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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
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 aircraf
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Flight models, dogfights, AI” (30 of 84 reviews) and “Many aircraft, missions, campaigns” (9); the most common complaint is “Windows 11 launch problems” (19). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
30 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“it's incredibly hard to set up. barely works on modern systems, devs abandoned it. sure its gameplay nice but its too hard to set up”
9 of the 84 reviews raise this.
8 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“20 Years and many, MANY memories. When I played this game originally I was enrolled in a elementary school, and believe it or not I actually tried to use the full mission creator (when I was 9 haha). Commoooon!!! This…”
6 of the 84 reviews raise this.
5 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“Graphics maybe dated, but some aircraft are very detailed and great fun to fly. Especially the Dornier 335, Polikarpov I-185, Me163 and He162. The mission builder has infinite possibilities.”
19 of the 84 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Played this game religiously for years and now after an "update" it simply doesn't start. Gutted.”
“i have played 11 hours on this and now it will not load what so ever i know my pc can run it very well and i have tryed many methods to get it to work and nothing has, i dont know if it is a problem with the game or not…”
9 of the 84 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“20 Years and many, MANY memories. When I played this game originally I was enrolled in a elementary school, and believe it or not I actually tried to use the full mission creator (when I was 9 haha). Commoooon!!! This…”
5 of the 84 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 84 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Ok unfortunately there is no middle ground in these reviews. I do enjoy the game and that's all it is. There is a very clear bias to Soviet aircraft. I put Ai Vs Ai and noticed that in many cases even "veteran" Ai loses…”
Counted across 84 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This game is to this day the best flight simulator on the market. Vanilla game itself offers hundreds of flyable planes from WW2, including some prototypes altogether with scenarios of war lasting to 1946, giving you opportunity to fly early jet planes of both Axis and…”
— a player, Steam review · 75 hrs played“used to work great. These days, at least on windows 11 it is completely broken. I've tried absolutely everything. edit: ok so apparently re-installing it for the billionth time and trying windows 7 compatibility instead of XP made it magically start working. wtf...”
— a player, Steam review · 96 hrs played“IL-2 1946 isn't half the game it could be without mods. If so, and even own its own, it is enough to rival modern flight simulators. Simply the best flight simulator ever made.”
— a player, Steam review · 47 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Korea: IL-2 Series is Out!
Hello, pilots! Today, a new chapter begins for our team and the entire IL-2 series—Korea is officially out. This day was made possible by people who are genuinely passionate about history and flight s
Korea. IL-2 Series Steam Page Is Now Live!
Hello pilots! We are happy to announce that the official Steam page for Korea. IL-2 Series is now live. This page will be a place on Steam where you can follow development news, see new screenshots an
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is a part of Fulqrum Publisher Sale!
Greetings everyone! We are so happy to announce that the Fulqrum Publisher Sale just started and IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is a part of it with an amazing discount! ALL of Fulqrum Publishing's games are di
Update to 4.13.4
The game has been updated to the latest available patch version 4.13.4. If you prefer the older version 4.12.2 for some reason, you can revert to it (go to the Betas tab in the Steam properties of the
IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 Updated
IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, the complete collection of many addons released for the legendary sim, has been updated. Russian-speaking players can now play the game in its original language while everybody wo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Flight · World War II · Military · Historical · Realistic · Multiplayer · TrackIR · Action · Classic · Singleplayer · War (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · LAN Co-op · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor |
| Languages | English, Russian |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows® XP/2000 (only) Processor: Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz recommended) Memory: 512 MB (1 GB recommended) Graphics: DirectX® 9 compliant with 64 MB RAM (128 recommended)(see supported list*) DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 or higher Sound: DirectX 9 compliant Hard Drive: 1.1+ GB Multiplay: Broadband Internet connection * Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: ATI® Radeon™ 7000/8000/9000/X families, NVIDIA® GeForce™ 256/2/3/4/FX/6 families, Matrox Parhelia™, Intel® GMA 925X/915P/915G chipsets (Laptop models of these cards not fully supported.) These chipsets a