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The Drone Racing League Simulator

The Drone Racing League · 2017-11-01

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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!

16
playing now
80%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 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 17% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 112k–269k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,480 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 1 of 3 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (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

3072026-08-11 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 24 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 30 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-06-272026-08-272017-06-27 — 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 $9.99
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.

Player tags

3DVRIndieActionFlightRacingSportsControllerSimulationCompetitive

Census log

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

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