# FSX: Steam Edition: Grumman HU\-16B Albatross™ Add\-On

Summer DB entity ID: 002a6330\-a427\-4078\-ae1b\-9f78d48a035b

Steam App ID: 379545

Guess HU? Virtavia is back with another stunning warbird, the Grumman HU\-16B Albatross for FSX: Steam Edition  Serving mainly as a search and rescue aircraft with the US Air Force, the Albatross is an amphibious flying boat, first flown in 1949\. Numerous alterations and improvements were made to the aircraft over its career, including a 16\-foot wing extension as seen in the ‘B’ variant recreated for FSX: Steam Edition\. A total of 466 aircraft in the HU\-16 series were built by Grumman\.   The FSX: Steam Edition version of this bird comes with seven models \(including three civilian variants\) with 12 unique high\-definition texture sets, including custom specular maps and bump mapping\. Take this one out near a sea or ocean and test your water landing abilities\!   Please note: 2D panel is not included, period radios are used as shift\-2 popups  Features   	Authentic virtual cockpit with animations and clickable controls   	Realistic virtual cockpit night lighting, separate illumination for cockpit flood and instrument faces   	High quality sound set by TSS   	Realistic crew figures   	Opening cockpit and cabin hatches   	Animated cowl flaps and prop pitch   	Authentic flight dynamics, water landings possible   	REALGAUGE technology

## Game information

- Type: dlc

- Developer: Virtavia

- Publisher: Dovetail Games \- Flight

- Release date: Mar 1, 2016

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: 314160

- Genres: Simulation

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Downloadable Content, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/379545/ss\_1bc0a09b14d3b24435fa20976a94cb9aa6dd55c5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1544094066, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/379545/ss\_5f74a13701da4ae97478a3bc62db13d461414902\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1544094066, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/379545/ss\_654dc1032b0d4c34a9d24a490f7c4bce308c6c16\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1544094066, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/379545/ss\_62ab7970fe0b6f312435b519d011e93e1da909f7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1544094066, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/379545/ss\_c617d2bb2afdcdb3370ae647a1b4ccecd0929f01\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1544094066, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/379545/ss\_9b11712a2b0aa9d02d17a2561180a01d2d969e79\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1544094066

- Price: 1299 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: Not collected

- Steam review count: 16

- Steam positive reviews: 8

- Steam negative reviews: 8

- Steam positive percentage: 50%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/002a6330-a427-4078-ae1b-9f78d48a035b/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/002a6330-a427-4078-ae1b-9f78d48a035b/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T05:31:20\.4691\+00:00

- Player count observed: Not collected

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T05:31:21\.512917\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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