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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition on Steam
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From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is a simulation, flight and realistic game
developed by Asobo Studio
and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Released on August 25th 2026 is available on Windows, VR, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 65,666 reviews of which 51,794 were positive and 13,872 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 69.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 52.99€ on Instant Gaming.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i5-4460 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 | AMD Radeon RX 570
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 150 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR, Oculus PC, or OpenXR. Keyboard and mouse required
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I am not writing this review as a flight nerd. I am red-green shadeblind so anything that allows me a taste of what it's like to fly will tickle my fancy on that. I think airplanes are cool, but cool enough for me to rip this game apart in front of the developers families? No. I AM writing this review as a geography nerd. And in that regard, FLAWLESS. This game taught me: 1) Google maps LIED, some rivers exist where they say they don't (Nigeria, specifically for me). Don't know who I trust more, but this game taught me to DISTRUST google maps. 2) You have literally NO IDEA how big the world is. I did a flight over northern Quebec, and the fact that some of these land masses just GO ON screws with your brain a little. 3) Cities that you have never heard of are actually gigantic, really nailing home that whole sonder feeling. Anyway, you can fly the world, and that's MY appeal and so yeah, I recommend it for all the map nerds out there,
i mean what can i even say about this game... i guess i will start with the pros: 1: this game was the thing that got me to love aviation so much and its to this day one of my favorite hobbies. 2: i bought this game in 2023 (i think at least im not sure), and to be honest even now in 2026 i love to play this a lot as its really stable for me (i dont have msfs 2024 nor am i planning to buy it). 3: the game is very flexable, what i mean by that is that when you start the game you get 3 airliners, a fighter jet, 2 helicopters, the sr-72 darkstar (i think its called the sr-72), a few otehr special planes and a lot of GA planes, and if you want you can also purchase planes from either the inbuilt marketplace or from outside installers with great planes like pmdg planes, fenix a320s, and other planes which i personally only play airliners so idk about that but yea i think you get the point, oh and a lot of free mods from flight sim.to that some are really good for the game. 4: in my opinion the graphics are really good, now the ground other then in airports can sometimes look really weird (i will get to that) but the airports and the aircraft most of them at least are great. 5: the game has multiplayer so you can fly with friends (i dont have them so im alone) but if you have friends you can just fly with them. 6: while its not perfect you CAN fly offline, the only cons are that the graphics are in my opinion really bad (on the ground- and yes airports also look really bad) and there isnt live traffic and live weather but the core games with your add ons work and the planes look the same so it is playable. 7: servers like vatsim and ivao let you play with atc thats humans and other pilots also playing on the network, i really like it personally. now the cons: thank you for reading my review :) no but seriously these are the cons: 1: this is the main issue: the game takes like 20% of my ssd (i got a 1tb nvme ssd). 2: following that i will also say that running the game with good graphics and ray tracing and all of that is bit hard for my computer, i dont know about low graphics and all of that but thats just from what i see. 3: well this is more for people who do long flights with autopilot but im finding that if my monitor goes into sleep mode in a flight then its like a 50% chance that the game will stop responding and i will have to manually close it with task manager and in a long flight its really annoying. 4: the ground terrain not in airports sometimes annoy me, as they can look really bad in certian places and from my personal experiences houses look really bad, but honestly most of what about graphics is just me being super picky at stuff that doesnt matter. but i would say that if you can somehow bypass most of these issues then the game is really fun and calming, thank you for reading me yap about a flight sim, and i hope you have a great day :) (also im sorry for the worst english you have ever seen in your life im just not good at english and its also not my main language). note: buy this game, its amazing.
Be aware, the launcher is 1.5~ GB to download, although, after you run the game for the first time, you must download 130 GB of content (which is the actual game, these dummies), and depending of your Download speed, you might find yourself wasting your Steam 2 hours window to refund the game if you didn't like it... I like these games, it's quite fun to fly, travel through my local area, discover new places, and so on. just be aware of the download times... This review is timed at 1.5 hours and I have just been able to download 66.55GB
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Frequently Asked Questions
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is currently priced at 69.99€ on Steam.
No, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 69.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition received 51,794 positive votes out of a total of 65,666 achieving a rating of 7.79.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition was developed by Asobo Studio and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Yes, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is not playable on MacOS.
No, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition supports VR. You can play it using a compatible VR headset.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition. Explore additional content available for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition on Steam.
No, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition.
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Last Updates| Steam data | 23 September 2026 01:05 UTC |
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| SteamSpy data | 19 October 2026 17:47 UTC |
| Steam price | 27 October 2026 04:09 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 18 October 2026 06:04 UTC |
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Developer
Asobo Studio
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Xbox Game Studios
Release
25 Aug 2026
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