Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is a simulator game developed by Asobo Studio and released in 2024. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ftech X.

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 27 achievements to unlock.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 63% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

The minimum specification calls for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K, 16 GB RAM and Radeon RX 5700 or GeForce GTX 970. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launched on 19 November 2024, within three weeks of Delta Force, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Marvel Rivals and Dragon Age: The Veilguard. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Delta Force, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Marvel Rivals, Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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