How much revenue did DRONE The Game make?

DRONE The Game is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did DRONE The Game sell?

Q: How many copies did DRONE The Game sell?

42k to 69k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 42k–69k; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–200k

best case 7.9M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like DRONE The Game

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–200k copies

≈ $2k–$22.8M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.0M–9.7M copies, ≈ $49.4M–$132.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 133 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 10 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Arena Shooter (8 of 8) and FPS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, and 3 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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ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.0M–9.7M 184x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.4M–$132.9M after Steam's cut $89.9M–$204.5M before the cut	$29.99	242k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
TOXIKK™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mostly Positive	FPSAction
OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns 2021	Est. copies ≈ 59k–95k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterFPS
Master Arena 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	207 reviews Mixed	FPSArena Shooter
Uragun 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $31k–$72k before the cut	$9.99	254 reviews Mostly Positive	SingleplayerAction Roguelike
Slingbot Survivors 2025	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$5.99	32 reviews Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
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