IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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!

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is a simulation, flight and world war ii game developed by 1C: Maddox Games and published by Fulqrum Publishing.
Released on June 13th 2008 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Russian.

It has received 2,965 reviews of which 2,616 were positive and 349 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.65€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • 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 are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website at:

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Feb. 2025
its an older flight sim but still holds up very well, the low price point makes this an easy recommendation to any flight sim enjoyers
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Jan. 2025
This game is really really good, and it kinda reminds me of Tiny Combat Arena, also the damage system in this game feels far less broken than in IL-2 Sturmovik. The missions & customisability is really good too. But holy shit it is a hassle to get this game to first work, took i think almost an hour just to get the first mission loaded & the game running.
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Dec. 2024
whoever gives this game a negative review will get The Curse of Ra. I cast 1 million bees in your car. If you buy this game, it gives you immediate access to IL-2 BAT mod from the SAS website, which gives you like well over 2 thousand aircraft across decades of aviation history, and hundreds of maps plus so many other things including incredible campaigns. Somehow after 20 years it is still actively updated. 1946 my beloved, you truly are the greatest there ever was, and possibly ever will be...
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June 2024
I remember playing this years ago, It truly is an amazing game for the price. Its weirdly nostalgic. And i love everything about it. Only bad part, is that it takes a while to work on your prefered controls. But the graphics are not bad. And are in fact, very good for the time period this was first made.
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June 2024
The best WW2 aircraft simulation ever. Rate this 9.5/10 I recommend you play this with mod (Either SAS, BAT, etc.) since mode can improve your gameplay experience
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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
8.5
2,616
349
Online players
49
Developer
1C: Maddox Games
Publisher
Fulqrum Publishing
Release 13 Jun 2008
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