Privacy
Route 4: Nepal Bus Simulator, at bsn.ekendraonline.com. Last updated 10 October 2026.
Route 4 is a browser game from Bus Simulator Nepal. You can play it without giving any personal information. This page says what the game keeps, where, and how to remove it.
On your device
The game saves these in your browser's local storage. They never leave your device unless the sections below say so.
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Settings | Route, controls, graphics, weather and other choices |
| Your stats and personal bests | The Stats panel and the "New best" message |
| Install prompt state | So the install card does not keep asking |
| Your profile key (only if you make a profile) | A random secret that shows the server this device is you |
| A finished shift waiting for a profile (up to one hour) | So a score played just before you pick a nickname is not lost |
The installed app also keeps a copy of the game files so it works offline. Clearing your browser's site data removes all of this.
Play counts
When a shift starts and ends, the game adds one to a counter for that route and day. Nothing about you or your device is attached. You can turn this off in Settings ("Add my shifts to the public play counts").
Profiles and leaderboards (optional)
If you pick a nickname, the server stores:
- your nickname, when the profile was made and last used, and how many shifts you posted
- a one-way hash of each device key (the keys themselves are never stored)
- each finished shift you post: route, score, whether you finished, time, passengers, fares, fines, ride comfort, damage, distance, game version and date
Your nickname and shift results are public: they appear on the leaderboards and on your profile page, which anyone with the link can open. Choose a nickname that does not identify you if you prefer to stay anonymous.
Sign in with Google (optional)
If you choose to link a Google account to your profile, Google confirms who you are and sends the game your Google account ID, email address and name. The server stores these with your profile:
- the Google account ID, so you can get your profile back on any device by signing in
- your Google email address and name, which are kept private. They are never shown on the leaderboards, on profile pages or to other players. They are used to look after the leaderboards (for example, to check who is behind a suspicious score) and, rarely, to contact you about your profile.
The game never sees your Google password or photo, and never sends you marketing. Unlinking Google in the profile panel, or deleting your profile, removes the Google account ID, email address and name from the server. Google's own privacy policy applies to the sign-in itself.
Feedback (optional)
If you send a message from the feedback page, the server stores what you write, the topic and rating you pick, the route if you choose one, whether it came from the game or the home page, the time, and a way to reply only if you type one in (an email address or phone number). Feedback is kept private and forwarded by email. It is never shown publicly. Your address is not stored with it: as for every request, only a daily hash is kept for a few minutes to limit spam. To have a message removed, write to play@bussimulatornepal.com.
Ads
The game shows ads from Google AdSense on a few screens at bsn.ekendraonline.com: the loading card after you pick a route, the end of a shift and the Stats panel. They never cover the road or the controls while you drive, and the home page at bussimulatornepal.com has no ads. When an ad is shown, your browser contacts Google, and Google may use cookies or similar identifiers.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your earlier visits to this and other websites.
- Google's advertising cookies let it and its partners serve ads to you based on those visits. You can turn off personalised advertising in Google's My Ad Center, and opt out of other vendors' cookies at aboutads.info.
- How Google uses this information is explained in How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
- Visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked for consent before personalised ads are shown.
What is not collected
- No analytics. The game itself sets no tracking cookies (ads are covered above).
- No location, and no email address, phone number or real name unless you link a Google account or type a reply address into feedback (see above)
- No IP addresses are stored. To stop abuse, the server counts requests per minute using a one-way hash of the address and the date, and deletes these counts within minutes.
Services the game uses
- A hosting provider runs the site, the server and the database for the game, and handles the data only to run it.
- Fonts come from Google Fonts, and the 3D library from cdnjs. Your browser connects to them to download these files, so they see your IP address, as for any website.
- Ads, where shown, come from Google AdSense (see Ads above).
- The trailer on the home page at bussimulatornepal.com comes from YouTube. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play; then it plays in YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), and Google's privacy policy applies.
- Map data for the Siddhartha Highway comes from OpenStreetMap and is built into the game. Playing does not contact OpenStreetMap.
Deleting your data
In the game, open Stats, then Leaderboards, then Delete profile. This removes your profile, all your posted shifts and any linked sign-in from the server at once, and signs out every device. Stats on your device can be cleared from the Stats panel, or by clearing the site's data in your browser.
Children
The game is suitable for all ages and does not ask for personal information. Profiles need only a nickname, and linking a Google account is optional.
Changes and contact
If this page changes, the date at the top changes too. For questions, or to ask for data to be removed, write to play@bussimulatornepal.com. See also the terms of use.