1C: Maddox Games

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

Oleg Maddox’s world famous IL-2 Sturmovik series of flight simulators continues to expand. The latest offering, IL-2 1946, adds 36 new planes, four new gigantic maps, over a hundred new ground objects, and nearly 200 new campaign missions. This new opus also includes all of the previous Il-2 series content. What 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! Not to mention that players will have the opportunity to get a first glance at the future of the series arriving next year: Storm of War Battle of Britain via exclusive bonus videos. IL-2 1946 includes all of the original IL-2 series content: IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, Ace Expansion Pack, Pacific Fighters and alternate history campaigns of year 1946.

Released: 7 December 2006
Developer: 1C: Maddox Games
Publisher: 1C-777
Perspective: First person · Side view · Third person
Age rating: PEGI 7 · ESRB E10+
Metacritic: 86/100
Steam recommendations: 2,643
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres: Shooter · Simulator · Tactical
Also known as: Ил-2 Штурмовик. 46
Estimated owners: 200,000–500,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 90
Critic rating: 28
Ratings counted: 87.5%
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Crossplay System requirements 512 MB (1 GB recommended) Steam Deck Playable Player counts 45

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

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Three of the nine campaigns are a departure into alternate history, focusing on hypothetical battles between the Soviet Union and Germany in the year 1946, while WWII still rages on. Both the VVS and Luftwaffe now have access to advanced jet and rocket fighters, and other revolutionary technology. All of these new planes are modeled with the same incredible degree of historical accuracy and attention to detail as all the other planes in Il-2.

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