The Best Flight simulation Games for Linux

Update : Mini Airways added at rank #24.
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Kerbal Space Program (2015)

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Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Linux

Kerbal Space Program is a sandbox game that puts you in charge of the space program on the planet Kerbin, an Earth-like planet inhabited by adorable green aliens. You will build rockets and fly them, researching advanced parts as you progress. It has a Story mode to introduce players to the game, as well as Sandbox mode for more experienced players.


What we like:
  • Funny and entertaining
  • Educational and teaches real concepts
  • Immensely creative with many possibilities for spaceflight available
  • Great modding community
What could be improved:
  • Complex tech tree and learning curve
  • Potentially overwhelming for new players
  • Requires patience to understand real life concepts

  • simulation
  • flight
  • space
  • physics
  • sandbox

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Bomber Crew (2017)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game set during World War Two, where you control a team of air force members responsible for piloting, radar, guns, mechanics and bombing. You must move the crew around to ensure they keep up with their tasks and give them commands. The game has many nuances and customisable features that create a bond between player and crew.


What we like:
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Customisable features
  • Nuanced sound/visuals
  • Portable gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Cluttered tasks when action ramps up
  • Difficulty spike later levels
  • Patience required for some sections

  • simulation
  • world-war-2
  • management
  • flight
  • strategy
  • survival
  • war
  • rogue-like
  • difficult

3

Sky Rogue (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux Android

Sky Rogue is a nostalgic arcade-style 3D flight-sim with diverse aircrafts, weapons, and customization options for an engaging rogue-lite experience. Fly over infinite procedurally-generated islands, take out enemy aces, carriers, and battleships in intense dogfighting action. The game offers 2-player local co-op, permanent unlocks, and secret technologies to keep you excited. Enjoy the retro-style voxel-based world with bright colors and catchy tunes that never get old.


What we like:
  • Fun and engaging gameplay
  • Variety of planes and weapons to choose from
  • 80's graphics and art-style
  • Constant updates and mod support
  • Good value for the price
What could be improved:
  • Difficulty can spike suddenly
  • Limited storyline or plot
  • Some issues with flight physics and mechanics
  • Repetitive gameplay over time
  • Limited variety in effective loadouts

  • flight
  • rogue-like
  • arcade
  • procedural
  • jet
  • simulation
  • combat
  • moddable

4

Bomber Crew & Space Crew (2017)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

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  • simulation
  • world-war-2
  • flight
  • management
  • strategy
  • survival
  • cute
  • war
  • difficult

5

SimAirport (2020)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!


  • base-building
  • city-building
  • flight
  • management
  • building
  • economy
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • resource-management
  • casual
  • large-scale
  • strategy

6

X-Plane 11 (2017)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

The future of flight simulation is now! X-Plane 11 is the detailed, realistic, and modern simulator you’ve been waiting for. Intuitive user interface, 3-D cockpits, new effects, 3-D sound, living airports and world-wide scenery.


  • flight
  • simulation

7

LiftoffA: FPV Drone Racing (2018)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Liftoff® is a drone racing game that translates the rush of first-person view drone racing to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing!

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  • simulation
  • editor
  • immersive
  • level
  • flight
  • modern
  • racing
  • realistic
  • crafting
  • education
  • sport
  • fpv
  • science
  • first-person
  • atmospheric

8

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders (2012)

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Android PC Windows Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch

Unparalleled visuals, special effects and audio including: specular masks, bump mapping, atmospheric scattering, volumetric clouds with realistic lighting, sun glare, day & night transitions, God rays, high definition textures, 4x anisotropic filtering, High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering, radial blur, heat haze, refractive raindrops and more! You will fly in fully recreated cities with realistic weather, accurate atmospheric scattering with aerial perspective and highly detailed planes with interactive cockpits.

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  • flight
  • world-war-2
  • simulation
  • arcade

9

Vehicle Simulator (2015)

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Linux Mac OS Playstation 3 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Vehicle Simulator is an open world flying/sailing simulator with accurate physics and dynamics, simulating well the various boats, planes and land vehicles included. The game allows the user to modify and experiment with scenery making and vehicle design by way of extreme modability, with a large library of existing mods and add-ons.

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  • simulation
  • two-layer
  • flight
  • height
  • platform-independent
  • sailing
  • physical
  • networking
  • manipulation

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Liftoff (2015)

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Liftoff is a game that translates the rush of first-person view drone racing to the digital world, developed by the game developer LuGus Studios and drone manufacturers ImmersionRC and FatShark.

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  • racing
  • simulation
  • sport
  • fpv
  • flight
  • quad

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