Reception 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. As of 2014, the game's overall sales had surpassed 2 million copies. The review aggregator Metacritic gave IL-2 Sturmovik a score of 91 out of 100, while GameRankings, another review aggregator, gave it 90.65%. Awards 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. Similarly, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated IL-2 Sturmovik for its 2001 "Computer Simulation Game of the Year" award, but ultimately gave the prize to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002. It also "narrowly" lost PC Gamer USs "Best Simulation" award to Flight Simulator 2002, according to that magazine's editors. While awarding the game, the editors of Computer Games called IL-2 Sturmovik "the best World War II flight sim—the best flight sim of any kind, for that matter—to come along in years." Similarly, those of Computer Gaming World wrote, "IL-2 Sturmoviks election to Sim of the Year was one of the biggest shoo-in votes in the history of this magazine. [...] Know this: Sturmovik is not only the best simulation of 2001, it's the best WWII-themed sim ever, and one of the best flight sims of all time." See also Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe Jane's Attack Squadron References External links IL-2 Sturmovik official website 2001 video games 1C Company games Ubisoft games Video games developed in Russia Windows games Windows-only games World War II flight simulation video games Video games set in the Soviet Union Multiplayer and single-player video games