Steam app 307960 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:20 UTC
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles.
719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
143 months, November 2014 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad was released on 22 Oct, 2014.
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What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | bin\game\Il-2.exe | or_enable=0 | windows 64 | |
| Launch in VR | bin\game\Il-2.exe | or_enable=1;exclusive=1 | windows 64 |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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