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SkyDrift cover art

SkyDrift

Digital Reality · HandyGames · 2011-11-21

SteamXbox

IndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 21, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 07, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Sep 07, 2011 (Xbox 360)

Get closer than ever before to the world of adrenaline pumping sky-racing where flyboys can test and master their flying and combat skills against the deadliest opponents! Admire amazingly detailed terrains. Unlock state-of-the-art planes and personalize them with unique racing skins.

SkyDrift is a 2011 Indie and Racing game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1187 reviews).

2
playing now
88%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

SkyDrift is a 2011 airplane racing video game developed by Digital Reality. It was self-published by the developer on the Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3 platforms. The Xbox 360 version was published by Bandai Namco Partners.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 47k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,187 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$1.77-82%
Steam$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%
GameBillet$2.58-74%
IndieGala$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.76 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-23) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 68 of 100 observed days · $1.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.13$0.782015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-04-21 — best price $2.502015-09-03 — best price $9.992016-01-17 — best price $9.992016-07-24 — best price $1.492017-02-27 — best price $9.992017-08-22 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $2.492019-01-14 — best price $9.992019-07-12 — best price $2.502019-12-07 — best price $7.652020-02-20 — best price $1.992020-05-29 — best price $8.282020-07-25 — best price $1.562020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-02-27 — best price $8.382021-04-22 — best price $1.702021-06-14 — best price $2.552021-08-27 — best price $9.992021-11-25 — best price $9.992022-02-11 — best price $8.392022-05-31 — best price $8.382022-09-28 — best price $8.982023-01-11 — best price $8.162023-06-23 — best price $1.592023-11-30 — best price $8.292024-05-06 — best price $9.992024-09-18 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $8.092025-06-25 — best price $8.222025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-12-03 — best price $9.992026-05-20 — best price $9.892026-10-15 — best price $1.77
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2032026-05-14 — 14 pageviews2026-05-18 — 7 pageviews2026-05-22 — 14 pageviews2026-05-26 — 6 pageviews2026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 3 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 9 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-23 — 12 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 16 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-30 — 15 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 10 pageviews2026-09-11 — 12 pageviews2026-09-15 — 7 pageviews2026-09-19 — 13 pageviews2026-09-23 — 13 pageviews2026-09-27 — 8 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 10 pageviews2026-10-09 — 9 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
45.7%
earned "Power User"
7.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2011-11-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,4064%12
Xbox 360 (Xbox)84216%12
PS3 (PlayStation)68610%12

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

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeCombatFlightRacingControllerMultiplayerCombat Racing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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