News23 Apr 2026SimplePlanes 2 is now available!The wait is over! SimplePlanes 2 has officially cleared for takeoff on Steam! We’ve spent years rebuilding the game from the ground up to give you more power, more realism, and a whole new playground. For the first two weeks you can get SimplePlanes 2 on Steam with a 10% Launch Discount! What’s New? We know many of you have hangars full of history. That’s why SimplePlanes 2 is compatible with t…
Hello again! I think it’s about time for another SimplePlanes 2 demo, don’t you? Since the start of this year we’ve been hard at work on our biggest demo by far, and you can play it starting right now until March 2nd! This demo features both Driftwood Island and Bannock Station from the previous two demos, plus a new location, unlocked part properties , and more! HOW TO PLAY To play this demo,…
Hey everyone! We hope you’ve been enjoying the demo, it’s been awesome seeing you playing (and breaking) it this past week. We’ve got a bit of an impromptu SimplePlanes 2 blog post here for you today. Normally we post dev blogs dedicated to multiple related topics at a time, but this time it’s just focused on one topic, and it’s one we think a lot of you are going to be very excited about. Rece…
Surprise!! With the holiday season now upon us and the ten year anniversary of SimplePlanes 1’s release on Steam coming up on December 17th, we’ve released another SimplePlanes 2 demo (or playtest, whichever you’d rather call it) for you to try that you can play RIGHT NOW , featuring an all-new area, new stock crafts, and more! This second demo will be available all month long, ending on Januar…
For this next dev blog, we’re going to be talking about a major new set of POIs (points of interest) located on the southern tip of New Yoke Island, and what better way to start than with the heart of it all: Power Plant Sat next to a mountain running with gigantic trenches is a large power plant, providing electricity to the surrounding area using a mysterious substance dug from a big mine on…
A new day, a new blog post. This time, it’s about more environmental vehicles! If you missed the last time we talked about these, please check out Environments Part 3 . Among other things, it goes over Emmanuelle Le Nouaille’s contributions to the game, which we’ll be going over more of here. Blimps & Balloons In the linked post (as well as in the first demo if you played it) you may have notic…
A few months ago you got to see some of the capabilities of the brand new fuselage part in SP2. This next blog post will showcase some other bits we didn’t talk about, like the UI (which wasn’t ready at the time we first talked about these). Sliders No, I don’t mean “slider” as in the type of burger (Chad probably doesn’t even know how to cook). Sliders are a UI element that you click and drag…
Our procedural powertrain system might seem like it’s just for cars, however it is anything but that. We are adding aircraft engines that can interact with powertrains in the same way the car engine can, using a brand new procedural propeller part you attach to the front (or to a driveshaft anywhere else!), and it all interconnects nicely to let you do just about whatever you want. You can powe…
Hello again! It’s been a few weeks since the last dev blog, as we took a break while you all were playing the demo (which we really hope you had fun with, we plan to do more in the future!) but we’re back with more. We’re kicking things back off with something you may have already noticed a bit of in the demo: sound design. A lot of work has been done to make SimplePlanes 2 sound nicer than our…
The SimplePlanes 2 Flight Demo is officially live! To participate, just go to the SimplePlanes 2 Steam page and click the “Request Access” button in the playtest box. The game will automatically be added to your Steam library so you can just download it and start playing! This demo runs until November 3 , so you have all week to play. What To Expect As we’ve talked about before, this demo does…
The Demo is just around the corner! This will be the final dev blog before the demo goes live on October 27. This blog will be going over the stock crafts you'll be playing with, as well as some performance and quality of life changes. Stock Crafts The SimplePlanes 2 Flight Demo contains a variety of brand new stock crafts using the new goodies the game has to offer, with many more planned for…
Welcome to Part 3 of our set of blogs showing off the new wings! This one goes into some more enhancements to visuals and physics, so let's get into it, starting with... Propeller Blur Er... propellers are technically wings, right? I know, put away your nerd emojis, I just had nowhere else to put this. So anyway... When something like a propeller blade spins very fast, it creates a blur effect…
As much as I love the music from SimplePlanes 1 , it quickly got pretty repetitive in-game as there were only five songs and they played all the time, ultimately leading to many people just muting the music and listening to something else while they play. So for SimplePlanes 2, we have a brand new in-game soundtrack comprising of fifteen songs , composed by a lovely duo called Fat Bard (who we…
As some of you may know, Steam Next Fest started yesterday, which is a week-long event Steam runs a few times a year where tons of game developers publish demos of their upcoming games. As you probably also know, the SimplePlanes 2 Demo isn’t a part of it. We would have loved to participate in this Next Fest, but the Flight Demo just wasn’t ready in time. However, though the demo isn’t ready ri…
Like its predecessor, in SimplePlanes 2 you’ll be able to play a number of activities, ranging from races to combat challenges to some less conventional activities we’ll get into soon. Unlike SP1 though, in SP2 you’ll be able to play all of these activities in multiplayer! Races In SP2, there are a bunch of races for you to choose from in a variety of locations, from traditional circuit races o…
Sitting in SimplePlanes 1’s vast ocean is one of the game’s most iconic locations, which isn’t an island at all, nor necessarily a building; it’s a ship. The USS Beast has been a much-loved part of the original SimplePlanes, but with its last revision being all the way back in 2019 with Version 1.8 , it’s been long overdue for an upgrade. The USS Beast II I’m not gonna mince words: Kevin has do…
Hello again! It's blog post time again, this time with yet another set of map-related stuff to show off! We've got vehicles, a new island, and more! So let's get started: In SimplePlanes 2 there are a number of vehicles that spawn around the map, ranging from cars to airplanes, boats, and even the occasional blimp or hot air balloon. They all spawn in predefined areas that we’re able to set, an…
Among the original SimplePlanes parts in desperate need of a facelift is the Resizable Wheel. It was introduced over nine years ago and has received relatively little change since then, besides the addition of a number of new visual styles. Needless to say, improving the wheels has been a high priority for SimplePlanes 2, and we’re really excited to finally show off what we’ve been working on.…
This post serves as a follow-up to our previous post about the new wings and fuselages in SimplePlanes 2, with more in-depth information than we gave you in the last one. If you missed Part 1, check it out here . Wings This one is going to be a slight change of pace compared to our previous showcases, with some more nerdy talk than usual. If that isn’t your style and you’d rather skip it, then…
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