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Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing cover art

Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing

LuGus Studios · 2018-09-13

Steam

IndieRacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 13, 2018 (Mac), Sep 13, 2018 (Linux)

Liftoff® is a drone simulator that translates the rush of first-person view drone flight to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing and freestyle!

355
playing now
95%
positive of 14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

355 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 355 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,599 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~200/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 17,871 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 345k–829k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,815 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2021-03-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25325320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8122932026-08-06 22:00 — 399 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 410 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 694 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 448 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 388 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 673 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 444 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 323 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 671 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 420 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 353 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 642 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 397 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 402 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 653 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 384 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 345 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 650 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 470 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 317 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 651 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 709 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 332 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 625 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 792 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 335 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 655 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 724 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 355 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$11.992015-11-092026-08-042015-11-09 — best price $19.992016-05-10 — best price $15.992016-08-20 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $13.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $13.992018-05-21 — best price $19.992018-09-13 — best price $17.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-04-22 — best price $17.992019-06-14 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $15.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-02-14 — best price $13.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992023-06-05 — best price $13.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $17.992024-04-01 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-09-23 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-28 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-04 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1402026-08-26 19:15 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
19.5%
earned "Practice Rounds"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support3 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieFlightRacingSportsCraftingRealisticSimulationAtmosphericExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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