DCL - The Game
Developer Drone Champions AG, Climax Studios
DCL - The Game is the official videogame of the Drone Champions League - the world’s leading series for Drone Racing Teams. Fly the original tracks from DCL and experience Drone Racing like a professional pilot. Join the flying revolution! From the Steam store page
165 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
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120 positive · 42 negative
95% range 67–80%
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| Steam reviews | 120 | 42 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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60 of 165 · most liked first---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ Paint.exe ---{Gameplay}--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It‘s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Starring at walls is better ☐ Just don‘t ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ Earrape ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Human ---{PC Requirements}--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boiiiiii ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So.... I tried again on Windows and as soon as the game realises that I have a real RC controller instead of a PC gamepad it behaves completed differently! The horrible imprecise feeling isn't just Linux, it's the game forcing some dumb gamepad logic on the controller inputs. However, even on Windows with a very modern system and latest drivers the game refuses to go fullscreen on a 3840x1600 display, it doesn't even show my correct resolution. THQ have done some decent games but the input…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- In physics department, It is more like DRL than Liftoff. I can jump between DRL and DCL without feeling much difference. - Visually it is indeed best among them all. - Needs frequent updates with additional maps and an ability to create custom track layouts. - Runs smoothly on highest quality at 60+ FPS easily using a GTX 1070. NOTE : Make sure you use a radio controller and not a gamepad for best experience. Popular radios with USB links are preferred for good stick resolution but I am…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tried several Flight simulators, this seems to be very close to how a real drone feels, only thing I don't like is, that you have to race to earn $$ to upgrade your drone, I like to fly free style & don't enjoy racing as much as others, But I would like to change my drone chassis, and have other choices
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →54 new titles were added to the 'Stream Your Own Game' library this month • AVICII Invector • Avatar The Last Airbender: Quest for Balance • Beneath • Cars 2: The Video Game • Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers • Chariot • Close to the Sun • Cobra Kai 1 & 2 • DCL-The Game via: @redphx.com
unlabelledView post →it's very good..
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One day I will stay airborne for more than seconds.....one day.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: Run silky smooth on my potato of a PC (i7 930, GTX 750 Ti, 16GB). This was a concern after having bought DRL first Visually more appealing than other simulators Fun, large, visually attractive maps Flow mode is a nice way of doing the multiplayer races where you get to practice first and practice races are also ranked Pushes you to your limits Cons: The drone sound is extremely disappointing. Especially when doing turns, you just don't get that nice air-ripping sound that makes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes I told my crew I started a team and they should join me on this game. It is pretty realistic, no fisheye. feels right to me. I race street league, freedom spec and sub 250 races in Oregon. If you race drones in the state of OREGON, you would know me,. I am Chris. I run Dronage linn benton, Teir 1
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this simulator is on point, even has some arcade looking things going on...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game won't start, finishes intro and crashes. Deleted game and reinstalled, same issue. Restarted computer and reinstalled, same issue. Verified the integrity of the files successfully and same issue. Would love to play this but unfortunately refunding and don't recommend in its current unplayable state.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty packaging and shallow content. Strictly not recommended for a novice. And not for full price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good for learning how to fly a drone. I went from knowing almost nothing to being able to doing complex tricks through narrow spaces, I still have a bit to go until I will be able to fly indoors at high speeds. But the improvement that I had using this game is great!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Compatibility issue cost me several hours to fix. RadioMaster Boxer only can work with v2.9.4, not the latest version.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LEAVING SOON: #PSPlus August 15: • Borderlands 3 - PS4/PS5 • Nidhogg - PS4 • DCL - The Game - PS4 • Yakuza 0 - PS4 • Yakuza Kiwami - PS4 • Yakuza Kiwami 2 - PS4 • GRIP - PS4 • The Crew 2 - PS4 • 8-Bit Armies - PS4 • Carmageddon: Max Damage - PS4
unlabelledView post →i would rather recommend you buy "The Drone Racing League Simulator" if you want to experience realistic physics. i own a real fpv drone, and this is more of a casual game. but on the other hand there is no "simulator" in this games name, it still is fun though, and has nice visuals.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its not the best simulator out there, but if you want to compete in the DCL or just race with the dcl 7" quads, this simulator is for you. Nice quad phisics based on the official dcl quads, a ton of official maps + a map editor with steam workshop, weekly tournaments to climb the ranks and unlock skins
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game/simulator if your interested in flying drones and want to get into FPV
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Realistic Flight Characteristics make this game challenging and fun while improving muscle memory skills which translate to real drone piloting skills. The maps are awesome and team events allow you and your friends to compete against other pilot teams from all over the world. Online Player interactivity could use some improvement. There is a discord channel to interact via voice chat, but there is no chat or IM feature to ping your friends or invite other players to join. The Multiplayer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is malware now. Want's access to your computer and wants you to accept some weird 3rd party terms. Trash. Steam should not be allowing this onto their platform.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Does not run on my m4 macbook pro, despite being explicitly labeled as macos compatible. Requesting a refund, haven't even been able to open it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really great graphics and maps, but the physics really need work. Also the Fact that you can only use the 3 pre-made Drones which all feel really sluggish makes this not a worth it Sim for practicing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →drone does drone things, sometimes really fast
