IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition
Skip · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 14.5h
- Value
- $0.69/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 1,782 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
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About the game
Scramble to intercept in your RAF Spitfire or Hurricane. Or join huge formations of German or Italian Fighters and Bombers as they roar across the Channel towards London. Decide the fate of Britain!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Direct X 11.0 compliant 4 gb, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 53 times in the 9 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 66 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 50 percent on value. It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 66 percent. Among the games that feel like it, IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad ($49.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 ($48.99, scores 8).
More about IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition
8 of the 539 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 32 percent of the 287 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 26 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
i have a intel core i3 8th generation with 16 gigs of ram and its breathtaking the sound of it is immersing great job
2 more reviews
There's definitely a lot here to appreciate, and when everything clicks it can be a good experience, but I never quite really enjoyed it. I'd probably recommend grabbing it on sale if you want, but be cautious.
I finally got around to playing this. Not bad. It's a little rough on the menus and key bindings. the joystick wizard does not work at all. A menu to see the missions would be nice. map zoom would be cool, but it turns out the maps are super small. The AI is DEFINATELY better than il2 sturmovich ill give it that much. engine sounds are different too. It is a hardcore simulator so there are no map markers. You have...
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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition scores 29/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/754530/il-2-sturmovik-cliffs-of-dover-blitz-editionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.