to reduce RAM usage

• Fewer schools that are irrelevant to public transport are now displayed (e.g. driving schools, language schools, tutoring schools, daycare centres, etc.)

• Steam Deck support significantly improved

• Controller support activated

• Fixed a bug that in rare cases prevented depots from being placed

Thanks to your detailed feedback on PeDePulse, we’ve also added many of your new ideas to the Feature Voting section in the main menu. Feel free to check it out and vote for your favorites so we know what you’d like to see in the next content update!

Revealed! The new DLC is called School Bus & Student Transportation – launching on December 10 for City Bus Manager.

Starting December 10, players will expand their transport empire in City Bus Manager by building and managing a fully functional school bus network.

Build Your School Bus Network – the new “School Bus & Student Transportation” DLC for City Bus Manager!

Plan a reliable school bus network with new bus models, custom timetables, and special student tickets. Make sure every student gets to school on time – strategy and organization are key!

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What’s included:

• 10 new school bus models: Expand your fleet with authentic buses from around the world, suited for every number of students and region.

• New route type – School Bus Lines: Plan efficient morning pickups and afternoon drop-offs based on students’ home locations.

• Realistic school schedules: Align your timetables with actual school times in different countries.

• Student ticket: Introduce a special ticket type, set prices, and ensure reliable transport for every school.

• Detailed ratings & statistics: Monitor punctuality and satisfaction to continuously optimize your service.

With this DLC, it’s up to you to get every student to school on time and keep the schools happy. Build the best school bus network in the city!

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The fourth DLC for City Bus Manager will be released this year, but we're not revealing the title just yet. What do you think it could be about? Feel free to share your guesses in the comments! 🕵️‍♂️🚍

We’d like to give you a small preview of what you can expect in City Bus Manager next year!

We’ve prepared a roadmap for you:

Later this year, you can look forward to a new DLC together with a free map update. We’ll share more detailed information about this soon.

New content is also planned for 2026. As always, we rely heavily on your feedback. Through PeDePulse (F1) and the feature voting, you can vote directly in the game on which features should be implemented next.

In addition to the major updates, there will of course continue to be smaller patches whenever urgent issues arise. As always, individual dates may shift slightly during development.

We hope this gives you a good overview, and we’re looking forward to another year of developing City Bus Manager together with you!

This update primarily improves stability and fixes some bugs.

Changelog:

• Update to Unity 6000.2.6 to close the known Unity security vulnerability,

• New diagnostic tool that automatically provides us with an overview of crashes so that we can fix them more effectively,

• Fixed crashes, especially after long periods of play,

• Disabled autosave in the paint shop to prevent potential crashes,

• Fixed a bug that prevented some save games from loading,

• Fixed several memory leaks,

• Bug fixes and minor improvements in building mode,

• Added a large number of missing translations, including for PeDePulse

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Build your own base in Global Rescue and take command of firefighting, police, EMS, and SWAT operations. Thanks to real map data, you can play right in your hometown - or anywhere in the world! Manage your fleet, hire staff, and take on a variety of operations. In which city are you taking command?

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We have released a small hotfix to fix the bugs you reported.

- Passenger volume adjusted

- Fixed a bug that prevented ticket machines from being built or used

- Fixed a bug that prevented some savegames from loading

- Currency symbol is now displayed in the correct position depending on the currency

- Fixed a bug that prevented some calls from being displayed, resulting in random events not being announced

- Fixed crash issues when expanding the map

- Fixed a bug that caused buses to duplicate when sold

- Fixed a bug that prevented some shifts from being displayed in the shift schedule

- Fixed a bug that prevented hotel transfers from ever receiving registrations

- Fixed a bug that prevented depots from being placed in some locations

Note on broken bus routes: If the map data is updated in an existing savegame, it is possible that individual routes will no longer function if, for example, a road is no longer accessible. In this case, it is necessary to edit the line and remove the broken stops or rebuild the route.

The eleventh content update for City Bus Manager is now available!

Highlights:

• PeDePulse: New, modern support tool that makes it even easier to report bugs and feature suggestions and keep track of their progress

• Ticket machines in the service centre: Reduce the workload of your service centre employees by researching and installing ticket machines

• Sidewalks: Build sidewalks in the depot so your employees no longer have to walk across roads and grass

• Bus priority for routes: Equip individual routes with bus lanes and traffic light priority to reduce traffic delays

• Map update: Status as of the end of June 2025

• Performance: Improvements made and several memory leaks fixed

• Sounds: Revised sound system

• Advanced timetable: Now shows how many buses are needed for the timetable.

• Transfer bug fixed: Transfers between different bus routes now work correctly. This may lead to an increase in passenger numbers

PeDePulse:

• See currently frequently reported bug / feature reports at a glance and their processing status

• Search for similar existing bug / feature reports and vote for them. This way, we can clearly see which problems are currently the most frequent and which features are most in demand

• Create new bug / feature reports that can be viewed and confirmed by other players

• Get an overview of your previously reported reports and their processing status (open, confirmed by other players, in progress, fixed, etc.) 

