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Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Microsoft Game Studios · Xbox Game Studios · 2014-12-18

Steam

Simulation

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

Releases: Dec 18, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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 $4.99 Simulation game released in 2014, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 26529 reviews).

335
playing now
87%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

335 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) is a 2006 flight simulation video game originally developed by Aces Game Studio and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight and the tenth installment of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, which was first released in 1982. It is built on an upgraded graphics rendering engine, showcasing DirectX 10 features in Windows Vista and was marketed by Microsoft as the most important technological milestone in the series at the time. FSX is the first version in the series to be released on DVD media.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 335 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 535 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~67/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 16,907 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 664k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,568 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-06-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
91091020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 910 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5852632026-09-16 04:00 — 271 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 366 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 492 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 376 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 329 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 489 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 350 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 317 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 567 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 442 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 263 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 476 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 404 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 315 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 571 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 451 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 295 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 396 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 500 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 383 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 358 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 480 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 335 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.6k390Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 1,057 · peak 2,250Apr 2015 — avg 1,208 · peak 2,706Aug 2015 — avg 1,431 · peak 2,609Dec 2015 — avg 1,822 · peak 3,549Apr 2016 — avg 2,137 · peak 3,860Aug 2016 — avg 2,242 · peak 3,711Dec 2016 — avg 2,665 · peak 4,560Apr 2017 — avg 2,873 · peak 4,926Aug 2017 — avg 2,706 · peak 4,256Dec 2017 — avg 2,695 · peak 4,510Apr 2018 — avg 2,558 · peak 4,285Aug 2018 — avg 2,592 · peak 4,205Dec 2018 — avg 2,515 · peak 4,139Apr 2019 — avg 2,243 · peak 3,739Aug 2019 — avg 2,148 · peak 3,228Dec 2019 — avg 2,081 · peak 3,218Apr 2020 — avg 3,570 · peak 5,971Aug 2020 — avg 2,346 · peak 3,813Dec 2020 — avg 1,574 · peak 2,536Apr 2021 — avg 1,371 · peak 2,184Aug 2021 — avg 1,107 · peak 1,626Dec 2021 — avg 1,045 · peak 1,592Apr 2022 — avg 915 · peak 1,397Aug 2022 — avg 838 · peak 1,238Dec 2022 — avg 808 · peak 1,214Apr 2023 — avg 731 · peak 1,119Aug 2023 — avg 633 · peak 972Dec 2023 — avg 652 · peak 1,017Apr 2024 — avg 584 · peak 897Aug 2024 — avg 547 · peak 817Dec 2024 — avg 549 · peak 846Apr 2025 — avg 469 · peak 739Aug 2025 — avg 465 · peak 687Dec 2025 — avg 471 · peak 751Apr 2026 — avg 429 · peak 666Aug 2026 — avg 409 · peak 636
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
662026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$27.01$2.492015-01-012026-08-182015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $12.492015-08-13 — best price $4.992015-10-21 — best price $24.992016-01-04 — best price $24.992016-02-12 — best price $24.992016-06-16 — best price $7.492016-10-21 — best price $24.992017-01-02 — best price $24.992017-04-03 — best price $24.992017-07-31 — best price $12.492017-09-21 — best price $24.992017-11-16 — best price $14.992017-12-15 — best price $13.412018-01-02 — best price $24.462018-01-25 — best price $24.992018-02-19 — best price $24.992018-03-26 — best price $12.492018-04-23 — best price $25.192018-06-14 — best price $11.802018-07-05 — best price $24.992018-08-11 — best price $11.482018-08-30 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $24.992020-04-02 — best price $6.242022-07-07 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-04-18 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-04-24 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-06-16 — best price $24.992026-08-18 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

265832026-06-02 — 125 pageviews2026-06-06 — 125 pageviews2026-06-10 — 99 pageviews2026-06-14 — 164 pageviews2026-06-18 — 100 pageviews2026-06-22 — 125 pageviews2026-06-26 — 116 pageviews2026-06-30 — 116 pageviews2026-07-04 — 103 pageviews2026-07-08 — 104 pageviews2026-07-12 — 118 pageviews2026-07-16 — 109 pageviews2026-07-20 — 133 pageviews2026-07-24 — 117 pageviews2026-07-28 — 112 pageviews2026-08-01 — 126 pageviews2026-08-05 — 97 pageviews2026-08-09 — 120 pageviews2026-08-13 — 106 pageviews2026-08-17 — 98 pageviews2026-08-21 — 124 pageviews2026-08-25 — 265 pageviews2026-08-29 — 167 pageviews2026-09-02 — 135 pageviews2026-09-06 — 137 pageviews2026-09-10 — 122 pageviews2026-09-14 — 111 pageviews2026-09-18 — 127 pageviews2026-09-22 — 121 pageviews2026-09-26 — 114 pageviews2026-09-30 — 145 pageviews2026-10-04 — 142 pageviews2026-10-08 — 119 pageviews2026-10-12 — 119 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing234 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2015-02-03, latest 2019-08-07 (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

VRCo-opActionFlightModdableAdventureDifficultRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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