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?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 222 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–9k; $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before Steam's cut; from 222 reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid AI Drone Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including AI Drone Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–85k

best case 563k (Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing)

Games like AI Drone Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–85k copies

≈ $13k–$527k after Steam's cut

from ~352 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing at ≈ 429k–697k copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

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

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (8 of 8) and Flight (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Flight, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 2 of the 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
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 Steam's cut	$19.99	792 reviews Mixed	ActionFlight
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 199k–323k 23x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $819k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's 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 Steam's cut	$19.99	13 reviews Mixed	SimulationSports
StarbaseSim 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$16.37	62 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 Steam's 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–$103k before Steam's cut	$11.99	305 reviews Mixed	SimulationEducation
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 429k–697k 40x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Ultrawings 2017	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $56k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$233k before Steam's cut	$14.99	398 reviews Very Positive	SimulationVR