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Wings of Prey: Special Edition cover art

Wings of Prey: Special Edition

Gaijin Entertainment Corporation · Gaijin Entertainment · 2010-01-08

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 25, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Wings of Prey is based around large-scale aerial combat in World War II. Players can participate in some of the most famous battles piloting fighters, attack aircraft and bombers across a range of thrilling missions.

Wings of Prey: Special Edition is a 2010 Simulation game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 744 reviews).

2
playing now
63%
positive of 746 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, or Wings of Prey on Windows, is a 2009 combat flight simulation video game. As in previous installments in the IL-2 Sturmovik series, it depicts combat aircraft from World War II, although with less focus on realistic simulation than other entries in the series. The game has a campaign mode in which players are able to fly the Allies against the Axis, and also a multiplayer mode in which they are able to select either faction.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–60k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 746 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1884Jul 2012Mar 2026Jul 2012 — avg 188 · peak 415Dec 2012 — avg 50 · peak 130May 2013 — avg 35 · peak 67Oct 2013 — avg 20 · peak 47Mar 2014 — avg 22 · peak 41Aug 2014 — avg 26 · peak 51Jan 2015 — avg 26 · peak 55Jun 2015 — avg 11 · peak 28Nov 2015 — avg 22 · peak 54Apr 2016 — avg 19 · peak 35Sep 2016 — avg 18 · peak 30Feb 2017 — avg 13 · peak 28Jul 2017 — avg 12 · peak 23Dec 2017 — avg 15 · peak 32May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 24Oct 2018 — avg 14 · peak 32Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 26Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 25Jun 2020 — avg 13 · peak 31Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 20Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 26Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 18Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 12Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.952015-03-05 — best price $14.992015-03-30 — best price $14.992015-05-22 — best price $3.742015-06-12 — best price $3.742015-07-15 — best price $3.742015-07-21 — best price $3.742015-07-28 — best price $3.742015-08-20 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $3.742016-05-07 — best price $2.492016-08-06 — best price $13.572018-04-20 — best price $14.992018-08-02 — best price $14.992019-06-25 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992020-07-15 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69292026-05-29 — 33 pageviews2026-06-02 — 39 pageviews2026-06-06 — 39 pageviews2026-06-10 — 37 pageviews2026-06-14 — 57 pageviews2026-06-18 — 42 pageviews2026-06-22 — 57 pageviews2026-06-26 — 41 pageviews2026-06-30 — 60 pageviews2026-07-04 — 36 pageviews2026-07-08 — 29 pageviews2026-07-12 — 61 pageviews2026-07-16 — 41 pageviews2026-07-20 — 42 pageviews2026-07-24 — 53 pageviews2026-07-28 — 43 pageviews2026-08-01 — 52 pageviews2026-08-05 — 63 pageviews2026-08-09 — 69 pageviews2026-08-13 — 40 pageviews2026-08-17 — 49 pageviews2026-08-21 — 33 pageviews2026-08-25 — 52 pageviews2026-08-29 — 48 pageviews2026-09-02 — 40 pageviews2026-09-06 — 55 pageviews2026-09-10 — 48 pageviews2026-09-14 — 44 pageviews2026-09-18 — 39 pageviews2026-09-22 — 54 pageviews2026-09-26 — 56 pageviews2026-09-30 — 41 pageviews2026-10-04 — 45 pageviews2026-10-08 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
83.8%
earned "Well-read pilot"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSurround SoundPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,5310%45

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DWarActionArcadeCombatFlightShooterTrackIRImmersiveRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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