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Flight Simulator 2020 — Steam Gift

About the game

The most detailed flight sim out there: the entire planet rebuilt from satellite data, live weather and traffic, everything from a light Cessna to the Boeing 787. The 40th Anniversary edition added helicopters, gliders, historic aircraft like the Spruce Goose and 24 classic franchise missions. You get the full game as a Steam gift — pick the edition that fits the aircraft and airports you want.

Once the gift is delivered it cannot be refunded. If Steam rejects the gift due to region mismatch, the full amount is returned to your site balance.
Available items are processed automatically. Any issues will be resolved starting from 9:00 MSK.

Your Steam account region must match the gift region (47-region variant), and you must not already own this game. Pick the edition that fits the fleet you want.

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How to receive the gift

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Enter your Steam friend invite link and your account region.
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Where to get the link: open your Steam profile → “Add Friend”.
Where to get the link: open your Steam profile → “Add Friend”.
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Copy the quick invite link (looks like s.team/p/...).
Copy the quick invite link (looks like s.team/p/...).
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Place the order. The bot adds itself as a friend and sends the gift — usually within a couple of minutes, no need to accept anything.
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Accept the gift in Steam — the game is yours. The bot then removes itself.

FAQ

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition as a Steam Gift

This isn't just "another flight sim" — it's an attempt to recreate the entire planet: terrain, cities, airports and weather built from satellite and online data. The game was made by Asobo Studio and published by Xbox Game Studios; it launched on August 17, 2020 and has grown through dozens of updates since. The 40th Anniversary edition, released for the franchise's fortieth birthday in November 2022, added what fans had wanted for years: helicopters, gliders, historic aircraft and classic missions from earlier titles. Here it comes as the full game in the form of a Steam gift — pick your edition and receive it straight on your account, with no code to enter.

What makes Flight Simulator so gripping

The headline is scale. Below you isn't a "level map" but the real Earth: actual coastlines, mountain ranges, cities with recognizable buildings and thousands of airports. Weather can stream in live, in real time, with wind and cloud layers, while air and ground traffic make the scene feel alive. You can taxi out of your home airport, climb over your own city, spot your street — or fly out to distant ranges and approach among real cliffs. The fleet spans everything from a light Cessna 152 to a heavy airliner: nimble rotorcraft, unhurried gliders and jet business aircraft are all here.

What the anniversary edition added

The 40th Anniversary Edition brought helicopters and gliders back to the sim for the first time in the series' long history, and it added seven famous historic machines — among them the giant flying boat Hughes H-4 Hercules, the "Spruce Goose," the largest wooden aircraft ever built. Alongside came new heliports and glider airports, classic commercial airports and 24 missions from past entries in the franchise for those who remember the series from way back. All this anniversary content is included in every one of the three editions, so even the starter option gives you a huge pool of aircraft.

Which edition to choose

First, the key point: all three editions are the full game, not add-ons. They differ only in the number of detailed aircraft and handcrafted airports (hand-modeled terminals with accurate geometry). The standard option already gives you the bulk of the content.

  • Standard Edition — the base set, already huge: dozens of aircraft with unique flight models, handcrafted airports, all the anniversary helicopters, gliders and historic aircraft plus 24 classic missions. Enough to fly for months.
  • Deluxe Edition — Standard plus five extra aircraft (including the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and the Beechcraft Baron G58) and five hand-modeled international airports (among them Amsterdam Schiphol and Chicago O'Hare).
  • Premium Deluxe Edition — Deluxe plus five more aircraft (including the heavy Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner) and five more top-tier airports (among them London Heathrow and Dubai). The maximum set for those who want it all.

Simple rule: want to jump straight into the Boeing 787 and major hubs — get Premium Deluxe. Prefer light and trainer aircraft but the base set isn't enough — Deluxe. Not sure and want to taste the scale first — Standard is fully self-contained.

How delivery works and what you need

We deliver the game as a Steam Gift through a bot, not as an activation code. We need two things from you: a friend invite link to your Steam profile (the s.team/p/... kind) and your account region. The easiest way to grab the link is in the client: the "Friends" section → "Add a Friend" → invite by link. The bot then adds itself as your friend, sends the gift and leaves your friends list after delivery — you don't accept the request manually, you only confirm receipt in Steam. Steam Guard isn't required; you just need to allow friend requests in your privacy settings.

Region and library: Steam won't accept the gift without this

Two conditions, without which Steam simply won't let you accept the gift. First: your account region must match the gift region — this is a 47-region variant, so enter your profile's real region at checkout. Second: you must not already own this game. The second is the most common reason for a rejection: Steam won't accept a gift for a game you already have. If you're not sure where to find your region, it's shown in Steam's account and purchase-history settings.

If you picked the wrong region

A mistake isn't the end of the world: the money isn't lost. On a region mismatch Steam rejects the Microsoft Flight Simulator gift, and the full amount returns to your site balance — not to your card, but to the balance, from which you can immediately place a new order with the correct region. The same applies if the game unexpectedly turns out to be in the library: the gift won't go through and the funds return to your balance.

Will my PC handle it

Honestly: the sim is demanding. Rendering the whole planet, city photogrammetry and live weather load both the CPU and GPU, while streaming terrain likes fast internet and an SSD. On a weaker machine you can lower the settings and draw distance, but it's worth checking the system requirements on the game's Steam page before buying. On strong hardware, though, the view out of the cockpit looks almost like real footage from the flight deck.

Getting airborne: platform and setup

You get the PC version for Steam. Once the gift is accepted, the game stays on your account forever, like any purchase in the client, with updates and cloud data. Flying with live weather and streamed terrain needs a stable connection; some content is available offline too, but it's the online data that unlocks the full scale of the world. No third-party launchers — everything runs from Steam.

What else you'll find in the shop

If you love simulator-grade precision and hardware down to the last rivet, look at Men of War — a real-time military strategy where you command vehicles and infantry on a detailed battlefield, and the outcome comes down to calculation rather than haste. And to avoid committing to one game, you can simply top up your Steam wallet and buy whatever you like yourself — new airports and aircraft for the sim, add-ons or upcoming releases. Both options work with payment from Russia and the CIS, and you can always ask questions in the site chat.