Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
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What it is
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition is a realistic civil aviation simulator in which the player pilots a range of real aircraft — from small propeller planes to commercial jets — taking off and landing at some 24,000 airports around a recreated globe. Gameplay centers on learning and operating flight instruments, navigation, and cockpit controls, with optional missions and challenges. There is no combat, violence, foul language, sexual content, or in-game purchasing; the focus is entirely on the mechanics of flying. A shared-session multiplayer mode lets players fly in the same airspace, but the game includes no built-in voice or text chat.
How it's framed
The game presents flight purely as a technical and recreational skill; it depicts no conflict or wrongdoing and frames content around accurate aircraft operation and world geography rather than any narrative or moral stakes.
Details
- Developer
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Released
- Dec 18, 2014