Best Airplane Games on PC

The flight game genre has come a long way and offers a variety of titles ranging from flight simulators to dog-fighting games. According to your preference, you can choose to play a realistic military-style sim or an arcade-like racing game. Here's our picks for the best airplane and flight games to play on PC.

1. Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Developed by Asobo Studios, this game perfectly resonates with its branding as a flight simulator. The best parts about the game are its realistic graphics and the wide selection of aircraft. The open world game features various locations and airports from across the globe. All of this runs on the back-end of Microsoft's cloud servers, allowing for a truly breathtaking, unrivaled flight-sim experience.

2. DCS World (2018)

If you want a realistic, military-combat simulator game, look no further than DCS World. The free-to-play game offers the best value when it comes to a hardcore sandbox flying experience. You can choose from a variety of aircraft, regions, and time periods to play in.

3. War Thunder (2013)

War Thunder is the best multiplayer flight-combat offering out there, and it's free-to-play. Furthermore, the learning curve for this game isn't as complicated compared to some of the other flight sims on this list. Although the game incorporates land, sea, and air vehicles, the aircraft are particularly diversified across different time periods, including World War II.

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4. VTOL VR (2017)

The list would not be complete if we didn't include a VR game in it. War Thunder also has a VR mode, but the combat and flying mechanics in VTOL VR are way more realistic and complex. The in-game editor also lets you create custom missions, campaigns, and maps for gameplay.

5. The Crew 2 (2018)

The final game on our list is a multi-disciplinary racing game developed by Ivory Tower. Although it's a competitive game, The Crew 2 is open-world and gives you a large amount of freedom to roam and explore. Play this game to indulge in the best American motorsport championship adaptations. If you're looking for something less sim-like and more arcadey—and if you don't mind a bit of driving to mix it up in your flight games—this one's for you.

These five games can be installed on your PC via Steam. Additionally, here are the honorable mentions for some great flying-oriented games on PC:

• Ace Combat 7
• Star War: Squadrons
• X-Plane 11
• Arma 3
• Project Wingman

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