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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 cover art

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

1C: Maddox Games · Fulqrum Publishing · 2008-06-13

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 07, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

20
playing now
87%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
93/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, also called IL-2: 1946) is both the title of an add-on and a compilation release of the combat flight simulation game IL-2 Sturmovik. In that latter case, it is sometimes called IL-2 Sturmovik: Complete Edition. Created by the Russian games developer 1C:Maddox Games and published by Ubisoft, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 takes place during World War II. The add-on from which the compilation takes the name 1946 was released in December 2006 as downloadable content (DLC) only, same as Sturmoviks over Manchuria and Pe-2. That latter was an add-on already released at the time, it was on sale since the month of May. The compilation IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 was published in December 2006 in double DVD format, one DVD for the software and a second DVD for bonuses.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 128 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 128k–256k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,206 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Humble Store$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Nuuvem (2018-02-10) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 123 of 166 observed days · $0.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 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positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3882026-08-06 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 38 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 32 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 33 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.35$1.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-07-14 — best price $9.992016-02-16 — best price $9.992016-09-26 — best price $4.992017-04-14 — best price $9.992017-08-23 — best price $9.992018-02-26 — best price $9.992018-08-06 — best price $2.822018-12-21 — best price $2.492019-04-25 — best price $9.992019-08-03 — best price $9.992019-11-27 — best price $2.492020-02-08 — best price $11.202020-05-01 — best price $2.492020-08-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $2.492021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-05-24 — best price $9.992021-08-19 — best price $9.992021-11-12 — best price $2.302022-02-08 — best price $7.862022-05-24 — best price $9.992022-08-15 — best price $9.992023-01-06 — best price $7.862023-05-07 — best price $2.302023-08-17 — best price $9.992023-12-15 — best price $2.502024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-20 — best price $2.492024-09-23 — best price $9.992024-12-30 — best price $1.892025-03-24 — best price $8.492025-07-10 — best price $2.492025-10-22 — best price $9.992026-01-26 — best price $2.002026-04-25 — best price $9.992026-07-25 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

49122026-05-29 — 33 pageviews2026-06-01 — 26 pageviews2026-06-04 — 23 pageviews2026-06-07 — 23 pageviews2026-06-10 — 19 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-16 — 31 pageviews2026-06-19 — 46 pageviews2026-06-22 — 41 pageviews2026-06-25 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-07 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 28 pageviews2026-07-13 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-19 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 27 pageviews2026-07-28 — 37 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 26 pageviews2026-08-06 — 33 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-12 — 28 pageviews2026-08-15 — 26 pageviews2026-08-18 — 34 pageviews2026-08-21 — 30 pageviews2026-08-24 — 26 pageviews2026-08-26 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPLAN PvPCo-opLAN Co-opSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

VRJetWarActionFlightClassicTrackIRMilitaryModdableRealistic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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