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Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing
Liftoff® is a drone simulator that translates the rush of first-person view drone flight to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing and freestyle!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
73 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“By far the best FPV simulator out there. Helped me learn to fly real drones and not crash them. So much fun to explore all the levels and the level of detail is just insane. If you look through the window in Bardwell's…”
“Gameplay wise, I have no negative comments. UI Sucks though. Even on a 2TB read speed NVME SSD, there are still around 10 seconds of loading screens before you get into gameplay. And the annoying thing is that simple…”
“I learnt to fly drones in 2017 with Liftoff. For me to fly my actual drones is getting harder to do, where as sitting in front of a monitor with my controller is too easy. Of all the games i have (fpv & car) Liftoff is…”
16 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Amazing lil sim, put 45 hours into it just on a ps4 controller before deciding to dive straight into the deep end and bought a tiny whoop irl with a radiomaster pocket, one of the best buys i have done in a while, crazy…”
“there is only ONE way to lear this manual, FPV stuff and this is it. 3 days ago I couldn't fly my way out of a paper bag. Today, I am doing flips, flying through windows, orbiting around towers and doing dives. Actually…”
“Feels a little bit floaty vs Velocidrone but using both while getting to understand how this FPV goes. Hopefully between this and the other one I get good muscle memory for when I actually get the drone so I don't crash…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Amazing lil sim, put 45 hours into it just on a ps4 controller before deciding to dive straight into the deep end and bought a tiny whoop irl with a radiomaster pocket, one of the best buys i have done in a while, crazy…”
“As someone that just starts its fpv journey i believe this is a great application to train yourself. Affordable and works well with dozens of drone styles and controllers. Definetly worth it”
“It is pretty realistic and has a wide array of different maps and many different drones to fly. Good tutorial to help you learn how to fly plus it has multiplayer options and you can create your own map. Not overly…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“good sim, looks great, runs well, drones are very custom & exeptional controller support”
“Runs very well on linux. Great experience”
“Its great, has great physics and just works”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“By far the best FPV simulator out there. Helped me learn to fly real drones and not crash them. So much fun to explore all the levels and the level of detail is just insane. If you look through the window in Bardwell's…”
“good sim, looks great, runs well, drones are very custom & exeptional controller support”
“Supports Linux! Realistic. Has competitions. Looks beautiful. Runs smoothly.”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is great! First 5 h are torture, then it gets easier. At the time of writing this review i have 14h played and i am starting to get it already. I used to play on a ps4 controller for 5h also, but i rly…”
“I learnt to fly drones in 2017 with Liftoff. For me to fly my actual drones is getting harder to do, where as sitting in front of a monitor with my controller is too easy. Of all the games i have (fpv & car) Liftoff is…”
“Seems impossible at first but you can start getting the hang of it over a few days. I heard 20 heard it was 20 hours to pilot, I'm about 10 or 12 hours in and it started to be pretty fun seeing myself improve.”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is great! First 5 h are torture, then it gets easier. At the time of writing this review i have 14h played and i am starting to get it already. I used to play on a ps4 controller for 5h also, but i rly…”
“Amazing lil sim, put 45 hours into it just on a ps4 controller before deciding to dive straight into the deep end and bought a tiny whoop irl with a radiomaster pocket, one of the best buys i have done in a while, crazy…”
“bad update! not only the fact that i need to calibrate the controller 5 times over and over again.. whole game feels not right anymore (accuracy and trottle) . i wish i could get my money back.. im not ur beta tester.”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Feels a little bit floaty vs Velocidrone but using both while getting to understand how this FPV goes. Hopefully between this and the other one I get good muscle memory for when I actually get the drone so I don't crash…”
“excellent tool for learning to fly, highly realistic physics, at ~30hrs I feel ready to fly a real 5" without destroying it. Players need to be a little self motivated as there aren't too many elements within the…”
“A little bit floaty in the sim but great for learning”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“very good simulator tutorial explained not in great detail but just practice and you'll get the hang of it”
“Mixed feelings. This is supposed to be the best FPV simulator. Positive: The game itself is pretty good. Negative: The tutorials are absolutely horrible and impossible to learn FPV from zero. And you have to suffer…”
“The drones are widely customizable that I had a hard time to choose what setup suites beginners like me.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Runs great on linux. Highly recommend this game. It is well worth making it through the learning curve”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“Amazing game! At first, I thought something was wrong with my controller because it was painfully hard to do basic things. But I kept trying — playing 30 minutes every day with the tutorial drone — and I started to get the hang of it. I even managed to win one race against the…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“Went from real world crashes, to simulator, to real world fun.. :)”
— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:28 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Update 1.7.4 released!
We've rolled out a new update for the Marina Bay level in Liftoff! This patch includes a variety of tweaks and fixes to improve the level gameplay, smooth out the experience, and address several repor
The end of an era
Liftoff 1.0 is dead, long live Liftoff 1.0. Having just released one of our biggest and most popular updates with Marina Bay, the obvious question is: what's next for Liftoff? For more than a year, we
We Launched Marina Bay… Then Binged Your Videos
We recently got hit with the ultimate existential question: What has kept the Liftoff passion alive after a whole decade? Spoiler alert: It’s not actually the drones. (Gasps from the audience, we know
Update 1.7.3 released!
Sun-soaked, vibrant, and packed with iconic FPV opportunities, Marina Bay isn't just another Liftoff level, it's the ultimate FPV destination. A tropical city built for speed, style, and the kind of f
Update 1.7.2 released!
Sometimes the best upgrades don’t make a big entrance, they just quietly make everything better. This update is full of those small-but-satisfying improvements.The big highlight: Steam Cloud support (
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Simulation · Flight · Racing · Realistic · First-Person · Sports · Multiplayer · Immersive Sim · Indie · Early Access · Crafting · Level Editor (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , French * , Ukrainian * * |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.liftoff-game.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel 8th gen / AMD Ryzen 1st gen - 2.4GHz or faster. Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce RTX 2060 / AMD RX Vega 56 - 4GB VRAM or more. DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 25 GB available space Additional Notes: Only playable with a game or radio controller. Single screen setups recommended. Intel integrated graphics not supported.