How much revenue did AI Drone Simulator make?

$23k–$61k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did AI Drone Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did AI Drone Simulator sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 221 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$93k before the cut; from 221 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left AI Drone Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including AI Drone Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–83k

best case 554k (Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing)

Games like AI Drone Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–83k copies

≈ $13k–$516k after Steam's cut

from ~350 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing at ≈ 422k–686k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 44 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 175.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (8 of 8) and Flight (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Flight, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, and 2 of your 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Red Wings: Aces of the Sky 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $108k–$290k after Steam's cut $196k–$447k before the cut	$19.99	792 reviews Mixed	ActionFlight
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 193k–313k 22x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $794k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut	$14.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Aster Fpv Drone Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$19.99	13 reviews Mixed	SimulationSports
StarbaseSim 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut	$16.37	61 reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Airline Flight Attendant Simulator VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut	$24.99	40 reviews Mixed	FlightImmersive Sim
Plane Accident 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before the cut	$11.99	303 reviews Mixed	SimulationEducation
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k 40x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Ultrawings 2017	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $56k–$151k after Steam's cut $102k–$233k before the cut	$14.99	397 reviews Very Positive	SimulationVR