IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| The Road of Life | 2026-05-08 | Hello, comrades! On Victory Day, we would like to highlight an important topic that we are currently exploring as part of the project “Odessa and Leningrad - Siege and Liberation.” On the Gulf of Finland map, we are currently refining the section where the famous Road of Life was located - a temporary transport route that played a key role in supplying the city besieged by invaders. Had it not been for this vital artery, the city would not have been able to withstand the terrible trials that befell it. This route was extremely vulnerable - its nearest branches ran across Lake Ladoga less than 10 kilometers from the enemy-occupied shore - but |
| Update 7.006 | 2026-05-05 | Maintenance has been completed. Changes have been implemented to improve the stability of the game client. |
| Scheduled maintenance 5.05 | 2026-05-05 | IL-2 servers may be temporarily unavailable within the next 60 minutes due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. |
| Update 7.005 | 2026-04-15 | Dear friends, This minor update addresses the following issues: Corrected aerodynamics of the La-7 rudder Updated the “Operation Munchen” and “Under Siege” campaigns Corrected the end date of one of the chapters in the 1944 Odessa liberation Career Updated the Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey campaigns for the Ju 87 D-5 and the Fw 190 A-5 Added a French translation of the “Ram Squadron” campaign. |
| Are you a pilot? | 2026-04-03 | For Korea. IL-2 Series, we are looking to connect with current and former pilots, as well as people with real-world flying experience across both civil and historic aviation. We would be especially glad to hear from those who have flown vintage aircraft, replicas, warbirds, or aircraft of comparable eras — but we also highly value broader practical flight experience, including general aviation and other real-world piloting backgrounds. Firsthand insight from pilots helps us better understand the feel of flying, aircraft handling, workload, and the small details that matter. If you have relevant experience and would be open to speaking with us |
| Update 7.004 | 2026-03-31 | Dear friends, We have released another patch 7.004. Please note that, in preparation for the “Korea” release, the process for players who purchased the game on Steam and would like to link IL-2 and Steam accounts has changed slightly - it now takes place on the series' website. Also, if the Steam version of the game cannot retrieve user data from the Steam client, an error message will be correctly displayed instead of opening a login and password prompt screen, which Steam version owners may not have. La-7: fixed rudder effectiveness and incorrect flight behavior in case of tail damage; Career: fixed game hang in certain scenarios on the Ode |
| Small update 7.003 is now available! | 2026-03-19 | Small update 7.003 is now available! New scenarios await you for the La-7, the 1944 model IL-2, and the Yak-3, along with two new campaigns set in the Odessa Theater of Operations. Two new payware campaigns let you take part in the events of the 1941 Siege of Odessa, both from the perspective of the Soviet Union and the Axis powers. 24 closely interconnected combat sorties: at times, you will need to defend the same targets that your alter ego attacked in the other campaign, and vice versa. Get the bundle: Official website - https://il2-series.com/en/store/item/odessa1941/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/4513110/ |
| The IL-2 Spring Sale is now live. | 2026-03-19 | The IL-2 Spring Sale is now live. From March 19 to April 5, special offers are available on IL-2 titles. Don't miss the opportunity to add to your collection at a great price. https://store.steampowered.com/app/307960/ |
| New Aircraft In 2026 | 2026-03-17 | Hello, Comrades! Today, we'd like to expand on a topic recently announced by journalists and video bloggers from the flight simulation community. Specifically, we'd like to talk in more detail about the aircraft we plan to implement for IL-2 Great Battles in 2026. Let's start with fighters, and the first one is the Bell P-39Q-15 Airacobra. It's well known that the Soviet Union was the primary user of the P-39 during World War II. However, some Airacobras were used by the U.S. Army Air Forces in the Pacific theater, including during the famous Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. P-39s with the 99th Fighter Squadron also saw action in North Africa i |
| Korea. IL-2 Series Steam Page Is Now Live! | 2026-03-04 | Hello pilots,We are happy to announce that the official Steam page for Korea. IL-2 Series is now live.This page will be a place on Steam where you can follow development news, see new screenshots and videos, and learn more about the upcoming next-generation flight simulator set during the Korean War.Feel free to use the Community Hub to ask questions, discuss the project, and share your thoughts with other pilots. Our team will also be following the discussions there.If you are interested in the project, don’t forget to add the game to your wishlist and follow the page to stay updated on future announcements.Wishlists help Steam recommend the |
| Update 7.001 | 2026-01-28 | On this day 82 years ago, January 27th, 1944, the Leningrad siege has finally ended after 872 days.Today we release our largest Great Battles module in three years - Odessa and Leningrad - Siege and Liberation.We have completed development of all 8 aircraft for this module, as well as both maps. Let us remind you what is included in the set:Early war Soviet biplane fighter I-153 "Chaika" designed by Polikarpov Design Bureau,Early war German Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 fighter,Early war Soviet fighter Yak-1 series 23 by Yakovlev Design Bureau,Early war Soviet fighter LaGG-3 series 4 by Gorbunov Design Bureau,Soviet ground attack aircraft Il-2 mod |
