Press kit

Everything you need to cover FS Kingpin.

Logos, screenshots, fact sheet, descriptions, and press contact, all in one place. Last updated May 2026.

Fact sheet

At a glance.

Title
FS Kingpin
Tagline
Pick your faction. Fly contraband. Build a criminal empire one real MSFS flight at a time.
Genre
Career add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Platform
Windows (standalone desktop app, runs alongside MSFS via SimConnect)
Release status
Early Access launches June 2026. Full 1.0 release planned later. Currently in closed beta.
Price
$20 USD one-time purchase during Early Access, rising to $25 USD at full 1.0 release. Includes every update through 1.0 at no extra cost. Waitlist sign-ups receive the launch announcement first.
Developer
Independent. Solo / small team.
Trailer
YouTube
Descriptions

Three sizes. Pick whichever fits.

Short (one sentence)

FS Kingpin is the criminal career add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

Medium (one paragraph)

FS Kingpin turns every flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 into a smuggling run inside a 50-level criminal career. Pick your faction (cartel, mob, firm, yakuza), build a crew, and push rivals off the map across real airports worldwide. Standalone Windows app, your save data stays untouched. Early Access on Windows.

Long (boilerplate)

FS Kingpin is a standalone Windows application that runs alongside Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and turns it into a 50-level criminal career mode. SimConnect reads your flight in real time, grading every landing and stitching every flight into a working contraband economy.

Players pick one of four factions at the start, Los Halcones (cartel, Bogotá), the Marchetti Family (mob, Palermo), the Adamson Firm (firm, London), or Kuroda-Gumi (yakuza, Tokyo), and progress from a nobody flying mule jobs to a kingpin running labs across continents. Forty-seven commodities span five tiers from street-corner hauls to stolen Picassos. Five price zones span the globe. Daily volatility keeps yesterday's winning route from being today's.

Build labs at airports you control to produce your own product. Production ticks in real time and catches up while you're offline, so the empire keeps running between sessions.

FS Kingpin runs as a standalone Windows app and stores all save data locally in SQLite. It reads telemetry from MSFS via SimConnect and doesn't change your save data, your existing aircraft, or your settings. A small companion package drops into the MSFS Community folder for an in-cockpit EFB (Electronic Flight Bag) tablet, removable at any time. More EFB features rolling out in future updates. Plays offline once installed. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases.

Key features

An entire career mode bolted onto MSFS.

Missions

Procedural missions everywhere

Contracts regenerate from wherever you parked. 20nm mule hops to 2,000nm international freight.

Contraband

47 commodities, 5 tiers

Street-corner hauls to stolen Picassos. Each tier pays more and punishes harder.

Factions

Four playable factions

Cartel, mob, firm, yakuza. Each sets your starting country, home airport, and unlock order.

Economy

Five global price zones

Buy cheap at the source, sell high. Hot markets spike payouts. Daily volatility.

Organization

Crew with stacking bonuses

Soldiers, lookouts, accountants, lawyers, regional bosses. Loyalty drifts. Informants happen.

Rivals

Dynamic turf wars

Rival cartels expand, contest airports, and hit your turf whether you're playing or not.

Labs

Passive production, even offline

Build labs at airports you control. Production ticks run while you sleep.

Telemetry

Real MSFS integration

SimConnect grades every landing. Save data, aircraft, and settings stay untouched.

Trailer

Watch it.

Screenshots

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About the developer

Who built this.

FS Kingpin is built by Ben, an independent flight sim enthusiast. It started as a small project he was making just for himself to play and grew from there.

Boilerplate "About" line for articles: FS Kingpin is an independent third-party career add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. It is not affiliated with Microsoft, Asobo Studio, or Xbox Game Studios.

Press contact

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