Once you have purchased the game on Steam or the Xbox App, follow this checklist to avoid installation errors.
💡 Without internet, you’re limited to the base aircraft plus a small cached region.
While the requires a leap of faith regarding internet stability, the trade-off is the most realistic consumer flight simulator ever created. The reduction in local storage (from 200GB+ down to 30GB at launch) is a miracle of compression, even if you need a fast SSD for the cache.
April 2026 Platform: Windows PC Developer: Asobo Studio Publisher: Xbox Game Studios Status: Available for digital pre-order and download via Microsoft Store, Steam, and Xbox App for PC.
For the first time, you aren't just sightseeing. You start a virtual aviation career:
Once you have purchased the game on Steam or the Xbox App, follow this checklist to avoid installation errors.
💡 Without internet, you’re limited to the base aircraft plus a small cached region.
While the requires a leap of faith regarding internet stability, the trade-off is the most realistic consumer flight simulator ever created. The reduction in local storage (from 200GB+ down to 30GB at launch) is a miracle of compression, even if you need a fast SSD for the cache.
April 2026 Platform: Windows PC Developer: Asobo Studio Publisher: Xbox Game Studios Status: Available for digital pre-order and download via Microsoft Store, Steam, and Xbox App for PC.
For the first time, you aren't just sightseeing. You start a virtual aviation career: