The core game, which includes the Icon A5 aircraft and the Big Island of Hawaii scenery area, remained available as a free download for some time after that, but is now no longer available.

It could be expanded with additional downloadable content (DLC) from the integrated Games For Windows Marketplace on Xbox-Live .

Reviewers indicated that sales may have been slow due to competition from other products, such as X-Plane and that Microsoft Flight had fewer aircraft, terrain and third-party add-on options than its predecessor and was less authentic.

[7][8][13] After announcing the end of development, Microsoft continued to fine-tune the core of the program with a post-release beta test involving Steam users, with title update 1.1.1.30063 released on September 25, 2012.

This affected online features, such as multiplayer and aerocaches; the single-player experience remained largely intact.

[16] Flight features new aircraft, scenery and terrain, a revamped weather engine, and new gameplay elements for users of all skill levels.

Shortly following release, Microsoft Flight was given a 64/100 critic score on review aggregator site Metacritic.