IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

Released Jun 2008

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!

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IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is a long-running WWII flight simulation anthology that originally launched on Steam in June 2008. The store description notes that the game was updated to version 4.12.2, described as a community-made update that added widescreen support, new planes, maps, and campaigns. This represents the final known update to the game's content. The only recent developer communication (March 5, 2026) is an announcement not about IL-2 1946 itself, but about a brand-new, separate upcoming title — "Korea. IL-2 Series" — which has its own Steam page. This post was published on the IL-2 1946 page as a general series announcement, not as an update to the 1946 game. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmaps, and no developer statements suggesting any further content additions to IL-2 1946. The game's news activity consists only of occasional maintenance patches and a discount post, with no major content updates in recent history. IL-2 1946 launched as a comprehensive anthology package and has reached a stable, complete state. The community-contributed 4.12.2 patch appears to be the last meaningful update. The studio's active development focus has clearly shifted to the next generation of the series.
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Store description describes IL-2 1946 as an anthology including all original IL-2 series content, updated to version 4.12.2 via a community-made patch — framed as a complete, finished package.
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Developer announced a new, separate next-generation flight simulator ('Korea. IL-2 Series') on Steam. This is a new title, not an update or continuation of IL-2 1946, indicating the studio's active work has moved on to a successor project.
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Details

Publisher
Fulqrum Publishing
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

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!

The game has been updated to the latest version 4.12.2. This community made update includes widescreen support with correct FOV, many new planes, maps and scenarios.

  • New Aircraft: 32 new flyable fighters and bombers, and four new AI aircraft!
  • New Maps: Large new historical maps of the Kiev region; a map of Manchuria focusing on a border region between USSR, China and Japanese-occupied Korea; a large bonus Burma map; and an online Khalkin Gol / Nomonhan map.
  • New Campaigns: Nine new campaigns with nearly 200 missions add incredible realism and attention to detail. There are detailed careers for fighter and bomber pilots, for the German, Soviet, and Japanese air forces, offering such varied objectives as flying jet bombers over occupied Europe, to intercepting American B-29 Super fortresses over Iwo Jima and Japanese home islands!
  • Alternate History: 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.
  • Nearly 1,000 new Paint schemes: The new planes, as well as many of the other ones in the series, come with a host of historical paint schemes, showing many of the individual aircraft or squadrons that served in WWII.
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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