| Patch 6.107b | 2025-11-20 | You can now create Zeppelin Intercept mission in Advanced Quick Mission mode on the Western Front WWI mapA scenario mission where you as a Nieuport 17 pilot has to force a Zeppelin to land is also added (it shows up in Single Missions > Flying Circus Scenarios if you have a Nieuport 17)AI pilots better engage a large target such as a ZeppelinVarious fixes for Zeppelins and their hangarsFw 190 A-8 has correct looking skins in the Career mode on Rhineland the map |
| Update 6.107 | 2025-11-13 | 11.11.2025Dear friends,On this very day, 107 years ago, on November 11, 1918, the armistice on the Western Front of World War I came into effect — for the first time in four years of nearly continuous artillery barrage, silence fell. The armistice was not subsequently violated and became the official date of the end of the bloodiest war in human history at that time.In honor of this anniversary, we have released update 6.107, which introduces numerous new features to the Flying Circus module. This update expands and diversifies the virtual world of World War I, developed in collaboration with Yugra Media.First, a real giant has entered the Fl |
| Dev blog #374 | 2025-10-25 | Dear aviators,Today, we are happy to report that our joint development with Ugra-Media of a major Flying Circus-themed update is nearing completion. In mid-November, we plan to release this update, which will significantly expand and diversify the virtual world of World War I in our simulator.A significant improvement will be the addition of 7 new major cities to the Western Front map: Mons, Namur, Aachen, Verviers, Maastricht, Bruxelles, and Charleroi. Several additional unique landmarks have been added to Paris, including the Arc de Triomphe. Small and big railway stations have been added to many settlements. Several smaller improvements ha |
| Dev blog #373 | 2025-10-12 | Hello, comrades!Today, we will share more information with you about the Gulf of Finland map, which is being developed for the Siege and Liberation module. More specifically, we will focus on its biggest city, Leningrad. This will be the largest city in Great Battles, even larger than Paris on the WWI map. This has been made possible by the increase in graphics card performance. What was previously impossible to achieve, maintaining satisfactory performance, when we created the Moscow map in 2015, is now possible. The result is certainly impressive despite some textures being WIP — a huge city with many reproduced features of its layout.Choos |
| Update 6.003 | 2025-10-01 | Dear friends,We have released a new update for Great Battles 6.003 - this time it turned out almost completely about the German side.First, we have a pleasant surprise: new interesting historical campaign "Hornet's Nest" about the German Western front Schnellbomber crews. This campaign requires both the Battle of Normandy and the Bodenplatte modules because its events span across England, Northern France and Netherlands.The Messerschmitt 410 A-1 “Hornisse” (“hornet”) was developed as a replacement for the aging Bf 110 twin-engine heavy fighter, night-fighter, and light bomber. You, a new lieutenant, have been assigned to Kampfgeschwader 2 and |
| Dev blog #371 | 2025-08-22 | Hello Comrades!Today we want to update you on the Great Battles project. The main thing, of course, is the development of the new Siege and Liberation module. We have taken on a considerable task, and there is still a lot of work ahead related to the map and pilot career mode. But progress is being made: by the end of winter, we plan to complete the core of the module, including all aircraft, both maps, and one pilot career timeframe for each of them. At that point, the product release should take place. But, as always with our continuous development approach, the improvements never stop with the release, and by the end of summer 2026, we pla |
| Update 6.002 | 2025-08-12 | Dear friends,Update 6.002 has been released. In addition to other improvements, it includes two Soviet fighters, the early Yak-1 from 1941 and the nimble Yak-3 from 1944, which are part of the Odessa and Leningrad module.After flying and comparing them, you will see the progress achieved under the harshest conditions of war and industrial evacuation, as the Yak-3 is a heavily modernized Yak-1. Although it was equipped with a slightly more powerful M-105PF2 engine, the main advantage was achieved through improved aerodynamics (improved exterior finish, rearrangement of the oil and water radiators), reduced wing area, and overall reduction in w |
| Dev Blog #370 | 2025-05-24 | Hello, comrades! Today, we will continue the discussion about the new module, "Odessa and Leningrad. Siege and Liberation," which Daniel and Viktor recently discussed in a Dev Brief: We plan to open pre-orders and early access to the new module as early as next week. As you know, the module will include two maps, "Odessa" and "Gulf of Finland," which were created by teams from the respective locations. A small group of enthusiasts from Odessa and Mariupol is working on the Odessa map, and a group of Finnish enthusiasts is working on the Gulf of Finland map. The latter group has set itself the goal of reproducing that region during World War I |
| 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day Giveaway | 2025-05-06 | Dear friends, to commemorate 80 years since the Allied victory in Europe in World War II we at 1C Game Studios would like to give you a gift worthy of this date - not a picture, not a postcard, not even an airplane - but a whole module dedicated to one of the hardest-fought battles of this war, the heroic defense of the capital of the USSR and the subsequent counter-offensive of the Red Army. IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow is part of the IL-2 Great Battles series and is not just a flight sim, it is a living history: 8 aircraft with detailed cockpits: four fighters (I-16 Type 24, MiG-3 Series 24, Messerschmitts Bf 109 E-7 and Bf 109 F-2), IL |