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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 cover art

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

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

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Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Side view

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!

15
playing now
87%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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.

Trailer

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 trailer thumbnail

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 Official trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 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 7% of 16,568 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 129k–257k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,213 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.99-80%
Steam$1.99-80%
GreenManGaming$2.00-80%
GOG$9.99

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 153 of 197 observed days · $0.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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515120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 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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

3972026-09-14 22:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 23 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 24 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 39 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6512Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 38 · peak 77Dec 2012 — avg 20 · peak 48May 2013 — avg 14 · peak 36Oct 2013 — avg 21 · peak 56Mar 2014 — avg 35 · peak 84Aug 2014 — avg 35 · peak 77Jan 2015 — avg 43 · peak 96Jun 2015 — avg 42 · peak 101Nov 2015 — avg 37 · peak 78Apr 2016 — avg 38 · peak 80Sep 2016 — avg 33 · peak 74Feb 2017 — avg 39 · peak 86Jul 2017 — avg 46 · peak 92Dec 2017 — avg 50 · peak 114May 2018 — avg 53 · peak 128Oct 2018 — avg 42 · peak 89Mar 2019 — avg 42 · peak 90Aug 2019 — avg 39 · peak 76Jan 2020 — avg 41 · peak 88Jun 2020 — avg 46 · peak 80Nov 2020 — avg 40 · peak 81Apr 2021 — avg 40 · peak 78Sep 2021 — avg 36 · peak 79Feb 2022 — avg 38 · peak 78Jul 2022 — avg 31 · peak 59Dec 2022 — avg 35 · peak 74May 2023 — avg 27 · peak 59Oct 2023 — avg 26 · peak 62Mar 2024 — avg 29 · peak 57Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 54Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 64Jun 2025 — avg 20 · peak 48Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 47Apr 2026 — avg 18 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 46
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.35$1.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-09-09 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

43122026-05-29 — 33 pageviews2026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 29 pageviews2026-06-10 — 19 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 29 pageviews2026-06-22 — 41 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-30 — 27 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 26 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 37 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 39 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 20 pageviews2026-08-21 — 30 pageviews2026-08-25 — 41 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 24 pageviews2026-09-06 — 26 pageviews2026-09-10 — 21 pageviews2026-09-14 — 20 pageviews2026-09-18 — 30 pageviews2026-09-22 — 29 pageviews2026-09-26 — 37 pageviews2026-09-30 — 22 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-08 — 30 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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRJetWarActionFlightClassicTrackIRMilitaryModdableRealistic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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