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Pilot a plane through the skies

List of Flight simulation games[edit]

This is a list of free/libre flight simulation games:



Game Screenshot Last Release Genres Description
FlightGear FlightGear-787.jpg 2023-10-18 Flight simulator
FlightGear
FlightGear-787.jpg
FlightGear
GenreFlight simulator
Latest release2020.3.19  (Announcement)
Release dateOctober 18th, 2023
PlatformsLinux, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac
DeveloperWolfram Kuss, Vassilii Khachaturov, Norman Vine, Jon S. Berndt, Cameron Moore,Durk Talsma, Curtis Olson, Bernie Bright, Tony Peden, and Alex Perry
Code licenseGPL
Media licenseGPL
EngineOpenSceneGraph
P. languageC++, C
LibraryPLIB
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FlightGear is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.
Available as a package in:  
Slackware logo.svg Slackware: FlightGear 
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Arch AUR:
flightgear 
Openlogo-debianV2.svg Debian: flightgear 
Fedora logo.svg Fedora: FlightGear  
Gentoo Linux logo matte.svg Gentoo: games-simulation/flightgear 
UbuntuCoF.svg Ubuntu: flightgear 
OpenSUSE Logo.svg OpenSUSE: FlightGear 
Flatpak logo.png Flatpak: org.flightgear.FlightGear 
Snapcraft-logo.svg Snap: flightgear 
Daemon-phk.svg FreeBSD: flightgear

FlightGear is a 3D flight simulation game. The entire game is licensed under the GNU General Public License.[1][2] It is also sold on 3 DVDs. It is written in the C++ [3] and C [4] programming languages.

The project was started in 1996, with its first release in 1997.

Thunder&Lightning TnL.jpg 2007-11-10 Flight simulation, RTS
Thunder&Lightning
TnL.jpg
Thunder&Lightning version 070827
GenreFlight simulation, RTS
Latest release071111
Release dateNovember 10, 2007
DeveloperJonas Eschenburg
Code licenseGPL
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Thunder&Lightning is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

Thunder&Lightning, or short TnL, is a futuristic flight simulation and real-time strategy game inspired by Carrier Command created by Jonas Eschenburg. It is licensed under GPL.[5]

The latest version is 071111, released on November 10, 2007.[6]

Search and Rescue Search-And-Rescue.jpg 2011-08-07 Flight simulation
Search and Rescue
Search-And-Rescue.jpg
GenreFlight simulation
Latest release1.4.0
Release date2011-08-07
DeveloperWolfPack Entertainment
Code licenseGPL[7]
Media licenseGPL[8]
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Search and Rescue is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

Search and Rescue is a 3D helicopter-based air rescue flight simulator game written by WolfPack Entertainment. The latest version of the game is 1.4.0 released on 2011-08-07. It is licensed under GPL.[9]

It has simple, not very realistic, controls, and is mission-based.

SABRE SABRE 0.2.4b.png 1999 Flight Simulation
SABRE
SABRE 0.2.4b.png
SABRE 0.2.4b
GenreFlight Simulation
Latest release0.2.4b
Release date1999
DevelopersDan Hammer, Antti Barck,
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Code licenseGPL
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SABRE is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

SABRE is a fighter plane simulator for X11 or svgalib, which takes place in the Korean war.[10] The latest version of the game is 0.2.4b in 1999. A version was included with Linux Games & Entertainment for X Windows.

Vertigo (game) Vertigo 0007.gif 2002-04-10 Flight simulator
Vertigo
Vertigo 0007.gif
Vertigo
GenreFlight simulator
Latest release0.26
Release dateApril, 10th 2002
DeveloperAnton Norup Sørensen
Code licenseGNU GPL
P. languageC
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Vertigo is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.
This article is about the game. For the person, see Vertigo (person).

Vertigo is a flight simulator written by Anton Norup Sørensen. It is written in the C programming language.

The last version, 0.26, was released in April 2002. No further development is done.[11] The source is licensed under the GNU GPL, while the binaries are freeware and cannot be sold.[12]

GL-117 Gl-117.png March 12th, 2005 Combat flight simulation
GL-117
Gl-117.png
GenreCombat flight simulation
Latest release1.3.2  (Announcement)
Release dateMarch 12th, 2005
DevelopersThomas Drexl; Jean-Marc Le Peuvedic, Eugene Andreeschev, Eric Cheung; Piotr Pawlow, Louens Veen, Arne Reiners, Norbert Drexl, James Stone; Bernhard Kaindl, Cedric Delfosse, others[13]
Code licenseGPLv2[14]
Media licenseGPLv2[14]
LibrariesGLUT, SDL
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GL-117 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

GL-117 is a combat flight simulator by Thomas Drexl and others. The latest version is 1.3.2, although it was also forked into Linux Air Combat.

