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Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of amateur flight simulation video games developed for Microsoft Windows, with earlier versions for IBM and Apple. Frist released in 1982, it is the longest-running flight simulation video game series, as well as the longest-running software product line for Microsoft, predating Windows 1.0 by three years. The series was critically acclaimed, and was ranked by Time as the 23rd "Best Video Games of All Time".

The first entry was derived from the 1971 FS1 Flight Simulator, developed by Bruce Artwick and published by Sublogic, which was sold to Microsoft. Following releases of more entries (including the famous Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX)), developer Aces Game Studio was closed down by Microsoft in 2009, and the series remained silent in the ensuing years. After 14 years of hiatus, the latest entry, simply titled Microsoft Flight Simulator, was released in 2020. It is the first in the series to also be released in virtual reality, with its release in the Xbox Series X and Series S scheduled in mid 2020.

Several special entries were released. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight was released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first flight conducted by the Wright Brothers. Microsoft Flight, released in 2012, is a free-to-play spin-off of the series; it was later removed from official sites, however sold copies can still be played. Microsoft Space Simulator was released in 1994, and was followed by Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, released in 1998. A second and third edition of Combat were later released. In 2001, Microsoft Train Simulator was released. A sequel was attempted, however following the closure of Aces Games, the sequel was cancelled.