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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

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.

638
playing now
87%
positive of 26k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

638 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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
  • · 638 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 4% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 662k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,486 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 8 of 15 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

6382562026-08-06 21:00 — 402 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 279 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 395 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 484 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 313 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 450 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 488 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 342 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 470 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 502 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 280 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 414 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 443 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 272 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 394 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 389 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 267 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 431 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 536 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 279 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 350 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 496 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 381 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 376 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 555 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 448 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 366 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 545 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 471 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 638 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing234 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

VRCo-opActionFlightModdableAdventureDifficultRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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