IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad
Realistic World War II combat flight simulation over Stalingrad
FOR-GAMES CR LTD · Released Oct 22, 2014
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 9,968
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 56 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 130
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 3 months ago
- Jun 10, 2026
Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)
What is IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad?
A first-person World War II flight simulator centered on combat over Stalingrad. Fly fighters, attack planes, and bombers against aircraft and ground targets in a pilot career, custom missions, or online battles and co-op.
For you if...
- +you want detailed flight physics and aircraft damage modeling
- +you enjoy demanding, practice-heavy combat flight simulation
- +you want solo careers, custom missions, and online battles
Not for you if...
- −you want arcade-style flying with a shallow learning curve
- −you mainly want varied, hand-built career missions
- −you expect a broad base package without paid add-ons
What players say
79% of 9,968 reviews are positive · 78% of 56 in the last 30 days
Players praise the flight physics, damage modeling, and realistic controls. Common complaints focus on extensive paid DLC, repetitive career missions, and difficult control-binding and configuration setup.
Screenshots and trailer
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 64-bit Windows® 10/11
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5/i7 3+ GHz
- Graphics
- 4GB VRAM or better
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 95 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- DirectX®-compatible flight stick recommended
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards, VR
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: Russian, German. Text only: English, Polish, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Flight
- Realistic
- Simulation
- VR
- World War II
- War
- Historical
- First-Person
- Multiplayer
- Singleplayer
- Controller
- Atmospheric
- Tanks
- TrackIR
- Wargame
- Military
Recent updates
- Jun 10, 2026 · Update 7.008
- May 19, 2026 · Update 7.007
- May 5, 2026 · Update 7.006
- Apr 15, 2026 · Update 7.005
- Mar 31, 2026 · Update 7.004
57 DLC available.
Games like IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad
