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Drones, The Human Condition

Blunt Games · ninjainatux · 2016-12-01

Steam

ActionIndieSports

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 01, 2016 (Linux), Dec 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An addictive fast paced twin stick arena shooter with banging electronic sound track, nostalgic nods and a barrage of flashing lights and bullets. Your task is simple, kill drones, free humans, don't die!

Drones, The Human Condition is a $5.99 Action, Indie, and Sports game released in 2016, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (38% of 360 reviews).

0
playing now
38%
positive of 361 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Dormant
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 0 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · No new reviews since week of 2025-03-01.
  • · Top 23% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.0k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 361 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.50 at Steam (2018-02-15) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.002016-12-022023-10-022016-12-02 — best price $2.242017-02-20 — best price $1.492017-06-22 — best price $1.012017-10-26 — best price $0.982017-11-22 — best price $0.982017-12-21 — best price $0.982018-02-15 — best price $0.502018-06-21 — best price $0.982018-11-21 — best price $0.952018-12-20 — best price $0.952019-01-05 — best price $5.992019-07-09 — best price $5.992019-12-03 — best price $5.992020-01-02 — best price $5.992020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-11-02 — best price $5.992020-12-01 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-07-08 — best price $5.992021-12-22 — best price $0.592022-01-27 — best price $0.592022-06-23 — best price $0.892023-09-25 — best price $1.852023-10-02 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
44.8%
earned "Tweaker"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)73134%9

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2D2.5DIndieRetroActionArcadeRobotsShooterGameMakerFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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