ACM ACM.png 2020-04-16 Flight simulation games
ACM
ACM.png
GenreFlight simulation games
Latest release6.0
Release dateApril 4th, 2020
DevelopersRiley Rainey, Umberto Salsi
Code licenseGPLv2[15]
Media licenseGPLv2
P. languageC
LibrariesALSA, Tk
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ACM is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.
Available as a package in:  
Openlogo-debianV2.svg Debian: ACM

ACM is a multiplayer flight simulator. Several civilian and military aircraft and two scenes are included. The game works without a server, the clients communicate using IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol (DIS). A version was included with The UNIX Book of Games by Janice Winsor in 1996.

Airrace Airrace.png 2010-12-06 Flight simulator
Airrace
Airrace.png
GenreFlight simulator
Latest release0.1
Release dateDecember 6th, 2010
DeveloperDimitris Papavasiliou
Code licenseGPL
Media licenseGPL
P. languageLua
LibrariesOpenGL, OpenAL, Gtk+, MagickWand
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Airrace is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

Airrace is a proof-of-concept app for the Aviation flight simulator. Its aim is to provide some level of realism while still keeping things simple. In Airrace you fly a light plane thru an obstacle course of pylons. There are 7 practice courses and 5 race tracks. Airrace runs on top of the Techne platform which is a general purpose, programmable, interactive, physical simulator and renderer. Airrace can take advantage of hardware acceleration but can also be run without it.

Combat Simulator Project Combat-Simulator-Project.png 2007-09-21 Flight Simulation
Combat Simulator Project
Combat-Simulator-Project.png
GenreFlight Simulation
Latest release0.2180
Release dateSeptember 21, 2007
Code licenseGPLv2
P. languageC++
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Combat Simulator Project is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

Combat Simulator Project aka CSP is an aerial combat simulator. The latest version of the game is 0.2180 released on September 21, 2007.[16] It is primary written in the C++ programming language and is licensed under the GPLv2.[17]

The original project on Sourceforge seems abandoned. But some more effort was put in CSP on GitHub[18].

RedShift Redshift - svn075 mapsets.png 2006-12-23 Flight simulation game
RedShift
Redshift - svn075 mapsets.png
GenreFlight simulation game
Latest release0.1.1
Release dateDecember 23rd, 2006
DeveloperChristian Haag
Code licenseGPL version 2.0[19]
P. languageC
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RedShift is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

RedShift is a Flight simulation game in the spirit of GL-117, developed by Christian Haag.[20] The game is licensed under the GPL v2. The latest version of the game is 0.1.1 on December 23th, 2006.[21] It is written in the C programming language.

Search and Rescue II SaR2-Coast-Guard.jpg 2023-08-10 Flight simulation
Search and Rescue II
SaR2-Coast-Guard.jpg
GenreFlight simulation
Latest release2.6.0  (Announcement)
Release dateAugust 10th, 2023
Code licenseGPLv2
Media licenseGPLv2
P. languageC
LibrariesOpenAL, SDL2
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Search and Rescue II is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.
Available as a package in:  
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Arch AUR:
sar2  
OpenSUSE Logo.svg OpenSUSE: sar2

Search and Rescue II is a 3D helicopter-based flight simulation game with missions to extinguish fires or rescue persons.

Fictional Air Combat FictionalAirCombat.jpg 2012-10-09
Flight simulation games
FictionalAirCombat.jpg
Screenshot of Fictional Air Combat
Latest release0.2.5  (Announcement)
Release dateOctober 9th, 2012
Code licenseGPL[22]
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Flight simulation games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.

Fictional Air Combat is a flight simulator in the early development stages. It does not to simulate real aircraft or historical war scenarios, only fictional ones, hence the name. The game revolves around fighter aircraft.

Linux Air Combat World War II Air Combat simulated by Linux Air Combat.jpg 2022-08-04 Flight simulation game
Linux Air Combat
World War II Air Combat simulated by Linux Air Combat.jpg
World War II mission
GenreFlight simulation game
Latest release08p81  (Announcement)
Release dateAug 4th, 2022
PlatformsLinux
Code licenseGPL
P. languageC++
LibrarySDL1.1, OpenGL
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Linux Air Combat is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well.
Available as a package in:  
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Arch AUR:
linux-air-combat

Linux Air Combat (LAC) is a combat flight simulator set in the World War 2 era. It descended from GL-117, but a full rewrite has transformed it from game to simulator. It contains 54 planes in offline tutorial missions or in one of 10 multiplayer internet missions on a free server. Joystick, mouse, or gamepads are supported as input. It handles inter-player text messaging, VoIP via Mumble, and text-to-speech via espeak. Although full source code is published for those that want to compile it, LAC is also available pre-compiled in the well-known "AppImage" format for immediate use on X-86 hardware without compiling and with no need to install any prerequisite libraries. Because LAC is coded for high efficiency, it runs well even on inexpensive Linux computers like the Raspberry Pi.