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Drone Wars

Ralien Studios · 2022-03-11

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Drone Wars is a simple but unique multiplayer Sci-Fi first-person shooter, where you can play as a heavily armed combat drone or as a human special task force soldier.

Drone Wars is a 2022 Action, Free To Play, and Indie title that is free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (82% of 116 reviews).

1
playing now
81%
positive of 117 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $4.93 at Steam (2018-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520192026Week of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.002018-05-292020-01-062018-05-29 — best price $4.992018-06-24 — best price $4.932018-07-06 — best price $12.992018-11-21 — best price $4.932018-11-27 — best price $12.992018-12-20 — best price $4.932019-01-04 — best price $12.992020-01-06 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
40.7%
earned "Welcome to Drone Wars"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, Norwegian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-03-18 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DFPSPvPIndieArcadeFlightSci-fiSandboxShooter3D Fighter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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