Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Steam Deck Unsupported

Microsoft Game Studios · Flight · Dec 18, 2014

Yes, worth buying.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

87%
Very Positive
26k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 26k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
43% of themes are praise29% are divided28% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Weather/Textures: Like with Airplanes and Scenery you can get a lot of other software to boost the quality of the weather system (new textures and possibilities to get the real world weather), ground and water textures.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
That is a heck of a deal for a great flight sim that offers the whole world, +24,000 airports, 27 different aircraft, including G1000 Cessna 172, Beech Baron, and Mooney Bravo, new and easy Steam Multiplayer, fun different multiplayer modes, a whole variety of different missions, virtual flight lessons with Rod Machado, and a huge learning center where you can learn about different topics and can help you with FSX.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
My favorite part about the missions is that whenever the writers needed a guiding voice for the player, they carefully wrote a believable character into the mission who helps you with your task, rather than having a voice from above tell you what to do in every mission (you only hear this voice in the tutorial missions) or simply having written on-screen dialogue boxes instruct you, like most other flight sims out there.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Graphics33 reviews
Multiplayer9 reviews
Story and characters6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Controls10 reviews
90%
Performance6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes23 reviews
65%
Bugs6 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
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