The best flight simulation games
The most common kind of vehicle simulation is without doubt flight simulation involving planes or helicopters of any kind. There are two distinct types of flight simulation games: the ones focused on aerial combat (often involving historical scenarios, missions, etc.) and the ones based on civilian flight.
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Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter
DOS1991protected MicroProse Software
B-17 Flying Fortress
DOS1992 MicroProse Software
B-17 Flying Fortress (1992) is the kind of game where you don't just fly the plane—you are the plane. One moment you're the pilot, the next you're the nose gunner swatting Luftwaffe pests like you're at the world’s ang...
Red Baron
DOS1990protected Dynamix
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
DOS1991 Electronic Arts
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1991 by Electronic Arts. The game is named after and endorsed by the real-life aviation legend, Chuck Yeager, who was the first pilot to break the soun...
F-22 Lightning 2
DOS1996 NovaLogic
Falcon 3.0
DOS1991protected Sphere
Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters
DOS1996 Electronic Arts
Battlehawks 1942
DOS1988 LucasArts
Welcome to the skies of World War II, where dogfights are fast, fuel is low, and you probably forgot to raise your landing gear. Battlehawks 1942 (1988) is a flight sim with just enough realism to make you sweat and just enough ar...
Aces of the Pacific
DOS1992 Dynamix
Aces of the Pacific (1992, DOS) takes to the skies over WWII’s Pacific Theater, where you can dogfight in legendary aircraft and prove your piloting prowess — or spin into the sea with style. The graphics are dated, bu...
Strike Commander
DOS1993protected Origin Systems
Strike Commander is combat flight simulation game created by Chris Roberts (the designer behind Wing Commander) and Jeff George. Strike Commander was developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS.
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
DOS1991 LucasArts
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is a combat flight simulation game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (later known as LucasArts) in 1991. It was designed for MS-DOS systems and later released for Amiga computers. The game ...
A-10 Tank Killer
DOS1989 Dynamix
Explosions? Check. Missiles? Check. Graphics that look like someone spilled gray soup on your monitor? Double check. A-10 Tank Killer lets you pilot a flying war machine and rain chaos upon tiny pixel tanks that may or may not be ...
Tornado
DOS1993protected Digital Integration
F-15 Strike Eagle III
DOS1992 MicroProse Software
F-15 Strike Eagle III is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1992. It was developed by MicroProse and is the third installment in the F-15 Strike Eagle series. The game was designed for various computer platform...
Heroes of the 357th
DOS1992 Midnight Software
Jetfighter 2: Advanced Tactical Fighter
DOS1990 Velocity
Stunt Island
DOS1992protected The Assembly Line
Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare
DOS1993 Vektor graphics
With a title like Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare, you know you’re in for a serious history lesson disguised as a game. Released in 1993, this DOS flight sim spans decades of airborne combat, letting you pilot everythin...
A320 Airbus
DOS1993 Thalion
Released in 1993 for DOS, A320 Airbus is less “Top Gun” and more “Intro to Aeronautical Bureaucracy.” It’s a flight simulator so realistic, even real pilots needed a manual. You’ll experience th...
F-19 Stealth Fighter
DOS1988protected MicroProse Software
Evasive Action
DOS1993 Particle Systems
Gunship
DOS1986demo MicroProse Software
F-14 Tomcat
DOS1990 Dynamix
EF 2000
DOS1995 Digital Image Design
Apache Longbow
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected Digital Integration
Step into the cockpit of the Apache Longbow, a 1995 combat flight simulator where you’ll experience the thrilling sensation of trying to figure out keyboard controls before getting shot down by invisible enemies. It's a seri...
Advanced Tactical Fighter 2
DOS1990 Digital Integration
Strap in and squint at the horizon—Advanced Tactical Fighter 2 wants you to dogfight like it’s the Cold War and your joystick is a weapon of mass confusion. Released in the golden era of chunky graphics and keyboard gy...
Flying Corps
DOSWindows 3.x1997protected Rowan Software
Gunship 2000
DOS1991 MicroProse Software
Falcon
DOS1987protected Spectrum HoloByte
F-15 Strike Eagle II
DOS1989 MicroProse Software