Microsoft Flight Simulator
First new release in 14 years, now in real-time 4K 🛩
Microsoft Flight Simulator launched on August 18, 2020 with 376 votes, #29 of 3,833 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
In plain words
Microsoft Flight Simulator is a PC flight simulation game offering detailed global exploration across over 37,000 airports, 2 million cities, and 1.5 billion buildings. The software renders real-world geography including mountains, roads, trees, rivers, animals, and traffic in 4K resolution. Players can pilot aircraft and travel anywhere on Earth with photorealistic environments. This marks the first major release in the franchise after 14 years.
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Travel the world in amazing detail with over 37 thousand airports, 2 million cities, 1.5 billion buildings, real mountains, roads, trees, rivers, animals, traffic, and more.
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