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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
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:30 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
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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
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
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
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
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.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Action · Simulation · Racing · Sports · Indie · Flight · Multiplayer · 3D · Competitive · VR · Controller (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://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.