Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 added a free Stranger Things expansion on 09 December 2025, bringing a faithful recreation of Hawkins, a flyable Bell UH-1H Huey, and five rescue missions that put players into the show’s Upside Down-inflected scenarios.
The update matters because it is free to owners and arrives as a downloadable in-sim update from the Microsoft Flight Simulator Team, giving pilots immediate new content that blends mission-style objectives with the sim’s usual aircraft and world fidelity.
The developer posted the expansion on the official site and wrote, “This update is FREE to all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.” Players were told to make sure their simulator was updated to the latest version before downloading the Stranger Things content.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 owners who install the free pack will get five rescue missions and the chance to fly the Bell UH-1H Huey across the recreated town of Hawkins, with the update tying the sim’s real-world flying systems to the series’ supernatural setting. The announcement came from the Microsoft Flight Simulator Team on the same page that hosts the expansion trailer.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Developed by Asobo Studio
Pursue your dream of an aviation career with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. This brand-new simulator is designed to take advantage of the latest technologies in simulation, cloud, machine learning, graphics and gaming to create the most sophisticated, immersive and awe-inspiring flight simulator of all time. To achieve this unprecedented level of accuracy, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is powered by the significantly evolved Asobo Studio engine.
- Genre: Simulator
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation VR2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
- Release: 2024-11-19
- Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
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Age Rating:
PEGI 3 / ACB G / GRAC ALL / USK 0 / ESRB E / CERO A / CLASS_IND L
- IGDB Rating: 70.8/100
