Steam app 1250410 · updated 08 Oct 2026, 01:28 UTC
From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
75 months, August 2020 to October 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
14 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
30 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 343 hourly samples from 16 Sep, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
16 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 374 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
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43 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, May 2024 to May 2026 · times in UTC
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InkEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Local Legends Pack 1 | Windows | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Local Legends Pack 2 | Windows | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Famous Flyers Pack 1 | Windows | 25 Aug 2026 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | FlightSimulator.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Launch | FlightSimulator.exe | -VR | windows 64 | branch test_interne_asobo |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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