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Games like Microsoft Flight Simulator

2020PEGI 3PC, Xbox, Steam Deck playable78 % positive69.99 €

An astonishingly realistic flight simulator that lets you fly across the entire planet using satellite imagery and live-style weather. From light planes to airliners, every flight feels authentic and demanding.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
  • Driving or flying
  • Lavish presentation

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In short: Games like Microsoft Flight Simulator

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Microsoft Flight Simulator special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best match

X-Plane 11

95 %Match

2017PC, Steam Deck playable93 % positive24.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Microsoft Flight Simulator: an open world, driving or flying and a sandbox with your own goals.

X-Plane 11 is a highly realistic flight simulator with detailed 3D cockpits and a world-wide map you can fly across freely. It focuses on authentic flight physics and learning rather than story or combat.

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Steep

Sandbox with your own goals

Steep lets you freely ski, snowboard, paraglide and wingsuit across huge open mountain ranges in the Alps and Alaska. The appeal lies in finding your own lines, chasing high scores and messing around with other players.

BeamNG.drive

Sandbox with your own goals

A vehicle sandbox whose soft-body physics make crashes and deformation feel strikingly real. You roam open maps, push cars to destruction and build your own scenarios.

SnowRunner

Lavish presentation

An off-road simulation where you wrestle heavy trucks through mud, snow and rivers. The appeal lies in believable physics, careful route planning and tuning the right vehicle for every job.

Derail Valley

Deep systems to master

A train simulator where you hand-drive locomotives, couple and uncouple cars, and take freight jobs across an open rail network. Convincing physics and free movement around the trains are the draw, including in VR.

MudRunner

Realistic visuals

An off-road simulator where you wrestle heavy all-terrain trucks through Siberian mud, planning routes with a map, winch and patience. The physics and terrain are the real opponent.

Dakar Desert Rally

Lavish presentation

An off-road rally sim built around the Dakar Rally, with huge desert stages where roadbook navigation and driving licensed bikes, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs take centre stage.

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