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The Drone Racing League Simulator

The Drone Racing League Simulator

The DRL Simulator is the premier FPV racing game and simulator. The DRL Sim offers a robust, evolving feature set, including high-intensity drone racing. It packs tracks that DRL's real world pilots compete on, with more added every season. And, it's the only place to fly DRL's exclusive drone, the

Released Nov 1, 2017 Developer The Drone Racing League Platforms Windows · Mac ActionSimulationRacingSportsIndie
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

84.2%positive4,047 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Even with the offline being shut down this is absolutely still the best simulator for beginners. The Simulator comes packaged with tons of high quality offline maps and is still worth getting for only $10. The company DRL is dead, the community has fallen apart but at least we…”

— a player, Steam review · 204 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Don't buy it for the online content, because the servers have died years ago. Buy it for the training tutorials and content. pair it with a DJI controller and Quest3 headset and you get a very good in-depth trainer for FPV without killing your drone while learning!”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Not recommended · 19 found this helpful

“Guys it was a good game before the servers went down. The physics feel accurate, but the servers are now down, and you cannot save your data in the game. You can still load in and play the game but you will need to enter all your settings every time you play. There is a mod…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:30 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

13playing at last check
3424-hour peak
389all-time peak
0 100 200 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 185 avg · Mar 2021

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.

19achievements
1.3%median completion
0.1%rarest: Master Architect
23.4% of players 5.6% of players 5.6% of players 4.9% of players 3.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 23.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
23.4%DRL Sim Pilot — You've become an official DRL Sim Pilot by completing a race
5.6%Angel — By completing your first multiplayer race, you now have the rank of Angel
5.6%Captain — You've earned the rank of Captain by completing all Quest 1 training missions
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Master Architect — You are officially a DRL Sim Master Architect after creating 5 maps that have 20 unique leaderboard entries each
0.1%King of the Hill — You are officially a king of the hill now that you have won 5 tournaments
0.1%Flight Master — You are now a flight master as you have raced on all DRL maps with at least one drone from each class

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU8.19 EUR
UK7.19 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada11.49 CAD
Japan1,010 JPY
Brazil20.69 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$4.1 Japan Canada EU UK US Australia China≈$10

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 18, 2023
DRL SIM 4.1 Release Announcement

Hello Pilots, In this release you will find a new map to explore! Silicon Valley brings you an epic soccer stadium, with lively surroundings, gaps, and dives galore. With this map comes the Race in th

Jun 06, 2022
DRL SIM 4.0 Release Announcement

Hello Pilots, We're really excited to share our latest updates with you! The development team has been grinding to bring you a new Onboarding mode, a new Search & Destroy game play mode, a DRL Pilot f

Jan 21, 2022
DRL SIM 3.12 Release Announcement

Hello Pilots, Today we are bringing you our latest update. We start this update with some new features courtesy of Allianz. These include a brand new race track called "Allianz Eagle." This track was

Dec 10, 2021
DRL SIM 3.11 Release Announcement

Hello Pilots, We have another exciting release for you today. We are starting off with our new circuits feature, a campaign mode type of experience. There are 6 new racing circuits for you to fly with

Aug 20, 2021
DRL SIM 3.10 Release Announcement

Hello Pilots, We are bringing you a quality of life update today that contains mostly bug fixes and performance improvements. It addresses problems reported with the race line, Campground map performa

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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.

GenresAction, Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports
Player tagsAction · Simulation · Racing · Sports · Indie · Flight · Multiplayer · 3D · Competitive · VR · Controller (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese
Achievements19
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://thedroneracingleague.com/videogame/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10x64 or greater Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 (2.70 GHz) or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space Additional Notes: For best experience, a controller is required and a radio transmitter is recommended. Specs can change over time and with optimizations.