Worth buying? What 238 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 238 Steam reviews actually say.
−25%$79.99$59.99
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
A gorgeous, accessible early-jet-age combat sim with a superb damage model and career mode, held back by weak AI, rough VR performance and a steep price. Skip if you want lots of content or smooth VR now.
Great for
Series fans and flight sim players who love early jets, ground attack, career mode and gamepad or HOTAS flying
Main risk
Paying $80+ for limited content, with poor AI and demanding performance, especially in VR
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Visual fidelity for both air and ground assets is incredible. The effects look great, physics are awesome, very visually captivating experience.”
Steam review · 49.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“VKB Gunfighter, Winwing Skywalkers, and HOTAS Orion 2 are all immediately recognized and have sensible presets.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The damage modeling is spectacular. Getting hits, while challenging, is incredibly rewarding.”
Steam review · 49.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“just an improvement over great battles in every way.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The Korean war is very rarely a topic of video games and IL-2 Korea did it so much justice.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“One of my favorite aspects is the career mode. Managing your squadron, keeping track of supplies, ordering new aircraft, and choosing missions through the career calendar are all fantastic features.”
Steam review · 24.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“You get 6 planes, 2 missions, a career mode that needs more time in the oven, and 1 (large) map.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Even if I get it to run @72FPS in VR (lowering render resolution and setting everything to low), I still get stutters in the air”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Friendly AI is atrocious. Your flight members routinely ignore commands, crash into the terrain, and collide with one another.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“it just keeps crashing after 5-10 seconds of flight.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The "tutorial" (being generous with that word) tells you NOTHING about inputs and expects you to read through keybinds to figure it out yourself.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“They didn't add DLC. They took two planes out of the game and sold them back to you.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
Minimum
Recommended
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+ Fun flying and exploration
− Many bugs and progression soft-locks
analyzed 3 h ago
+ Realistic flight and damage models
− Most content locked behind paid DLC
analyzed 44 min ago
+ Stylish visuals and track design
− Forced Epic account and broken VR/Deck after update
analyzed 1 h ago
+ Free with no pay-to-win
− Servers dead, infinite loading screen
analyzed 23 h ago
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