How much revenue did Drone Strike: Engineer Simulator make?

$130–$349 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Drone Strike: Engineer Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Drone Strike: Engineer Simulator sell?

397 to 645 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397–645; $130–$349 after Steam's cut $236–$537 before Steam's cut; from 16 reviews (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 Drone Strike: Engineer Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Drone Strike: Engineer Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 178k–553k

best case 4.0M (The Crew™ 2)

Games like Drone Strike: Engineer Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 178k–553k copies

≈ $1.0M–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Crew™ 2 at ≈ 3.0M–4.9M copies, ≈ $25.0M–$67.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 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 Flight (8 of 8) and Racing (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $30.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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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Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 429k–697k 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
Danger Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5 reviews 5 user reviews	On-Rails ShooterBullet Hell
Superflight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 399k–648k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $328k–$881k after Steam's cut $596k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$2.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FlightIndie
The Crew™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.2M after Steam's cut $45.5M–$103.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	100k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingOpen World
Tunnel Blast 2021	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $34–$91 after Steam's cut $61–$140 before Steam's cut	$0.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	ActionFlight
BallisticNG 2018	Est. copies ≈ 114k–186k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $471k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $856k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Combat RacingFuturistic
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 199k–323k 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
Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $958k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	FlightSimulation