IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-08-30
Review summary
  • Best WW2 flight simulator
  • VR experience is outstanding
  • Fun and addictive gameplay
  • DLC pricing is excessive
  • Base game lacks content
  • No tutorial provided
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad header

Categories

Combat Flight SimulationSingle-player StoryCooperative MultiplayerHistorical SimulationVR GameplayCareer ModeTank Gameplay

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Mostly Positive (6/10)
Total reviews
9,920
Positive
7,84879.1%
Negative
2,07220.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
716,723
Estimated revenue
$35,828,983
Game price
$50
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
687.34%
Estimated copies lost
4,913
Estimated revenue lost
$245,601
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
687.3%
Avg playtime 0.7h
161.7%
Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime
16417.7%
Avg playtime 87.1h
67873.2%
Avg playtime 205.2h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.2 rev/day
Last 30d2.5 rev/day
Quarterly14.5 rev/qtr
Days covered4,396.7 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
926 total
Organic purchasers83690.3%
Voted up: 75%
Key activations909.72%
Voted up: 71%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
926 total
First impression0-2h10110.9%
Voted up: 26%
Mid game2-10h20422.0%
Voted up: 67%
Late game10-20h12313.3%
Voted up: 79%
Endgame20h+49853.8%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.22% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 74.9%
2 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,920 total.