Build almost anything
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I can put guns on a commercial aircraft turning it into a commercial gunship if I want.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
SimplePlanes
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Jundroo, LLC2015Flight · Sandbox · Automation
$12.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 4 h ago
The verdict
A flexible aircraft-building sandbox with a huge community download library, held back by a clunky editor and steep learning curve. Skip it if you want multiplayer or realistic physics.
Great for
Tinkerers and aviation fans who enjoy building wild aircraft and downloading community creations
Main risk
The clunky, unintuitive builder and steep learning curve may frustrate you before you get a plane flying
What players love
Great community and downloadable planes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Great game, wonderful community.”
Steam review · 494.6 h played ↗
Fun destruction and crashing
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“one of the best plane destruction games ever”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗
Runs well on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“works on crappy pcs, and is fun to play”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Mods and long-lasting replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“the real fun comes from the mods and wonderful community.”
Steam review · 121.3 h played ↗
Learn aviation and engineering
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“THE GOAT for engineering and learning flight mechanics”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, frustrating builder/editor
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This game has the most infuriating building system out of any game I have played”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Little content, one small map, gets boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“there is only one map, and even though developer releases updates, he has NEVER made another map for it”
Steam review · 45 h played ↗
Joystick setup and keyboard controls are poor
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Controls are impossible to set up ingame for a joystick.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Steep learning curve, little guidance
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“you're on your own”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
Weak, unrealistic physics and flight controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Flying the airplanes in this game basically feels like grabbing a toy airplane and moving it with your hand as you wish.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
No multiplayer; SP2 makes it obsolete
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Don't waste your money. SP2 is out and it only has a couple of parts more and multiplayer.”
Steam review · 177.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified750 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1
ProcessorCore 2 Duo
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsSM3 512MB VRAM
Storage750 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 or newer
ProcessorCore i5
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsSM4 1GB VRAM
Storage1 GB available space
OSWindows 7 SP1
ProcessorCore 2 Duo
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsSM3 512MB VRAM
Storage750 MB available space
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