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X-Plane 12

Laminar Research · 2022-12-17

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 16, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 16, 2022 (Mac), Sep 16, 2022 (Linux)

Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation

X-Plane 12 is a 2022 Simulation game priced at $59.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (87% of 6569 reviews).

1,141
playing now
87%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
126
twitch viewers (latest)
18.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

1,141 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

X-Plane 12 trailer thumbnail

X-Plane 12 – Official Trailer

≈562,954 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,141 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,276 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~160/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 134k–302k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,713 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $35.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22322320222026Week of 2022-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k02026-09-14 23:00 — 696 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 632 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1,039 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 792 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 754 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 1,082 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 695 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 544 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1,025 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 1,074 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 552 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 851 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1,023 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 685 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1,152 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 1,326 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 702 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 806 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 1,237 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 783 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1,053 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 1,318 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 736 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1,141 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
919130Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 138 · peak 260Nov 2022 — avg 141 · peak 337Jan 2023 — avg 276 · peak 477Mar 2023 — avg 253 · peak 449May 2023 — avg 260 · peak 435Jul 2023 — avg 340 · peak 541Sep 2023 — avg 345 · peak 615Nov 2023 — avg 389 · peak 769Jan 2024 — avg 496 · peak 865Mar 2024 — avg 446 · peak 806May 2024 — avg 455 · peak 781Jul 2024 — avg 466 · peak 712Sep 2024 — avg 465 · peak 790Nov 2024 — avg 473 · peak 819Jan 2025 — avg 574 · peak 961Mar 2025 — avg 534 · peak 890May 2025 — avg 547 · peak 947Jul 2025 — avg 642 · peak 986Sep 2025 — avg 632 · peak 1,088Nov 2025 — avg 729 · peak 1,188Jan 2026 — avg 862 · peak 1,414Mar 2026 — avg 800 · peak 1,366May 2026 — avg 830 · peak 1,353Jul 2026 — avg 873 · peak 1,310Aug 2026 — avg 919 · peak 1,404
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
12122026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 7 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 5 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 7 new positive2026-10-13: 12 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$79.99$35.992022-09-162026-07-092022-09-16 — best price $59.992022-11-22 — best price $40.192023-01-05 — best price $59.992023-03-21 — best price $40.192023-03-23 — best price $59.992023-06-29 — best price $40.192023-07-13 — best price $59.992023-11-21 — best price $40.192023-11-28 — best price $59.992023-12-04 — best price $40.192023-12-11 — best price $59.992023-12-21 — best price $40.192024-01-04 — best price $59.992024-01-05 — best price $79.992024-03-14 — best price $53.592024-03-21 — best price $79.992024-06-27 — best price $53.592024-07-11 — best price $79.992024-11-27 — best price $53.592024-12-04 — best price $79.992024-12-19 — best price $53.592025-01-02 — best price $79.992025-02-13 — best price $59.992025-03-13 — best price $40.192025-03-20 — best price $59.992025-06-30 — best price $40.192025-07-10 — best price $59.992025-09-29 — best price $40.192025-10-06 — best price $59.992025-12-18 — best price $35.992026-01-05 — best price $59.992026-03-19 — best price $35.992026-03-26 — best price $59.992026-06-25 — best price $35.992026-07-09 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

18902026-09-30 21:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 126 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opLAN Co-opTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing54 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 54 DLC released, first 2022-09-16, latest 2026-06-16 (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

3DVRJetFlightMilitaryRelaxing3D VisionRealisticControllerSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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