Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition similar games & best alternatives

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Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

Should you play it?

Take to the skies in the World’s favourite flight simulator! The multi award winning Microsoft Flight Simulator X lands on Steam for the first time. Take off from anywhere in the world, flying some of the world’s most iconic aircraft to any one of 24,000 destinations.

What works

  • Highly realistic flight simulation with extensive aircraft and global scenery
  • Strong learning and training tool for real-world aviation
  • Large and active modding community with many free and paid add-ons
  • Multiplayer support for cooperative flying
  • Good value for price with included expansions and missions

Things to keep in mind

  • Outdated graphics and performance limitations due to 32-bit engine
  • Steep learning curve requiring patience and external resources
  • Multiplayer can be chaotic and lacks structured competition
  • Some bugs and technical issues remain
  • Expensive and fragmented add-on ecosystem

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • X-Plane 10 Global - 64 Bit

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition

  • X-Plane 12

  • X-Plane 11

  • Vehicle Simulator

  • Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing

More violent

Games that feels like Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition but with more combat and destruction

  • Project Wingman

  • Nuclear Option

  • IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition

  • IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

  • DCS World Steam Edition

  • IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad

Less social

Games that feels like Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Aviassembly

  • Ultrawings

  • Lakehopper

  • Flight Of Nova

  • Flyout

  • Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Exploration.

Last update: 04/08/2026