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Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Take to the skies in the World’s favourite flight simulator! The multi award winning Microsoft Flight Simulator X lands on Steam for the first time. Take off from anywhere in the world, flying some of the world’s most iconic aircraft to any one of 24,000 destinations.

Released Dec 18, 2014 Developer Microsoft Game Studios Publisher Xbox Game Studios Platforms Windows FlightSimulationRealisticOpen WorldMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

86.4%positive25,603 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 103 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“long story short when i was a 8 years old. i like this game so much, but because of budget, and hardware issue, i'll wait untill i've got an proper laptop for play FSX when i was at 15 years old but i can't bought this game untill i had my own money now, i'm very busy for my…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 10 found this helpful

“I've got older and newer games that just run. This one has 10 different ways it breaks. I'm spending more time just getting the game to launch most days. Delete the logbook.bin file, run in compatibility mode. make sure steam is ran as administrator. Oh still wont run thinking…”

— a player, Steam review · 178 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:14 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

402playing at last check
46424-hour peak
5,971all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 3.6k avg · Apr 2020

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.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK19.99 GBP
Australia35.95 AUD
Canada27.99 CAD
Japan2,480 JPY
Brazil45.99 BRL
China78.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$9.0 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$28

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 15, 2019
New beta branch available on Steam!

We've released a new beta branch for FSX:SE that will help us gain valuable new telemetry data that will help us in the development of the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. If you are interested in assi

Sep 05, 2018
Just Flight's Republic P-47D Thunderbolt comes to Steam!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7395325/1ae658ecf8db03408ac963d546af48c123c922bc.jpg Raise a jug with us! The Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, known by its pilots as the

Aug 29, 2018
Flight1's Barcelona Comes to Steam!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7395325/8257120cc69a0a1fff21ebb403880c072219b7c3.jpg Take a trip over Barcelona with the great Barcelona scenery pack, new to FSX: St

Aug 09, 2018
Flight1 P-51D Comes to Steam!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7395325/6a6b640e7e4f90ea9f92412c54090358dfa7ec49.jpg In the single-seat fighter class, the Mustang reigns supreme! Now you can fly it

Aug 02, 2018
Wartime Workhorse: Just Flight's Stinson L-5 Now On Steam

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/7395325/6daef9d9996bd367f777821d9059499ad0ab6c88.jpg A general purpose workhorse from World War II, Just Flight's super-detailed Stin

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation
Player tagsFlight · Simulation · Realistic · Open World · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Moddable · Adventure · First-Person · Atmospheric · VR · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Estimated owners2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.fsxinsider.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later Processor: 2.0 Ghz or higher (single core) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX®9 compliant video card or greater, 256 MB video RAM or higher, Shader Model 1.1 or higher (Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required) DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space Additional Notes: Broadband internet connection required for multiplayer features