Performance:

• Added GPU-optimised rendering to improve performance (can be disabled in the graphics settings for weak GPUs)

• Improved batching to improve performance

• Fixed extreme performance drop when there were a large number of e-bus charging stations, which occurred mainly in the evenings and at night when many buses were charging

• Fixed several memory leaks that caused RAM consumption in the game to increase continuously 

• Improved ram usage when using modding buses

Depot:

• Fixed a bug that could cause objects, walls and doors to disappear after loading

• Fixed a bug that caused buses to disappear when loading a save game

• Fixed a bug that could cause employees to freeze and never move again

• Fixed a bug that could cause spare parts to be missing after loading the save game

• Fixed a bug that prevented buses from being purchased in external depots even though there were still free parking spaces available

• Fixed a bug that caused employees or service centre customers to sit at an odd angle

• Fixed a bug that caused some Service Centre customers to walk onto the street

Map:

• Added settings for bus stop scaling and bus scaling

• Added tens of millions of new buildings, including 13 million new buildings in Spain

• Improved categorisation of schools so that passenger numbers can be better differentiated between kindergartens, primary schools, high schools and universities

• Corrected the position of several airports

• Protection built in to prevent faulty routing data from being uploaded in future, which would prevent routes and depots from being built in some locations

Timetable / Lines / Shift schedule:

• When copying and pasting stops in advanced timetable mode, the destination stops are now also copied

• When selecting the active stops for a specific timetable in advanced timetable mode, multiple stops can now be selected/deselected at once by holding down the SHIFT key

• Fixed a bug that could cause complaints about routes that had not been active for a long time

• Fixed a bug that prevented SEV passengers from boarding, depending on the composition of an SEV line

• Fixed a bug that prevented the manual assignment of bus drivers in the shift schedule from working (nothing happened when opening the list)

Gameplay:

• Fixed a bug that caused many event calls to come in at once after loading a save game

• Fixed a bug that caused the UI to disappear after accepting an evacuation

• Fixed a bug that made some task goals unachievable (e.g. ‘improve the company rating to 5.1 stars’)

• Fixed multiple bugs with the bus recall event

Sounds:

• Revised vehicle sounds: No more annoying continuous loops, more natural transitions and more realistic sound reproduction depending on camera position

• Sounds now pause when the game is paused

• Music is quieter while the game is paused

• Fixed an issue where the sound quality of sounds from the depot was poor while moving the camera

• Sounds from the main depot are no longer audible in external depots and on the map

Miscellaneous:

• Updated to Unity 6 

• Fixed various translation errors

• Fixed various UI bugs on ultra-wide monitors

• The research ‘Automatic repair of buses in external depots’ is now displayed with the correct image

• Fixed a bug where the set resolution was not saved

• Improved controller controls

• Enlarged text to improve readability

• Input signals from steering wheels were disabled, which could result in text fields being unusable (e.g. constantly selecting themselves) or colours for the bus not being selectable in the paint shop

During this years gamescom, we will reveal a new game!

This time, it's not about public transportation, but real map data will be used again.

And the best part: you can try it yourself at gamescom. So feel free to drop by!

We know that many of you are also looking forward to new content for City Bus Manager - and don't worry: that will continue.

Further information can be found on the official City Bus Manager Discord 👉 https://discord.gg/q42YTa9Jfm

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Changelog:

• Added online cache for navigation data to speed up loading time
• Fixed a bug that caused buses to sporadically stop being repaired and remain on the lift forever
• Fixed a bug where servicing tasks were sometimes not carried out and the buses could no longer be used
• Fixed a bug that caused employees to stay in the same place forever and not move (this is usually caused by the path being blocked, e.g. by missing doors or blocked doors)
• Fixed a bug that caused buses to stand at an angle on the parking space or their articulation to be twisted
• Service centre lunch break is now saved correctly
• Employees now distribute themselves better to free fridges / toilets / vending machines
• Fixed a bug that caused buses to fly through the air (If this still occurs on existing routes, you have to edit and save the route once. The error will then no longer occur from the next day.)
• Fixed problems with line construction after expanding the map
• Fixed a bug that could cause the duration and length of a line to be displayed incorrectly
• Fixed a bug that could cause problems when displaying airports
• Positions of additional airports corrected
• It is no longer possible to place adverts for commissioned journeys as there is a fixed number of passengers there
• Advertising expenditure is now correctly included in the total expenditure
• Fixed a bug that caused people to disappear during an evacuation
• Fixed a bug that caused messages to be displayed as unread even though all messages had been read
• PV panels are now correctly aligned with the sun again
• Random events are no longer triggered that change the demand for hotels if you have no sightseeing bus lines
• Fixed a bug that caused the interval for the rush hour to be set incorrectly when changing the timetable for a public service line
• Fixed a bug where the name, colour and depot assignment of a hotel shuttle order could be reset
• Corrected incorrect consumption values for e-buses
• Improved translations