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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.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition is a flight, simulation and realistic game developed by Microsoft Game Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Released on December 18th 2014 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 25,603 reviews of which 22,120 were positive and 3,483 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition into these genres:

Flight Simulation Realistic Open World Multiplayer Singleplayer Moddable Adventure First-Person Atmospheric VR Action Difficult Massively Multiplayer Co-op Military Third Person Strategy Local Multiplayer Sandbox

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
this is a good game with good physics, also its good for people with a low-end pc like me
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Nov. 2024
I have been playing this for 9 years and enjoyed every minute of 3442 hours. I am a FSX addict. It has NEVER failed me. It has been a life saver in my retirement. Reloaded after getting a new PC with Windows 11.
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Oct. 2024
cool af ---{ 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 bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10
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Sept. 2024
7/10 This game is kinda slow, old and boring, but my Dad used to play it all the time when I was a teenager, and even into adulthood. I played it with him again a few months before he died. I think about him when I play it.
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Sept. 2024
shout out and respect to those who are still playing FSX because their hardware isn't powerful enough to play the newer Microsoft flight simulator games your unspoken and unappreciated heros o7
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Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition received 22,120 positive votes out of a total of 25,603 achieving a rating of 8.47.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition was developed by Microsoft Game Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition is not playable on MacOS.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition is not playable on Linux.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 234 DLCs available for Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition. Explore additional content available for Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition on Steam.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam 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 X: Steam Edition.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition PEGI 3
24.99€
8.5
22,120
3,483
Game modes
Features
Online players
550
Developer
Microsoft Game Studios
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Release 18 Dec 2014
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