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Effective arcade mode allows easy access to drone racing. Looking forward to getting a controller set up and learning to fly properly!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i hate reviews yet love this game. great fun and they are still adding content.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That used to me my go to sim, but it seems they took down their server without notice, and worse of all, they was no update to the game to get rid of the message "not connected to server". either you make the game fully standalone, or you put the server back on: it is not professional.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are so many languages in the game but not Ukrainian. The ammount of Ukrainian players in this game is big enough to add this language.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most fun FPV game I've played. DCL: - has more accessible physics than DRL - has better graphics than Velocidrone and Liftoff - is way more polished than DRL and Velocidrone - has amazing levels built-in All the other sims discouraged me from playing but DCL is lots of fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game does not work with a controller, pretty much useless
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had issues using my xbox controller while playing this game. There seemed to be no way of inverting axis using the gamepad, you get what you get and that's it. The game also kept picking up the slider axis of my ROCCAT Leadr mouse which caused the drone to spin out uncontrollably. I would have to go to the controller bindings every match and block the ROCCAT Leadr axis as for some reason it refreshes that every time. Controllers are a big part of this game and from my experience that was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good Sim to learn not to crash. love the online competition. and visuel appealing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DCL – The Game is a specialized racing simulation developed by Drone Champions AG and Climax Studios and published by Drone Champions League together with THQ Nordic. Released on Steam in February 2020, the game attempts to capture the thrill and technical challenge of first-person-view (FPV) drone racing, a rapidly growing motorsport where pilots control high-speed drones through complex obstacle courses using camera feeds mounted on the drones themselves. As the official video game of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are into FPV racing, this game is a must, weekly trials are held throughout the season for both solo pilots and teams! There is usually an annual draft to become a pro pilot and race at real life events! I have raced all over the globe with DCL now, so if you have the passion.... its time to SEND IT!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →love it would be fun with custom drone parts
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game for those who want to get into fpv drone flight but dont want to spend the money needed to build a drone, fly that drone, crash it then rebuild it over and over just to learn how to fly one. i really shortens the learning curve
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I as a noob find it much more fun compared to Uncrashed, as DCL has a bunch of accessible tracks for noobs, which I could complete
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some of the physics are quite apart from reality. It shows the momentum of agricultural drone's heavy weight. For instance, it's just stuck to a stuff when the drone slightly touched whatever throttle downed. And whenever respawn, it's fading out and fading in, so that makes get the right orientation hard at once. And the finish gate is stupid tiny to enter. At this point, I showered abuse on this game and threw my controller. The game itself is fun to play but gets lots of annoying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is some good ♥♥♥♥
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the spring semester of 2021, I took a course called Basic principle and simulation flight of UAV, which was mainly about how to fly FPV. The teacher strongly recommended us to play simulator before trying the real, and this game is on the list. My ability of controlling FPV in the game really sucks and I can't imagine how could I fly the real FPV. This simulator is idealize the scene but in reality we have to experience more situation such as blurry and delayed image transfer system and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BEST SIM EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun with great looking maps and easy to understand gamemodes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good gmae i had it on xbox very fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game but I have bug with starting it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game itself is great. However, after the 3 hour mark (just past where you can request a refund) the game stops working. It will crash as soon as the opening video starts and you wont even make it top the main menu. would have given an 8/10 but now its easily a 1/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is realistic, doesn't require a lot of processing power and it is fun to play. But... it was very hard to get running. I'm using F-secure. I have the game running now. But I have to disable F-Secure's DeepGuard every time I want to play the game. Very annoying... No other game that I own, has problems with F-secure. Therefore, my opinion on DCL is that; it is bad software quality....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has pretty graphics and looks good. But sadly the physics are horrible ,and sadly if you are looking to use this with the Nvidia Geforce Now service you can't use a transmitter only xbox controllers are supported with GFN. II would would not recommend this if you are looking for a FPV drone simulator get Velocidrone instead. But if you absolutely need something on steam go with The Drone Racing league simulator (better physics and half the price) I would even recommend using the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game to practice flying before going outside and flying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →drone!!!!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keep getting server connect failures. I don't see any way to start tutorials, very frustrating, it seems you only race or freestyle. I mute the music as it totally sucks!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like a lot very good for practice,, simulationa are good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚁 On April 25 Moscow's games cluster turns into the arena for the city's DCL: The Game drone‑racing final, winners earn sports ranks and a shot at the city team. The race is part of "Cyber Saturday": playtests of unreleased titles, VR qu... #SteamAndEpic #Minecraft #Moscows #Saturday #April #Cyber
unlabelledView post →great if you are interested in starting fpv
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like it but one thing you can't do in this sim like others is edit your drone like battery,probs and what not you can't do that in this one but its ok I like to race plus i like to fly in acro just to look around great sims .
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →feels pretty close to the real deal. works great with my pc. see yall out there.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great for training on FPV before trying the real thing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great FPV drone racing sim for training good lines
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game does not support linux/Steam. Graphics work fine, but does not find RC Transmitter
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Кайфую Купил игру сим 2 недели назад, с радиомастер покет, уже топ 123 мира ( выпендриваюсь ) 140226 Я прошла афганскую войну.....
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