IL-2 Sturmovik was named the best computer simulation of 2001 by Computer Games Magazine, Computer Gaming World, The Electric Playground, GameSpy and GameSpot, and was a runner-up for IGN's award in this category, losing to Independence War 2. The review aggregator Metacritic gave IL-2 Sturmovik a score of 91 out of 100, while GameRankings, another review aggregator, gave it 90.65%. As of 2014, the game's overall sales had surpassed 2 million copies. IL-2 Sturmovik received a "Silver" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The first games in the series not using the original 2001 game engine were IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (2011, which runs its own game engine) and IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad (2013, which runs on a game engine derived from another game, the 2009 simulator Rise of Flight). Īll the patches or versions, like Forgotten Battles (2003) or standalone games, like Pacific Fighters (2004), used and shared the same game engine from 2001 until the 1946 pack (2006) and even until the console adaptation ( IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, 2009). IL-2 Sturmovik is the flight simulator video game longest supported by its developer with the demo released in 2001 and the latest patch including new planes, maps and other features released in April 2017. The latest edition that includes all sequels and patches is version 4.13.4, which brings the number of available flyable aircraft up to 85* and the number of maps to 41*.
The game is currently distributed as the IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 pack. The game saw the release of a number of add-ons and sequels since its initial release, with some of the sequels including the entirety of the original release's content.
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