X-Plane 12 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation

X-Plane 12 is a simulation, flight and realistic game developed and published by Laminar Research.
Released on December 17th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Ukrainian.

It has received 4,290 reviews of which 3,598 were positive and 692 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 58.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified X-Plane 12 into these genres:

Simulation Flight Realistic VR 3D Immersive Sim Action-Adventure 3D Vision First-Person Jet Atmospheric Military Relaxing Controller Choices Matter Moddable Open World Physics Tutorial Co-op

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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

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 or 11
Processor: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9.
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: A Vulkan 1.3-capable video card from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel Arc GPU with at least 2 GB VRAM
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 23 GB available space
VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
Additional Notes: NVIDIA: GeForce 900 or newer, driver version 510 or newer AMD: AMD Radeon RX 500 or newer, driver version Adrenaline 22.2.1 or newer. Intel: Arc GPUs only

MacOS

OS: MacOS 12.00 (Monterey) or Newer
Processor: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9.
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 500 or newer, driver version Adrenaline 22.2.1 or newer
Storage: 23 GB available space

Linux

OS: Varies
Processor: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9.
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: A Vulkan 1.3-capable video card from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel Arc GPU with at least 2 GB VRAM
Storage: 23 GB available space
Additional Notes: We have developers using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and newer successfully, however we don’t provide support for specific distributions. We require proprietary GPU drivers. Intel: Arc GPUs only

User reviews & Ratings

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

April 2025

Plan Flight, fly it to cruise level, put it on autopilot, go to sleep, wake up, land plane, repeat process

April 2025

Better than MSFS, aircraft feel much more realistic. From a long time DCS player, this game actually got me into loving flying general aviation aircraft. Having loads of fun and I highly recommend looking into some of the freeware available, the 737-800 is incredible. Update: Yup, STILL better than MSFS

Jan. 2025

As a real world pilot, this is the most realistic sim software I have ever used. Even with the exclusion of some switches, this is the best sim to learn on. I thoroughly enjoy flying instrument approaches in the sim, and the in-game charts are generally accurate to real-world procedures. Overall, this was a great purchase and I cannot wait to spend more time in this sim!

Nov. 2024

After the disaster of MSFS 2024, i decided to switch to Xplane 12...Although the graphics might not compare out of the box, everything else is amazing, the physics, the huge amount of failure options to chose from. with a few payware and also freeware mods. this is quite the sim!!! and they are always improving. 100% recommend this over MSFS 2024 if you are looking for a real sim!!!

July 2024

---{ 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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Frequently Asked Questions

X-Plane 12 is currently priced at 58.99€ on Steam.

X-Plane 12 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 58.99€ on Steam.

X-Plane 12 received 3,598 positive votes out of a total of 4,290 achieving a rating of 8.11.

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X-Plane 12 was developed and published by Laminar Research.

X-Plane 12 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

X-Plane 12 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

X-Plane 12 is playable and fully supported on Linux.

X-Plane 12 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

X-Plane 12 includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There are 41 DLCs available for X-Plane 12. Explore additional content available for X-Plane 12 on Steam.

X-Plane 12 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

X-Plane 12 does not support Steam Remote Play.

X-Plane 12 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 X-Plane 12.

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58.99€

8.1

3,598

692

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Multiplayer

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Online players

527

Developer

Laminar Research

Publisher

Laminar Research

Release 17 Dec 2022

VR VR Supported

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