# Bus Simulator Nepal

> Bus Simulator Nepal (the game is also called Route 4: Nepal Bus Simulator) is a 3D bus driving game set in Nepal that runs in a web browser on phones, tablets and computers. Play it at https://play.bussimulatornepal.com/. The home page is https://bussimulatornepal.com/.

- Latest version: 0.4.0, released 21 October 2026. Release notes: https://bussimulatornepal.com/changelog
- Platforms: any modern web browser; installable as an app from the browser and playable offline after the first load. An Android app is planned.
- Controls: on-screen steering wheel and pedals on touch screens, keyboard on a computer, or a gamepad
- Traffic keeps left and the buses are right-hand drive, as in Nepal
- Language: English, with Nepali on the buses and signs, and conductor calls in Nepali, English or both

## Routes

- Route 4, Kathmandu city: a city bus with six stops from Ratnapark to Kalimati, traffic lights at 16 junctions, zebra crossings and the Ring Road. The city is laid out like Kathmandu, with real place names for the stops. Play: https://play.bussimulatornepal.com/?route=city
- Prithvi Highway, Kathmandu to Pokhara: an old Tata day bus with eight stops from Kalanki through Naubise, Malekhu, Kurintar, Mugling, Dumre and Damauli to Pokhara, with the Nagdhunga tunnel or the old pass, fuel stops and a meal break at Mugling. The road is a shortened version of the real one with the towns in their real order. Play: https://play.bussimulatornepal.com/?route=highway
- Siddhartha Highway, Butwal to Sunauli: a painted local bus with eight stops from Butwal Bus Park through Jogikuti, Manigram, Kotihawa and Bhairahawa to the border at Belahiya, on the real 25.5 km road built from OpenStreetMap, with about 13,000 buildings where they stand and real shop names. Play: https://play.bussimulatornepal.com/?route=sunauli
- Pokhara Lakeside: a city bus with eight stops from the Tourist Bus Park along Lakeside Marg past Barahi, Hallan and Khahare Chowk and along the shore of Phewa Lake to Khapaudi, on the real 6.4 km road and terrain, with about 2,600 buildings, the Annapurna range on the skyline and people walking on the narrow shore road. About 1 km of Lakeside Marg has been checked against photos taken on the street. Play: https://play.bussimulatornepal.com/?route=lakeside

## Gameplay

- Stop inside the yellow box at each bus stop, open the doors, let passengers off and on, and keep to the timetable
- Score: fares and ride comfort, minus damage, delay, traffic police fines and penalties (red lights, not giving way at zebra crossings, hitting people or animals)
- Buses: four, each on the routes where it really runs: the city bus in Kathmandu and on Pokhara Lakeside, the Tata day bus or a tourist coach on the Prithvi Highway, the painted local bus from Butwal to Sunauli. Gears: automatic (the default), a five-speed manual with an automatic clutch or a clutch pedal that can stall, or an electric bus with regenerative braking in Kathmandu and on the Prithvi Highway. Suspension rolls and pitches the body
- Road realism: potholes with puddles, unmarked speed breakers, mud and gravel, a landslide, roadworks with a flagman, motorbikes that filter past, and villagers and stray dogs who move only for the horn
- Sound and calls: a musical pressure horn, a conductor whose calls about oncoming trucks and narrow passes appear on screen in Nepali, English or both, with a whistle and knocks, air brakes and engine sound
- Speed limits: 40 km/h in the city and on hill roads, 50 km/h on the Ring Road, 80 km/h on the open Terai highway, 30 km/h in the border bazaar and in Lakeside
- Rain with slippery roads and wipers, day and night, five cameras including the driver's seat with a decorated cab

## Profiles and leaderboards

- Online leaderboards per route, all time and this week, under a nickname
- Sign in with Google (optional), with the Sign in button next to Start shift, to save the profile, scores, stats, settings and a home route on any device, earn BSN Rupees (game money) on each drive and climb the driver levels from Khalasi to Guruji. The Google name and email are never shown publicly
- Routes open in order, like a real driver's career: the city routes first, then the Siddhartha Highway (Terai plain), the Prithvi Highway (hills) and later the mountain roads, each with stars and a driver level. A locked road can still be taken for a test drive that does not count, and the driving school bus trial is open to everyone
- One to three stars for each drive, a road safety tip after it, 19 badges, a daily challenge that is the same for every player, and a streak of days played
- Players rate each route with one tap after a drive (1 to 5 stars); the averages show in the game and on https://bussimulatornepal.com/routes once enough players have rated
- Open the sign-in directly: https://play.bussimulatornepal.com/?signin
- Open the leaderboards directly: https://play.bussimulatornepal.com/?leaderboard

## Feedback

- Send ideas, bug reports, praise, or a question about a player's profile or data: https://bussimulatornepal.com/feedback

## Links

- Home page: https://bussimulatornepal.com/
- Routes: https://bussimulatornepal.com/routes
- Features: https://bussimulatornepal.com/features
- How to play: https://bussimulatornepal.com/how-to-play
- Questions: https://bussimulatornepal.com/faq
- About and credits: https://bussimulatornepal.com/about
- What's new (release notes, about once a month): https://bussimulatornepal.com/changelog, also as an Atom feed: https://bussimulatornepal.com/changelog.xml
- Play the game: https://play.bussimulatornepal.com/
- Privacy: https://bussimulatornepal.com/privacy
- Terms: https://bussimulatornepal.com/terms
- Sitemap: https://bussimulatornepal.com/sitemap.xml
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PlayBusSimulatorNP
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlayBusSimulatorNP/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bussimulatornepal.com
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owad2bTkwZk
- Contact: the feedback page, https://bussimulatornepal.com/feedback