Games like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Closest overall match: Hardspace: Shipbreaker (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Animal Crossing: New Horizons at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: DCS World at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020? Our model ranked 10 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Realistic and Open World. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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54%
1. Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 15h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 14
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49%
2. DCS World
Shares TrackIR, Flight, Realistic, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.4 lower; about 20h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 10%
- Shared genres
- 14
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47%
3. Train Simulator
Shares TrackIR, Realistic, Open World, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; about 17h shorter.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 16%
- Shared genres
- 14
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46%
4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Shares Singleplayer; about 21h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 90
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
46%
5. Cities XL Platinum
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 20h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 14
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45%
6. Planet Coaster
Shares Colorful, Realistic, Family Friendly, Open World and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 14
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45%
7. Gas Station Simulator
Shares Realistic, Family Friendly, Open World, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 15h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
44%
8. Anno 1800
Shares Real-Time and Singleplayer; about 15h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 14
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44%
9. Farming Simulator 19
Shares Realistic, Open World, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower; about 10h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 14
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44%
10. Star Wars: Squadrons
Shares Flight, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower; about 18h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 14
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020?
On our similarity model, Hardspace: Shipbreaker is the closest match to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 — shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 15h shorter; released within 2 years.
Which game like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is rated highest?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 770 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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