X-Plane 12

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X-Plane 12

Short description

Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation

Developer
Laminar Research
Publisher
Laminar Research
Release
Sat, Dec 17, 2022
Price
$59.99
Reviews
6,169
Positive
87%
Followers
36,516
Owners (estimated)
100K – 200K
Concurrent players
489
Genres
Simulation
Features
Multi-player, Co-op, LAN Co-op, Tracked Controller Support, VR Supported, Partial Controller Support
Tags
Simulation Flight Realistic VR 3D Immersive Sim Action-Adventure 3D Vision First-Person Jet Atmospheric Military Relaxing Controller Choices Matter Moddable Open World Physics Tutorial Co-op
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$11.5msomewhere between $7.1m and $11.5m · roughly 123K–200K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $57.41, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $59.99 launch price. That is 4% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

17 data points since Jul 30, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$11.4m → ~$11.5m
See data from Sep 2022 with a Plus account
Reviews 6,102 → 6,169
Followers 36,153 → 36,516
Concurrent players 489 → 489
Price $59.99 → $59.99
Positive reviews 86.6% → 86.7%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 82 further data points reach back to Sep 1, 2022 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $35.99 on Dec 18, 2025.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around X-Plane 12 is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Simulation + Flight + Realistic

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$29.2m – $45.1m

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