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?

43k to 69k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 43k–69k; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–202k

best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like DRONE The Game

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–202k copies

≈ $2k–$23.1M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arena Shooter (8 of 8) and FPS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 3 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
ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.1M–9.9M 187x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut $91.2M–$207.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	245k 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–96k 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	209 reviews Mixed	FPSArena Shooter
Uragun 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $31k–$72k before Steam's cut	$9.99	254 reviews Mostly Positive	SingleplayerAction Roguelike
Slingbot Survivors 2025	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$5.99	31 reviews Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
War Link - 2111 AD 2024	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $163–$438 after Steam's cut $297–$674 before Steam's cut	$1.99	12 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
War Robots: Frontiers 2025	Est. copies ≈ 123k–199k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayThird-Person Shooter