3D bus game set in Nepal

Drive a bus across Nepal, right in your browser

Take the city bus through Kathmandu, the long-distance coach to Pokhara on the Prithvi Highway, or the local bus from Butwal to the Sunauli border. Keep left, stop for passengers and stay on schedule.

नेपालका सडकमा बस चलाउनुहोस्, सिधै ब्राउजरमा।

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No download
Phone, tablet or computer
Plays offline once installed
Day, night and rain
Online leaderboards

A coach with luggage on the roof drives the Prithvi Highway beside the Trishuli river, with green hills on both sides

3routes
22bus stops
25.5 kmof real road to Sunauli
13,000buildings where they stand

Three routes, three buses

Each route has its own bus, its own traffic and its own problems. Pick one and start your shift.

Passengers board a green and white city bus at the Ratnapark stop

Route 4: Kathmandu city

City bus, 6 stops

From Ratnapark through Bagbazar, Putalisadak, Chabahil and Kalanki to Kalimati. Traffic lights at 16 junctions, cars that stop on red, and the Ring Road at 50 km/h.

Drive Route 4

The coach waits in a town on the Prithvi Highway, with shops on both sides and hills behind

Prithvi Highway: Kathmandu to Pokhara

Tourist coach, 8 stops

Through Naubise, Malekhu, Kurintar, Mugling, Dumre and Damauli. Take the Nagdhunga tunnel or the old pass, follow the Trishuli, get past the Krishnabhir landslide, refuel and stop for a meal at Mugling.

Drive the Prithvi Highway

A painted local bus with Horn Please on the back drives the divided Siddhartha Highway near Manigram

Siddhartha Highway: Butwal to Sunauli

Local Terai bus, 8 stops

The real road at real length, built from OpenStreetMap. Real shop and bank names on the boards, the Lumbini Gate, Indian trucks, autos and e-rickshaws, and the truck queue at the border in Belahiya.

Drive to Sunauli

Driving the Nepali way

Right-hand drive, left-hand traffic, and passengers who notice every hard brake.

A bus that feels long

The bus steers from the rear axle, so it swings wide on turns like a real 11 m bus. Throttle and brakes ramp up smoothly, and a light touch gives a smooth stop.

Passengers and fares

Stop inside the yellow box, open the doors and watch people get off and on. You earn fares, and lose points for a rough ride, damage and running late.

Rules of the road

Speed limits by zone, traffic police with radar guns, red lights in the city and the Thankot checkpoint on the highway. You are only fined if they catch you.

Real hazards

A landslide, potholes, one-lane roadworks with a flagman, oncoming trucks on hill bends and stray cows on the shoulder near the border.

Play on any device

A steering wheel and pedals on touch screens, the keyboard on a computer, or a gamepad. Upright or sideways on a phone.

Your bus, your way

Pick a number plate like 8848 or type your own, switch between day and night, and try five cameras including the driver's seat and the door.

Rain and wet roads

Turn on rain, or let the game surprise you. Roads go dark and shiny, brakes bite less, the bus runs wide in fast corners, and a wiper clears the windscreen.

Online leaderboards

Pick a nickname and your finished shifts go on the board for each route, all time and this week. Share your driver profile with a link.

From the driver's seat

Driver's seat view in the rain on the Siddhartha Highway, with the wiper across the windscreen and a wet, shiny road ahead — Rain, with a wiper in the driver's seat

The city bus at night between buildings with lit windows — Night shift with headlights and lit windows

The bus waiting at a red traffic light at a city junction — Wait for green, or lose 50 points

How to play

Pick a route and press Start shift.
Release the parking brake and pull out. Keep left.
Follow the arrow and the minimap to the next stop, and stop inside the yellow box.
Open the doors, wait for passengers, close the doors and pull out.
Watch the speed limit beside the speedometer and stop at red lights and checkpoints.
At the last stop your shift ends and you get a score for fares, comfort, damage, time and fines. Pick a nickname in Stats to put it on the leaderboard.

W S: Gas and brake
A D: Steer
Space: Parking brake
F: Doors
R: Drive or reverse
Q E: Indicators
H: Horn
L: Headlights
C: Camera
N: Day or night

On a phone, turn the wheel at the bottom left and press the pedals on the right. With a gamepad, the left stick steers and the triggers are gas and brake.

Keep it on your home screen

Open the game and tap Install on the start screen. It opens full screen in one tap and plays offline. An Android app is on the way.

Open the game

Questions

Do I need to download anything?

No. It runs in your web browser. If you like, you can add it to your home screen and play it like an app, even offline once it has loaded.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. On phones and tablets you get a steering wheel, pedals and buttons on the screen, held upright or sideways. On a computer you drive with the keyboard or a gamepad.

Are the roads real?

Butwal to Sunauli is the real Siddhartha Highway at its real length of about 25 km, built from OpenStreetMap, with about 13,000 buildings where they stand. The Prithvi Highway is a shorter version of the real road with the towns in their real order. Route 4 is a city laid out like Kathmandu, with real place names for the stops.

Is there a leaderboard?

Yes. Open Stats, then Leaderboards, and pick a nickname. Your finished shifts go on the board for each route, all time and this week, and you can share your driver profile with a link.

Is there an Android app?

An Android app is on the way. Until then, install the web app from the game's start screen. It opens full screen from your home screen.

Who made it?

Bus Simulator Nepal is made by Ekendra Lamsal. More at EkendraOnLine.com.