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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

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!

What works

  • Highly realistic flight and damage models
  • Strong and supportive multiplayer community
  • Affordable with extensive free updates
  • Detailed clickable cockpits and aircraft systems
  • Large maps with historical accuracy

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and complex controls
  • Clunky and dated user interface
  • Limited dynamic campaign content
  • Small multiplayer playerbase
  • Occasional technical bugs and setup challenges

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Falcon 4.0

  • Arma 3

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

  • Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

  • Delta Force — Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre

  • Wargame: Red Dragon

More fantastical

Games that feels like IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition but with more imaginative fiction

  • Project Wingman

  • Sins of a Solar Empire II

  • Silent Hunter® III

  • Nuclear Option

  • Dogfight 1942

  • Evochron Legacy SE

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition but with less of a community feel

  • Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles

  • Combat Wings: Battle of Britain

  • Battlestations: Midway

  • War on the Sea

  • Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight

  • Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age

Less intimate

Games that feels like IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition but with less focus on close relationships

  • Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China

  • Air Missions: HIND

  • Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology

  • IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad

  • Wargame: Airland Battle

  • War Thunder

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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026