Microsoft Flight Simulator System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Select the game:

Developer:

Asobo Studio

Publisher:

Xbox Game Studios

Release date:

18 August 2020 (4 years ago)

User score:

4.2 / 5 (1942 votes)

Hardware demand level:

3.8 / 10 - fairly demanding

---

---

Official Microsoft Flight Simulator system requirements for PC

To run Microsoft Flight Simulator, you'll need at least 8 GB of RAM and 150 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the GeForce GTX 770, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an GeForce GTX 970. As for your CPU, an Core i5-4460 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i5-8400 or better.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:

NVIDIA GTX 770 | AMD Radeon RX 570, 2 GB VRAM

CPU:

Intel i5-4460 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200

RAM:

8 GB RAM

File size:

150 GB available space

Operating system:

Windows 10, 64-bit

DirectX:

Version 11

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:

NVIDIA GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 590, 4 GB VRAM

CPU:

Intel i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

RAM:

16 GB RAM

File size:

150 GB available space

Operating system:

Windows 10, 64-bit

DirectX:

Version 11

Microsoft Flight Simulator performance on your PC

Microsoft Flight Simulator performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.8x faster than GeForce GTX 970. Your graphics card can run Microsoft Flight Simulator at recommended settings according to Asobo Studio.

Microsoft Flight Simulator performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

Core i5-12400 is 2.0x faster than Core i5-8400. Your CPU can run Microsoft Flight Simulator at recommended settings according to Asobo Studio.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user rating of the game, as well as rate it yourself.

4.2 1942 votes

Rate Microsoft Flight Simulator on a scale of 1 to 5:

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Comments

Here you can give us your opinion about the game Microsoft Flight Simulator, agree or disagree with our ratings, or report bugs and inaccuracies on the site.