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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
Right now
Steam players since we started tracking · updated 20:30 UTCPlaying now
3,085
at 20:30 UTC
24-hour peak
3,221
All-time peak
61,775
in Aug 2020 · SteamCharts
24h change
—
needs 48 h of data
Twitch viewers
26
live on Twitch
Best price
€17.32
key shop
Players over time
What stands out
- +94%Players since 03:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
- 1Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
All-time peak
61,775
Highest monthly peak on record, in Aug 2020, from SteamCharts. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 27, 2026 is 3,221.
Month by month
Average and peak players per month · SteamCharts (used with permission) for complete months, our own Steam counts after that| Month | Avg. players | Gain | % Gain | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 (from Oct 27, 2026) · our count | 2,300 | -224 | -8.9% | 3,221 |
| September 2026 | 2,524 | -328 | -12% | 4,236 |
| August 2026 | 2,852 | 178 | +6.7% | 5,152 |
| July 2026 | 2,674 | -39 | -1.4% | 4,375 |
| June 2026 | 2,713 | -131 | -4.6% | 4,453 |
| May 2026 | 2,844 | -256 | -8.3% | 4,752 |
| April 2026 | 3,100 | -514 | -14% | 5,313 |
| March 2026 | 3,614 | 265 | +7.9% | 6,521 |
| February 2026 | 3,349 | -547 | -14% | 5,977 |
| January 2026 | 3,896 | -33 | -0.8% | 6,811 |
| December 2025 | 3,929 | -28 | -0.7% | 6,516 |
| November 2025 | 3,957 | 112 | +2.9% | 6,795 |
Show all 75 months
| Month | Avg. players | Gain | % Gain | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | 3,845 | 27 | +0.7% | 7,088 |
| September 2025 | 3,818 | -704 | -16% | 7,025 |
| August 2025 | 4,522 | 332 | +7.9% | 7,486 |
| July 2025 | 4,190 | 280 | +7.2% | 6,656 |
| June 2025 | 3,910 | -348 | -8.2% | 6,306 |
| May 2025 | 4,258 | -26 | -0.6% | 7,816 |
| April 2025 | 4,284 | -515 | -11% | 7,694 |
| March 2025 | 4,799 | 78 | +1.7% | 8,410 |
| February 2025 | 4,721 | -297 | -5.9% | 8,067 |
| January 2025 | 5,018 | -4 | -0.1% | 8,755 |
| December 2024 | 5,022 | -930 | -16% | 8,664 |
| November 2024 | 5,952 | -266 | -4.3% | 11,666 |
| October 2024 | 6,218 | -287 | -4.4% | 10,890 |
| September 2024 | 6,505 | 75 | +1.2% | 11,957 |
| August 2024 | 6,430 | -624 | -8.9% | 10,927 |
| July 2024 | 7,054 | 535 | +8.2% | 11,923 |
| June 2024 | 6,519 | 464 | +7.7% | 11,915 |
| May 2024 | 6,055 | -132 | -2.1% | 11,050 |
| April 2024 | 6,187 | -570 | -8.4% | 11,213 |
| March 2024 | 6,757 | -315 | -4.5% | 11,960 |
| February 2024 | 7,072 | 106 | +1.5% | 13,226 |
| January 2024 | 6,966 | 97 | +1.4% | 11,884 |
| December 2023 | 6,869 | 1,032 | +18% | 12,028 |
| November 2023 | 5,837 | 398 | +7.3% | 11,143 |
| October 2023 | 5,439 | -12 | -0.2% | 9,858 |
| September 2023 | 5,451 | -146 | -2.6% | 10,106 |
| August 2023 | 5,597 | -674 | -11% | 9,162 |
| July 2023 | 6,271 | 1,112 | +22% | 10,564 |
| June 2023 | 5,159 | -99 | -1.9% | 8,948 |
| May 2023 | 5,258 | -617 | -11% | 9,031 |
