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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Explore the world with our largest fleet of aircraft and take simulation to new heights while pursuing your aviation career within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
29 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“After spending around 60 hours in the game, I can honestly say the disappointment has been huge. The actual flying mechanics and the feeling of flying can sometimes be genuinely enjoyable, and that is probably the only…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Satisfyingly brutal ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry…”
“Flight Simulator 2024 is really good for who liked aviation and learning the rules and process.I really recommended everyone its really good hobby and improve yourself.Sky is not limit,just the beginning.”
23 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“This game is nowhere near similar to FS2004 or FSX. I never played 2020 but I grew up playing 2002, 2004 (best one by far) and X. While the graphics are great, the controls are extremely hard to figure out if you have a…”
“I got this game for the VR portion. I run it on Quest 3 and I have no complain on the visual part. However the controllers support is where things are painful. I managed to pass the first licence, and started with Heli…”
“Very impressed with the performance even on lower end hardware and the big step up in scenery. Vs 2020 everything looks alot more natural, more detailed, higher quality, alot more varied and lively. Of course you can…”
9 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Ironically, this game runs amazing on console (PS5) and plays better than the PC version. I want to like this game, I really do. However, mapping the KBM to everything is awful. I wanted to "reset to default", but the…”
“Very impressed with the performance even on lower end hardware and the big step up in scenery. Vs 2020 everything looks alot more natural, more detailed, higher quality, alot more varied and lively. Of course you can…”
“It's MSFS 2020, just that with slightly better performance and physics, the weather still sucks, the simulation still sucks, etc”
8 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Very detailed and improves on the predecessor. I played MSFS 2020 for a few years and I loved it. But there were a few things missing. MSFS 2024 fixes all of that. A proper career mode, the ability to walk around on the…”
“This is what all the other Flight sims were missing, a built in career mode. So fair its been absolutely fantastic. Great graphics, great flighting, a pure joy to play so far. I really hope they continue to update.”
“I’m really happy with MSFS 2024 so far. Even though it had some issues at launch, the overall experience has been great for me. The graphics, atmosphere, flight feeling, and level of detail are amazing. I especially…”
4 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Unless you have a lifetime to dedicate mastering this thing run long and run fast .if you want to spend $50 to $200 to fly virtual planes in to the ground, jump on in the water is fine.”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Satisfyingly brutal ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry…”
“its just fun bro, i mean there is a learning curve but once you get the hang of it it's freaking awesome. the red bull air racing is also really cool.”
45 of the 105 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is nowhere near similar to FS2004 or FSX. I never played 2020 but I grew up playing 2002, 2004 (best one by far) and X. While the graphics are great, the controls are extremely hard to figure out if you have a…”
“Ironically, this game runs amazing on console (PS5) and plays better than the PC version. I want to like this game, I really do. However, mapping the KBM to everything is awful. I wanted to "reset to default", but the…”
“This is, without exaggeration, one of the most broken games I have ever played. The amount of bugs in MSFSM2-24 is beyond unacceptable. Glitches, crashes, random behavior, things not working as intended—it feels like…”
17 of the 105 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Was looking forward to this but having to much struggle setting up yoke and throttle compared to 2020 edt. It was also crashing and lagging even in menues while trying to set things up. Will refund and stick to 2020.”
“The content and update management in this game is simply horrible. Not to mention insane amount of crashes while maintaining content in my library. My guess is that the game and updates are fully vibecoded with…”
“I hate the performance. Its terrible. Leaving the manual cache out was a foolish decision. I'm going back to 2020.”
14 of the 105 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is nowhere near similar to FS2004 or FSX. I never played 2020 but I grew up playing 2002, 2004 (best one by far) and X. While the graphics are great, the controls are extremely hard to figure out if you have a…”
“I got this game for the VR portion. I run it on Quest 3 and I have no complain on the visual part. However the controllers support is where things are painful. I managed to pass the first licence, and started with Heli…”
“Ironically, this game runs amazing on console (PS5) and plays better than the PC version. I want to like this game, I really do. However, mapping the KBM to everything is awful. I wanted to "reset to default", but the…”
13 of the 105 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“After spending around 60 hours in the game, I can honestly say the disappointment has been huge. The actual flying mechanics and the feeling of flying can sometimes be genuinely enjoyable, and that is probably the only…”
“It’s a good game, and I wanna help someone else in case they run into this in the future, if you get the base game, you’ll only be limited to starting a sight seeing business, and not the others.”
“The graphics are the only thing this game has going for it right now. I was excited for the new campaign mode, but it’s borderline unplayable. Nothing is more demoralizing than flying a long, disciplined route only to…”
11 of the 105 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I can't even play the game at this point, some sort of authentication problem. I've searched high and low and tried multiple things, nothing gets it to work. I legally purchased the game and can't get access to it.…”
“it wont let me play it. I'v had a steam account for 20 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years and it says my account violates their thing? wtf? $90 for what? ill just have to do a bloody charge back and have a black mark against my name. or…”
“Bought the game, really enjoyed it. But now, suddenly, I have to sign into xbox to play the game I purchased. Worked fine without that before. I bought this PC to be done with Xbox.”
Note: these 105 reviews lean more negative than the game overall — 47% of them recommend it, against 59.5% across all 22,187 reviews.
Counted across 105 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 59.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Bugs to fix, DLSS causing textures to ghost on many computers including mine... I hjope Microsoft and Asobo will fix those little but important details.”
— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs played“Love the realism - I use it to practive basic VFR airport pattern disciplines”
— a player, Steam review · 98 hrs played“Its a fun game but its already 2026 and the amount of bugs and crash is just crazy !!!!! Need to restart the game every 30 min”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
September 24th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Last week, members of the Microsoft Flight Simulator team attended the National Championship Air Races in Roswell, NM! We welcomed thousands of aviation fans to our tent behind the main g
September 18th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap With the launch of the iniBuilds A380 Airliner, exclusively available in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in-sim Marketplace, this week’s Screenshot Challenges sets you all the task of
September 2026 - Development Update
National Championship Air Races activity Sim Update 7 goals World Update 23: Poland and The Baltics AAU6 & Local Legend 26 Plus much much more! Read the full blog post here: Click here to read the Sep
September 10th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Next week is the National Championship Air Races ! For five days in Roswell, New Mexico, aviation fans will witness the world’s fastest motorsport as pilots compete in exhilarating wing-t
September 3rd, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing
Weekly Recap Members of the Microsoft Flight Simulator and Asobo Studios teams have recently returned from exhibiting at gamescom 2026 in Cologne, Germany. Attendees were able to get a first hands-on
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Flight · Realistic · VR · Multiplayer · Hobby Sim · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Family Friendly · Exploration · Sandbox · Nature (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support · HDR available · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Dutch * , Finnish * , Japanese * , Korean * , Norwegian * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * … |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Official site | https://www.flightsimulator.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon RX 5700 or GeForce GTX 970 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space Additional Notes: Network Speed of 10 Mbps Bandwidth