Hard to believe but we’ve come up on the 25th anniversary of the IL-2 Sturmovik series! The first release, on November 18, 2001, started off a series with enduring appeal to this day. For a short period of time, the sim is going to be free to play for everyone and it has some deep sale discounts going on at the same time. Let’s have a look!

Free weekend, big sale

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the series, 1CGS have made IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, free to play for the weekend lasting from 6:00 PM UTC on November 12 to 6:00 PM UTC on November 16. The free event features the original release, Battle of Stalingrad, with its eight base-game aircraft, quick missions, career, and multiplayer.

Meanwhile, the entire series is on sale with up to 75% off on the main titles, campaigns, and collector planes and vehicles. That includes some bigger discounts on the most recent major release for the series IL-2 Sturmovik: Siege and Liberation.

The sale is on for Steam and on the IL-2 store too.