| April 2023 | 5,875 | -400 | -6.4% | 9,985 |
| March 2023 | 6,275 | 73 | +1.2% | 11,047 |
| February 2023 | 6,202 | -362 | -5.5% | 10,538 |
| January 2023 | 6,564 | -10 | -0.2% | 10,860 |
| December 2022 | 6,574 | 28 | +0.4% | 11,575 |
| November 2022 | 6,546 | 1,437 | +28% | 19,568 |
| October 2022 | 5,109 | -253 | -4.7% | 9,614 |
| September 2022 | 5,362 | 264 | +5.2% | 10,355 |
| August 2022 | 5,098 | -18 | -0.4% | 9,042 |
| July 2022 | 5,116 | -697 | -12% | 8,237 |
| June 2022 | 5,813 | 187 | +3.3% | 9,522 |
| May 2022 | 5,626 | 730 | +15% | 10,416 |
| April 2022 | 4,896 | 363 | +8% | 8,086 |
| March 2022 | 4,533 | -479 | -9.6% | 7,826 |
| February 2022 | 5,012 | -428 | -7.9% | 8,923 |
| January 2022 | 5,440 | 381 | +7.5% | 9,296 |
| December 2021 | 5,059 | -421 | -7.7% | 8,928 |
| November 2021 | 5,480 | 447 | +8.9% | 14,403 |
| October 2021 | 5,033 | 70 | +1.4% | 9,872 |
| September 2021 | 4,963 | -656 | -12% | 10,353 |
| August 2021 | 5,619 | 606 | +12% | 11,573 |
| July 2021 | 5,013 | 902 | +22% | 19,580 |
| June 2021 | 4,111 | -312 | -7.1% | 7,480 |
| May 2021 | 4,423 | -833 | -16% | 7,560 |
| April 2021 | 5,256 | 56 | +1.1% | 10,664 |
| March 2021 | 5,200 | -164 | -3.1% | 9,267 |
| February 2021 | 5,364 | 15 | +0.3% | 13,725 |
| January 2021 | 5,349 | 3 | +0.1% | 8,893 |
| December 2020 | 5,346 | 489 | +10% | 12,086 |
| November 2020 | 4,857 | -766 | -14% | 9,323 |
| October 2020 | 5,623 | -2,737 | -33% | 10,724 |
| September 2020 | 8,360 | -12,446 | -60% | 15,051 |
| August 2020 | 20,806 | — | — | 61,775 |
Long-term history
Month by month from before we started counting: players from SteamCharts, plus Steam reviews and Wikipedia views, which follow interest rather than player numbers.
Busiest monthAug 202020,806
Highest monthly peakAug 202061,775
Last 12 months vs the 12 before-31%
- average players
- peak players
Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month from SteamCharts, used with permission. The month in progress is left out.
- #21 most played on Steam in August 2020
- Launched in August 2020: up to 20,806 players on average in its first three months · 5,619 a year later: 27% of its launch crowd
Prices
EUR · checked 18:32 UTC · IsThereAnyDeal · GG.dealsBest official price now
€25.90
cheapest named store: Fanatical €59.91
Key shops
€17.32
On Steam
€69.99
Lowest ever
€13.99
Wait for a sale
The best official price, €25.90, is 85% above the lowest ever (€13.99). Key shops are €8.58 cheaper.
- Lowest ever €13.99
- Key shops €17.32
- Best official €25.90
- Steam €69.99
Price data: IsThereAnyDeal · GG.deals
On Twitch
Live viewers and channels, hourly averages in the last 24 hours
26
viewers now
34
peak hour, last 24 h
15
live channels
2
viewers per channel
Videos
From YouTubeNo YouTube videos yet. YouTube’s daily quota limits how many games we refresh each day; videos appear after a later update.
About the game
- Release date
- Aug 17, 2020
- All-time peak reached
- Aug 2020 · 61,775
- Tracked by PixelKrypt since
- Oct 27, 2026
- Steam app id
- 1250410
