Bus Flipper Simulator is the tried and true formula of taking something run down, giving it a spit-shine, and flipping it for a profit. You play as someone with a passion for mobile homes, whether it’s a run-down RV in need of TLC or a school bus requiring renovation to turn it into a home on wheels.
You’ll be responsible for picking up garbage, cleaning surfaces, hooking up plumbing and electrical, putting down tile, building up walls, and choosing new furnishings to align with your customer’s designs.
As you play and use your skills, you’ll earn levels that can be cashed in for newer and better perks. In the demo, that meant things like cleaning faster, picking up garbage quicker, and not being penalized on selling things that weren’t meant to be sold.
Personally, I hope that the upgrades in the full version have a wider expanse and involve making tiling faster. I had a ton of fun fixing up the mobile homes, but the last bus available in the demo required an insane amount of tiling that had to be done one click at a time.
The vehicles that you fix up are varied across several types, so it feels new and fresh when you accept a new job. I liked the idea that people didn’t just ask for things when you got on site, there were actual pictures that were “inspiration”. So, it was more about matching the environment shown rather than guessing where things might work best.
I also enjoyed the fact that you’re kind of encouraged to play a bit outside of the bus. Collecting garbage will net you extra points and I found that every location generally had a ton of trash hiding around a fence or in a nook and cranny. It allowed me to step outside of the bus and explore a backyard or even a whole little street.
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Additionally, each bus had a hidden object for you to find and collect. The first bus was clearly a nod to Breaking Bad and the collectible for that bus was the classic blue “crystals”. It added a little element of hide and seek to it and I can say that some of them are very well hidden. There were levels where I looked and didn’t find what was hiding.
As you progress and earn more money, you’ll have the option to start buying your own fixer-uppers instead of taking on jobs to renovate for others. By buying up a used bus or camper, you’re given free rein to design whatever you like to flip for a tidy profit.
I had a good time playing the demo for Bus Flipper Simulator and I’m looking forward to trying out the full game when it releases. If you’d like to give the demo a try, you can check it out on their Steam page. While you’re there, go ahead and wishlist the game. It’ll keep Bus Flipper Simulator on your radar and it will help out the developers.
If you’re a fan of flipper games, you can check out our thoughts on some of the other games from that genre that we’ve tried.
