TML-Studios

TML-Studios is an independent German video game developer based in Erfurt, Thuringia. Established in 2004, the studio specializes in transportation simulations for PC and consoles, with a catalogue spanning buses, intercity coaches and underground rail networks. Its work combines realistic vehicle dynamics with detailed digital environments and recreations of real transport routes.

The studio began by developing transit and rail add-ons, including Line 51 and expansions for Microsoft Train Simulator, before moving into standalone games. Its earlier releases include the point-and-click adventure Sunrise: The Game (2008), the World of Subways series and City Bus Simulator. The subway series explores networks in cities including New York, Berlin and London, while subsequent bus simulations expanded the studio’s focus on road transport.

Transportation simulations

Its principal titles include Fernbus Simulator, developed in partnership with intercity coach provider FlixBus, and Tourist Bus Simulator, set within a 1:1 scale recreation of Fuerteventura. The Bus brings the studio’s approach to Berlin, combining 1:1 scale routes with realistic vehicle physics, photorealistic graphics, multiplayer and route dispatching. Other releases include City Bus Simulator Munich and Bus & Cable Car Simulator: San Francisco.

TML-Studios develops real-time 3D simulations using capabilities in environment modelling, vehicle physics and Unreal Engine development. Its work extends through PC and console porting, downloadable content and ongoing game updates, including community-driven simulation expansions.

Beyond transport

The studio has also developed adventure and survival games alongside its simulation catalogue. In 2022, it released Dead Man’s Diary, an atmospheric survival-adventure powered by Unreal Engine. Together with its earlier adventure work, the title reflects a development history that extends beyond the transport simulations for which the company is best known.