X-Plane 12 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation
X-Plane 12 is a simulation, flight and realistic game
developed and published by Laminar Research.
Released on December 17th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Ukrainian.
It has received 4,113 reviews of which 3,440 were positive and 673 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 58.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified X-Plane 12 into these genres:
System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 or 11
- Processor: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9.
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: A Vulkan 1.3-capable video card from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel Arc GPU with at least 2 GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 23 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
- Additional Notes: NVIDIA: GeForce 900 or newer, driver version 510 or newer AMD: AMD Radeon RX 500 or newer, driver version Adrenaline 22.2.1 or newer. Intel: Arc GPUs only
MacOS
- OS: MacOS 12.00 (Monterey) or Newer
- Processor: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9.
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 500 or newer, driver version Adrenaline 22.2.1 or newer
- Storage: 23 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Varies
- Processor: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9.
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: A Vulkan 1.3-capable video card from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel Arc GPU with at least 2 GB VRAM
- Storage: 23 GB available space
- Additional Notes: We have developers using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and newer successfully, however we don’t provide support for specific distributions. We require proprietary GPU drivers. Intel: Arc GPUs only
User reviews & Ratings
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Better than MSFS, aircraft feel much more realistic. From a long time DCS player, this game actually got me into loving flying general aviation aircraft. Having loads of fun and I highly recommend looking into some of the freeware available, the 737-800 is incredible. Update: Yup, STILL better than MSFS
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As a real world pilot, this is the most realistic sim software I have ever used. Even with the exclusion of some switches, this is the best sim to learn on. I thoroughly enjoy flying instrument approaches in the sim, and the in-game charts are generally accurate to real-world procedures. Overall, this was a great purchase and I cannot wait to spend more time in this sim!
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After the disaster of MSFS 2024, i decided to switch to Xplane 12...Although the graphics might not compare out of the box, everything else is amazing, the physics, the huge amount of failure options to chose from. with a few payware and also freeware mods. this is quite the sim!!! and they are always improving. 100% recommend this over MSFS 2024 if you are looking for a real sim!!!
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Having played DCS and combat sims for years, I picked up and played MSFS since launch mostly flying General Aviation type aircraft like the Cessna 172 or the Caravan 208B. In 2023 I moved to airliners starting with the Fenix A320 and not long after I got a bit fed up with the wobbly, sensitive and bouncy flight model in MSFS. Where everything reacts instantly and floats down the runway due to sudden jerk motions with even the slightest pressure during the flare. Then I switched to X-Plane 12 to try it out paired with the ToLiss A320. Graphically, I was spoiled. It took quite a while to get used to X-Plane's scenery having come from MSFS where everything looks real. As far as X-Plane is concerned, the major city that I live in barely even exists. As for the flight handling and modelling, it was a night and day difference. Planes feel like they actually weigh something in X-Plane. They demonstrate inertia, resisting your inputs to a degree. Since then I've racked up lots of hours and picked up aircraft from the likes of ToLiss (A319, A320, A321 and A340), FlightFactor (777v2, 757, 767), IXEG, X-Aviation and X-Crafts. Lots of great aircraft. I've improved the scenery with Ortho4XP combined using Sonny's LiDAR sources for terrain elevation and X-Plane, naturally, has begun to look better with each update that Laminar have released. Yes, X-Plane is expensive and I'd say that MSFS is generally more accessible. If you don't have money to burn, or you plan to fly VFR only with GA, then I'd pick MSFS. However, what X-Plane does give you is a flight model that actually feels like you're flying a plane and not something that displays virtually no inertia, reacts instantly and is far too sensitive.
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☑ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10
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Online players
498
Developer
Laminar Research
Publisher
Laminar Research
Release
17 Dec 2022
VR
VR Supported
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