Microsoft Flight Simulator - a red and white plane soars over an ocean view dotted with small islands

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft across a photographic representation of the world in this intricate fight simulation game.

Publisher Microsoft

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Developer Asobo

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Halo DLC hits Microsoft Flight Simulator for free

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Jun 12, 2022

Flight Simulator Top Gun DLC is out now, and it’s free

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Flight Simulator sim update 9 adds new supersonic effects

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Apr 26, 2022

Flight Simulator’s Iberia update arrives in March

A small single-engine plane flies over a sunlit bay on the coast of Spain in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Mar 15, 2022

Microsoft Flight Simulator will get DLSS support this year

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Jan 28, 2022

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest add-on is the ultimate adventure plane

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Jan 19, 2022

Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 7 is all about Australia

Nov 19, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition is free DLC for everyone

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Oct 19, 2021

This free Microsoft Flight Simulator mod adds the set from TV’s MAS*H

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Oct 7, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator gets its first ‘Local Legends’ plane – the Junkers JU-52

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Sep 29, 2021

Flight Simulator’s big Germany, Austria, and Switzerland update has arrived

Sep 7, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s Top Gun DLC is delayed thanks to Top Gun: Maverick

Sep 4, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting competitive multiplayer races

Competition aircraft fly over the Nevada desert in the Reno Air Races expansion for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Aug 24, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting a hotfix to address crashing issues

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Jul 30, 2021

Players are flying back to the PC version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, too

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Jul 28, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator patch reportedly doubling fps on some gaming PCs

Jul 28, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s next sim update will massively boost performance

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Jun 30, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s Nordics world update looks stunning

A plane flying over the Nordics in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Jun 17, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting a free Top Gun update this Fall

Jun 13, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator now “only” needs 83GB of drive space

May 28, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest patch fixes indestructible wing ice and lots more

May 26, 2021

Flight Simulator now has a working helicopter add-on

Apr 30, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s newest plane takes it low and slow, like good barbecue

Apr 29, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting the ATR 42-600 turboprop airliner in 2022

Apr 19, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 4 revamps France and Benelux

Apr 13, 2021

Incoming patch for Microsoft Flight Simulator should boost performance

Mar 26, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s new CRJ add-on is out now and looks gorgeous

Mar 16, 2021

Flight Simulator is getting its first complex passenger jet, the CRJ

Feb 25, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s UK and Ireland World Update is out now

Feb 16, 2021

Flight Simulator’s big UK update arrives next week

Feb 11, 2021

Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 4 tackles France and Benelux at “the end of March”

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Jan 29, 2021

Fan tests Microsoft Flight Simulator’s accuracy by playing it on a plane

Dec 2, 2020