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DCS World Steam Edition cover art

DCS World Steam Edition

Eagle Dynamics SA · 2013-08-02

Steam

SimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 17, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!

931
playing now
85%
positive of 41k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
93
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

931 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) is a combat flight simulation game developed primarily by Eagle Dynamics and The Fighter Collection.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 931 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,524 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~316/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 396 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k02026-08-06 21:00 — 772 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 491 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 818 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 867 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 689 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 993 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 980 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 738 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,017 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,048 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 548 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 771 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 788 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 479 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 829 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 773 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 519 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 913 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,070 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 543 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 643 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 898 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 732 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 799 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 653 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 644 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,083 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 931 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

2661172026-05-28 — 167 pageviews2026-05-31 — 153 pageviews2026-06-03 — 170 pageviews2026-06-06 — 127 pageviews2026-06-09 — 175 pageviews2026-06-12 — 143 pageviews2026-06-15 — 172 pageviews2026-06-18 — 168 pageviews2026-06-21 — 204 pageviews2026-06-24 — 171 pageviews2026-06-27 — 149 pageviews2026-06-30 — 148 pageviews2026-07-03 — 151 pageviews2026-07-06 — 146 pageviews2026-07-09 — 157 pageviews2026-07-12 — 135 pageviews2026-07-15 — 125 pageviews2026-07-18 — 134 pageviews2026-07-21 — 131 pageviews2026-07-24 — 144 pageviews2026-07-27 — 134 pageviews2026-07-30 — 123 pageviews2026-08-02 — 168 pageviews2026-08-05 — 153 pageviews2026-08-08 — 168 pageviews2026-08-11 — 137 pageviews2026-08-14 — 128 pageviews2026-08-17 — 144 pageviews2026-08-20 — 155 pageviews2026-08-23 — 148 pageviews2026-08-25 — 192 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

19002026-08-26 19:15 — 123 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 190 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 113 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 127 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 93 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opTracked Controller SupportVR Supported179 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Czech, French

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRWarCo-opActionFlightSandboxShooterTrackIRMilitaryRealistic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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