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The Drone Racing League Simulator

The Drone Racing League · 2017-11-01

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ActionIndieRacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 23, 2020 (Xbox One), Apr 14, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 16, 2017 (Mac)

The DRL Simulator is the premier FPV racing game and simulator. The DRL Sim offers a robust, evolving feature set, including high-intensity drone racing. It packs tracks that DRL's real world pilots compete on, with more added every season. And, it's the only place to fly DRL's exclusive drone, the Racer4!

The Drone Racing League Simulator is an Action, Indie, Racing and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 4497 reviews).

21
playing now
80%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2.54★
PlayStation Store rating (1,027 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

The Drone Racing League Simulator trailer thumbnail

The Drone Racing League Simulator | REVIEW

≈793,303 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 285 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 112k–270k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,497 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2020-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11511520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3702026-09-14 23:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 25 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 20 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 23 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 32 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 29 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 37 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1857Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 7 · peak 28Sep 2017 — avg 37 · peak 69Dec 2017 — avg 59 · peak 102Mar 2018 — avg 39 · peak 75Jun 2018 — avg 33 · peak 62Sep 2018 — avg 36 · peak 64Dec 2018 — avg 39 · peak 104Mar 2019 — avg 67 · peak 153Jun 2019 — avg 54 · peak 82Sep 2019 — avg 74 · peak 127Dec 2019 — avg 88 · peak 159Mar 2020 — avg 117 · peak 244Jun 2020 — avg 103 · peak 182Sep 2020 — avg 103 · peak 164Dec 2020 — avg 131 · peak 215Mar 2021 — avg 185 · peak 304Jun 2021 — avg 104 · peak 159Sep 2021 — avg 103 · peak 159Dec 2021 — avg 109 · peak 159Mar 2022 — avg 100 · peak 163Jun 2022 — avg 99 · peak 150Sep 2022 — avg 94 · peak 157Dec 2022 — avg 80 · peak 135Mar 2023 — avg 78 · peak 127Jun 2023 — avg 60 · peak 108Sep 2023 — avg 60 · peak 101Dec 2023 — avg 61 · peak 105Mar 2024 — avg 79 · peak 125Jun 2024 — avg 66 · peak 113Sep 2024 — avg 66 · peak 115Dec 2024 — avg 76 · peak 115Mar 2025 — avg 81 · peak 128Jun 2025 — avg 58 · peak 100Sep 2025 — avg 45 · peak 75Dec 2025 — avg 38 · peak 76Mar 2026 — avg 27 · peak 49Jun 2026 — avg 22 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 48
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-06-272026-10-082017-06-27 — best price $0.002019-10-07 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $9.992020-01-06 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-10-24 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $6.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $6.992022-09-29 — best price $0.002022-11-22 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-05-18 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-16 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992026-08-27 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
23.4%
earned "DRL Sim Pilot"
1.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5051%19
Xbox One (Xbox)1100%16

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DVRIndieActionFlightRacingSportsControllerSimulationCompetitive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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