Simulation · June 13, 2008

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 (2008)

local_offer-80% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend2.6k recommendations
Il-2 1946 includes all of the original IL-2 series content: IL-2 Sturmovik™: Forgotten Battles, Ace Expansion Pack, Pacific Fighters™ and alternate histry campaigns of year 1946. What was years ago began as a one-aircraft study sim is now an astonishing anthology, with a whopping 229 flyable aircraft and over 300 aircraft total! The game has been updated to the latest version 4.12.2. This community made update includes widescreen support with correct FOV, many new planes, maps and scenarios. New Aircraft: 32 new flyable fighters and bombers, and four new AI aircraft! New Maps: Large new historical maps of the Kiev region; a map of Manchuria focusing on a border region between USSR, China and Japanese-occupied Korea; a large bonus Burma map; and an online Khalkin Gol / Nomonhan map. New Campaigns: Nine new campaigns with nearly 200 missions add incredible realism and attention to detail. There are detailed careers for fighter and bomber pilots, for the German, Soviet, and Japanese air forces, offering such varied objectives as flying jet bombers over occupied Europe, to intercepting American B-29 Super fortresses over Iwo Jima and Japanese home islands! Alternate History: Three of the nine campaigns are a departure into alternate history, focusing on hypothetical battles between the Soviet Union and Germany in the year 1946, while WWII still rages on. Nearly 1,000 new Paint schemes: The new planes, as well as many of the other ones in the series, come with a host of historical paint schemes, showing many of the individual aircraft or squadrons that served in WWII.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Simulation · 200
  • Flight · 162
  • World War II · 115
  • Military · 70
  • Historical · 58
  • Realistic · 53
  • Multiplayer · 46
  • TrackIR · 41
  • Action · 29
  • Classic · 25
  • Singleplayer · 23
  • War · 15
  • Jet · 15
  • Moddable · 13
  • VR · 11

Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.0k Steam reviewsTop 75% in Simulation
Positive rating88% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 32%
Metacritic86/100Genre average 75 — top 12% of Simulation titles
Engagement hours10 h averageTop 82% for session depth among Simulation

Reception Metrics

Steam community

88%Very Positive · 3.0k reviews

2.6k positive · 361 negative

Metacritic

86/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.7/10

Curator recommendations

2.6k

Release & Availability

Release dateJun 13, 2008
Developer1C: Maddox Games
PublisherFulqrum Publishing
Base price$1.99 -80%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksMetacritic page · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

10h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player

Community

  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (2)

  • English
  • Russian

Editions & Packages

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