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 Steam's cut; from 1 review (1 user reviews); Only 1 review so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Game of Drones and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Game of Drones's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 44k–336k

best case 4.0M (The Crew™ 2)

Games like Game of Drones

A typical game among these

≈ 44k–336k copies

≈ $758k–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

7 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 158 reviews in their first month; the range was 65 to 879.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Sports (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 1 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 52 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
The Crew™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 32x 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
Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $591k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's 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 Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RacingFlight
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 429k–697k 4.6x 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
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 ≈ 199k–323k 2.6x 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
DCL - The Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $231k–$620k after Steam's cut $419k–$953k before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationRacing
Liftoff®: Micro Drones 2025	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $161k–$433k after Steam's cut $293k–$666k before Steam's cut	$15.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionSimulation