MS Flight Simulator

Is it even a game? In these troubled times, the kind of clear headspace attainable from simply flying a plane through calm, sunny skies is the sort of service we should probably be paying 10 times as much for. It needs some strong hardware, but the live air traffic control chat, streaming map-based landscapes, and real-time weather effects add up to something that is exactly as realistic as you want it to be, and sends you off with a huge sense of achievement once you pull off one of the trickier maneuvers. Like landing.

Released: 2020 www.microsoft.com