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Falcon 4.0 cover art

Falcon 4.0

MicroProse Software · 2016-01-08

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Dec 11, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 01, 1999 (Mac)

Falcon 4.0 breaks the sight-and-sound barrier with its cutting-edge graphics, realism, dynamic campaigns and multiplayer gameplay.

Falcon 4.0 is a 2016 Simulation game priced at $11.99, with Very Positive sentiment (85% of 304 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

2
playing now
85%
positive of 304 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Falcon 4.0 is a combat flight simulation video game developed by MicroProse's Alameda development studio and published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse label in 1998. The game is based around a realistic simulation of the Block 50/52 F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighter in a full-scale modern war set in the Korean Peninsula.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 16,797 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.6k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 304 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2016-06-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.492016-01-082026-08-242016-01-08 — best price $6.992016-06-23 — best price $3.492016-10-17 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $3.492017-03-22 — best price $3.502017-04-17 — best price $6.992017-06-23 — best price $3.492017-07-19 — best price $3.492017-10-26 — best price $3.492017-12-27 — best price $3.492018-02-21 — best price $6.992018-05-24 — best price $6.992018-09-07 — best price $6.992018-11-19 — best price $4.192019-01-19 — best price $4.192019-03-30 — best price $6.992019-06-25 — best price $4.192019-09-19 — best price $4.192019-12-07 — best price $6.992020-01-22 — best price $4.192020-04-21 — best price $6.992020-07-08 — best price $6.992020-10-23 — best price $4.192020-12-22 — best price $4.192021-03-16 — best price $6.992021-07-08 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $4.192021-12-05 — best price $6.992022-03-07 — best price $4.192022-07-19 — best price $6.992022-11-22 — best price $4.192023-01-21 — best price $3.492023-04-18 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992026-05-25 — best price $11.992026-08-24 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

68252026-05-29 — 41 pageviews2026-06-02 — 42 pageviews2026-06-06 — 36 pageviews2026-06-10 — 54 pageviews2026-06-14 — 34 pageviews2026-06-18 — 43 pageviews2026-06-22 — 30 pageviews2026-06-26 — 46 pageviews2026-06-30 — 55 pageviews2026-07-04 — 36 pageviews2026-07-08 — 33 pageviews2026-07-12 — 36 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-20 — 47 pageviews2026-07-24 — 68 pageviews2026-07-28 — 55 pageviews2026-08-01 — 58 pageviews2026-08-05 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 42 pageviews2026-08-13 — 42 pageviews2026-08-17 — 47 pageviews2026-08-21 — 38 pageviews2026-08-25 — 50 pageviews2026-08-29 — 36 pageviews2026-09-02 — 42 pageviews2026-09-06 — 47 pageviews2026-09-10 — 39 pageviews2026-09-14 — 49 pageviews2026-09-18 — 42 pageviews2026-09-22 — 51 pageviews2026-09-26 — 38 pageviews2026-09-30 — 58 pageviews2026-10-04 — 47 pageviews2026-10-07 — 53 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Player tags

3DWarRetro1990'sActionCombatFlightWargameMilitaryModdable

Census log

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

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