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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view, Virtual Reality

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!

DCS World Steam Edition is a free-to-play Simulation and Free To Play title released in 2013, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Very Positive (85% of 41149 reviews) sentiment.

588
playing now
85%
positive of 41k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66
twitch viewers (latest)
7.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

588 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 588 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 1% of 16,568 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

1.4k4232026-09-14 19:00 — 916 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 496 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 627 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 990 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 716 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 537 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 870 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 557 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 546 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,063 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 687 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 454 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 771 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 628 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 683 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,351 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 758 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 537 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 771 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,121 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 780 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 671 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,003 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 588 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k2Aug 2013Aug 2026Aug 2013 — avg 6 · peak 22Dec 2013 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2014 — avg 85 · peak 171Aug 2014 — avg 116 · peak 236Dec 2014 — avg 159 · peak 334Apr 2015 — avg 133 · peak 307Aug 2015 — avg 118 · peak 226Dec 2015 — avg 151 · peak 329Apr 2016 — avg 146 · peak 282Aug 2016 — avg 134 · peak 229Dec 2016 — avg 159 · peak 299Apr 2017 — avg 143 · peak 312Aug 2017 — avg 211 · peak 348Dec 2017 — avg 283 · peak 565Apr 2018 — avg 346 · peak 1,001Aug 2018 — avg 284 · peak 510Dec 2018 — avg 439 · peak 820Apr 2019 — avg 593 · peak 1,105Aug 2019 — avg 550 · peak 960Dec 2019 — avg 844 · peak 1,610Apr 2020 — avg 1,430 · peak 2,894Aug 2020 — avg 898 · peak 1,385Dec 2020 — avg 1,073 · peak 2,110Apr 2021 — avg 1,249 · peak 3,027Aug 2021 — avg 959 · peak 1,493Dec 2021 — avg 1,057 · peak 1,855Apr 2022 — avg 1,449 · peak 3,216Aug 2022 — avg 1,229 · peak 2,080Dec 2022 — avg 1,323 · peak 2,506Apr 2023 — avg 1,156 · peak 2,002Aug 2023 — avg 951 · peak 1,513Dec 2023 — avg 1,119 · peak 2,002Apr 2024 — avg 974 · peak 1,648Aug 2024 — avg 901 · peak 1,479Dec 2024 — avg 1,044 · peak 1,802Apr 2025 — avg 903 · peak 1,652Aug 2025 — avg 806 · peak 1,302Dec 2025 — avg 902 · peak 1,632Apr 2026 — avg 827 · peak 1,499Aug 2026 — avg 775 · peak 1,440
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
26262026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 26 new positive2026-09-21: 3 new negative2026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 8 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 20 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 7 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 11 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

5851172026-05-28 — 167 pageviews2026-06-01 — 163 pageviews2026-06-05 — 193 pageviews2026-06-09 — 175 pageviews2026-06-13 — 149 pageviews2026-06-17 — 154 pageviews2026-06-21 — 204 pageviews2026-06-25 — 174 pageviews2026-06-29 — 127 pageviews2026-07-03 — 151 pageviews2026-07-07 — 150 pageviews2026-07-11 — 125 pageviews2026-07-15 — 125 pageviews2026-07-19 — 122 pageviews2026-07-23 — 123 pageviews2026-07-27 — 134 pageviews2026-07-31 — 130 pageviews2026-08-04 — 159 pageviews2026-08-08 — 168 pageviews2026-08-12 — 143 pageviews2026-08-16 — 184 pageviews2026-08-20 — 155 pageviews2026-08-24 — 164 pageviews2026-08-28 — 149 pageviews2026-09-01 — 164 pageviews2026-09-05 — 133 pageviews2026-09-09 — 132 pageviews2026-09-13 — 195 pageviews2026-09-17 — 158 pageviews2026-09-21 — 175 pageviews2026-09-25 — 204 pageviews2026-09-29 — 195 pageviews2026-10-03 — 220 pageviews2026-10-06 — 223 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

42102026-09-30 18:34 — 184 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 157 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 212 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 148 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 200 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 66 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

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2013-08-02, latest 2026-07-22 (Steam store data)

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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