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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
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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 count fetched 2026-07-11 11:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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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
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
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
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