The Game Census
X-Plane 12 cover art

X-Plane 12

Laminar Research · 2022-12-17

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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

Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation

786
playing now
87%
positive of 6.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
16
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

786 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 786 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 10% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 129k–290k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,440 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 4 of 8 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

1.3k5952026-08-11 19:00 — 1,006 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 992 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 653 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 959 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 914 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 764 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 1,122 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 1,097 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 723 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 1,172 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 949 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 708 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1,213 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 746 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 776 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1,284 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 803 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 957 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1,337 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 623 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 821 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1,125 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 619 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 733 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1,120 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 595 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 939 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 1,310 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 786 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

25102026-08-26 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 129 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 142 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 109 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 144 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 117 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 95 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 16 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

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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