How much revenue did Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 make?

$9.8M–$26.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sell?

Q: How many copies did Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sell?

511k to 831k copies, based on its 21k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 511k–831k; $9.8M–$26.5M after Steam's cut $17.9M–$40.7M before the cut; from 21k reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–2.7M

best case 52.4M (War Thunder)

The Flight genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 1.9M–2.7M copies

≈ $18.7M–$49.1M after Steam's cut

from ~48k reviews

Best case

≈ 40.0M–64.9M copies

War Thunder

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Flight (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Vehicular Combat + Combat + World War II; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2020, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $31.5M–$84.7M after Steam's cut $57.3M–$130.3M before the cut	$59.99	72k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFlight
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 924k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.0M before the cut	$39.99	32k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.6M–$71.6M after Steam's cut $48.4M–$110.2M before the cut	$59.99	56k reviews Very Positive	FlightJet
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 40.0M–64.9M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	768k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
The Crew™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.0M before the cut	$29.99	99k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingOpen World
DCS World Steam Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 18.8M–30.6M 8.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $129.2M–$347.5M after Steam's cut $235.0M–$534.6M before the cut	$24.99	405k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.4M–$25.4M after Steam's cut $17.2M–$39.0M before the cut	$24.99	26k reviews Very Positive	FlightSimulation