Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition
Last updated: 2026-01-24
- Extensive modding and add-ons enhance gameplay
- High replayability with unmatched open-world realism
- Stunning graphics and sound design
- Excessive download size and storage bloat
- Buggy core mechanics and unreliable updates
- Extremely high hardware requirements
Emotions
Frustration34%Satisfaction12%Disappointment11%Excitement6%Anger4%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 69,859
- Positive
- 54,92078.6%
- Negative
- 14,93921.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 5,173,063
- Estimated revenue
- $310,332,049
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1482.16%
- Estimated copies lost
- 10,959
- Estimated revenue lost
- $657,430
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1482.2% Avg playtime 0.8h | 220.3% Avg playtime 0.6h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,59123.2% Avg playtime 140.3h | 5,08974.3% Avg playtime 301.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 25.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 156.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,985.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,850 total
Organic purchasers6,62196.7%
Voted up: 74%
Key activations2293.34%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,850 total
First impression0-2h2483.62%
Voted up: 21%
Mid game2-10h1,19517.4%
Voted up: 63%
Late game10-20h1,03915.2%
Voted up: 77%
Endgame20h+4,36863.8%
Voted up: 80%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
42.9%
Global baseline 74.6%
28 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 69,859 total.