How much revenue did Game of Drones make?

$28–$72 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Game of Drones sell?

Q: How many copies did Game of Drones sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $28–$72 after Steam's cut $50–$111 before the cut; from 1 reviews (1 user reviews); Thin evidence: 1 review. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Game of Drones out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Game of Drones's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 44k–330k

best case 4.0M (The Crew™ 2)

Games like Game of Drones

The middle of these games

≈ 44k–330k copies

≈ $743k–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Crew™ 2 at ≈ 3.0M–4.9M copies, ≈ $25.0M–$67.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 158 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 65 to 881.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Racing (8 of 8) and Sports (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, and 1 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 52 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Crew™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 33x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.1M after Steam's cut $45.4M–$103.3M before the cut	$29.99	100k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingOpen World
Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $577k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before the cut	$59.99	1k reviews Very Positive	FlightRacing
Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 194k–316k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RacingFlight
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k 4.6x 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
Elon Simulator 2019 2019	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	496 reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayRacing
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 193k–313k 2.5x 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
DCL - The Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $228k–$614k after Steam's cut $415k–$945k before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationRacing
Liftoff®: Micro Drones 2025	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $155k–$416k after Steam's cut $282k–$641k before the cut	$15.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionSimulation