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RealFlight Evolution
RealFlight® is the industry-leading flight simulator for radio-controlled airplanes, helicopters, and drones. Fly more than 300 hyper-realistic vehicles in an immense, open world right from your desktop. This RC classic is a must-have tool for flight enthusiasts of all skill levels!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
72 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Hands-down the best way to learn RC flight without spending hundreds of dollars crashing real models. Fully playable on the Steam Deck, even with the stock controller, though an actual RC transmitter is recommended for…”
“An extremely accurate simulation of flying RC. After over 20 years as an RC pilot, I was FLOORED when I first tried this.”
“It's mindless fun. Sit back and enjoy and when you crash you just hit reset.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Best RC Flight sim for those looking to hone their skills before taking them into the real world. Absolute must if you are looking to avoid crashing your real RC plane as a newbie. The experience you will take away from…”
“Highly recommended for anyone interested in flying R/C planes or helicopters. Saved me a lot of $ and frustration over the years.”
“expensive but it works pretty flawless I got my worth out of it hours ago.”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Hands-down the best way to learn RC flight without spending hundreds of dollars crashing real models. Fully playable on the Steam Deck, even with the stock controller, though an actual RC transmitter is recommended for…”
“Real Flight provides realistic practice using the controller that I use at the field. It provides a good way to practice maneuvers without destroying a real R/C aircraft. In addition, Real Flight provides the…”
“I am a experience RC Pilot . I highly recommend this Flight Simulator to anyone that is a rc flyer or someone wanting to get into the hobby. I have used the Real Flight to help maintain my experience level even when the…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A great learning aid for RC flying of all types with lessons, games, and multiplayer functions. Has a huge number of planes, helicopters, and drones of all types. A 'must have' tool for RC flyers. Highly recommended.”
“Real Flight provides realistic practice using the controller that I use at the field. It provides a good way to practice maneuvers without destroying a real R/C aircraft. In addition, Real Flight provides the…”
“The simulator is very easy to set up and use. It seems quite realistic and gives me the opportunity to fly a variety of planes in a variety of environments before investing substantial amount of money in a physical RC…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A great learning aid for RC flying of all types with lessons, games, and multiplayer functions. Has a huge number of planes, helicopters, and drones of all types. A 'must have' tool for RC flyers. Highly recommended.”
“Real Flight provides realistic practice using the controller that I use at the field. It provides a good way to practice maneuvers without destroying a real R/C aircraft. In addition, Real Flight provides the…”
“You can fly hundreds of RC models across dozens of real-world flying sites that you can actually recognize and visit in real life. The simulator also provides many helpful tutorials for beginners, along with challenges…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“loads quick, realistic enough, vr capable, many models. needs an update badly for saving models in a file of their own. Also needs better model search. overall pretty fluid.”
“loads horribly, many many bugs and not as realistic as the older versions.”
“Game will not load. If it does, it takes 15 min. Do not buy!!!!!!!!”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“100$ game with poor user interface and many limitations, and you have to pay 20$ quarterly to get the updates, what a joke...”
“loads quick, realistic enough, vr capable, many models. needs an update badly for saving models in a file of their own. Also needs better model search. overall pretty fluid.”
“hard to access, very nice product”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Not very realistic at all. It might help someone who has never played with RC anything but it will not help you fly rc planes. This game is only for amusement. Not for real flying.”
“loads horribly, many many bugs and not as realistic as the older versions.”
“i would highly recommend this platform to anyone that is a beginner to intermediate skill level in flying RC planes. The training section is essential to gain skills & confidence to fly your own plane with a degree of…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“100$ game with poor user interface and many limitations, and you have to pay 20$ quarterly to get the updates, what a joke...”
“expensive but it works pretty flawless I got my worth out of it hours ago.”
“fun game if you like RC and flying, just get it on sale because of how expensive it is.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“loads horribly, many many bugs and not as realistic as the older versions.”
“Game will not load. If it does, it takes 15 min. Do not buy!!!!!!!!”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“The game did not work well on Apple Mini Mac even with parallels. The times it worked were very realistic and cool. However , It was getting glitchy so I purchased a gaming lap top PC . Will try again.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Fantastic for building confidence. Less so for building skills, unless you practice on this simulator with wind. Real life is always windy for a little RC plane. "Crosswind Experience" and "Overwhelmed" are both particularly useful in this simulator.”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs played“I've played this for a couple hundred hours on RF 8 before the lack of DirectX9 forced my old version to the grave. Ancient graphics and meh/afterthought interface. Maps that haven't updated for over a decade. Same problems where your computer goes to sleep in the middle of your…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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DLC: 2026 Quarterly Content Pack 2 Available Now
The next batch of RealFlight Evolution DLC (downloadable content) has arrived! We are pleased to announce the release of 2026 Quarterly Content Pack 2. QCP2 includes 1 airport and 4 new aircraft: 3 st
Update: RealFlight Evolution 10.10.215
RealFlight version 10.10.215 is now available as a free release for all Evolution users. It adds support for 2026 Quarterly Content Pack 2 alongside a some other improvements and fixes. Release Notes:
Update: RealFlight Evolution 10.10.208
RealFlight version 10.10.208 is now available as a free release for all Evolution users. It adds support for the new Spektrum WS3000T plus a few improvements and aircraft setup tweaks. When it comes t
DLC: 2026 Quarterly Content Pack 1 and Year Content Pass Available Now
We begin our fourth year offering RealFlight Evolution DLC by announcing the release of both 2026 Quarterly Content Pack 1 and the 2026 Year Content Pass! 2026 Quarterly Content Pack 1 2026 QCP1 inclu
Update: RealFlight Evolution 10.10.203
RealFlight version 10.10.203 is now available as a free release for all Evolution users. It includes numerous improvements and bug fixes as well as support for 2026 Quarterly Content Pack 1 DLC. Some
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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 | Indie, Racing, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Flight · Realistic · Physics · 3D · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Local Multiplayer · Racing · VR · Vehicular Combat · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | https://realflight.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or 11 Processor: Intel or AMD processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Full DirectX 11 compliant DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space Additional Notes: Some graphics settings may be reduced. Physics still runs at full fidelity.