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DCL - The Game

ActionAdventureRacingSimulation

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

Audience score

74
Fresh

120 positive · 42 negative
95% range 67–80%

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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
888 of 1,129 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What people are saying

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Reactions

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  • Steam user Steam user …5464Steam reviews · Jun 29, 2021 · 3 h played

    ---{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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1800Steam reviews · Mar 2, 2021 · 1 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6609Steam reviews · Dec 1, 2020 · 20 h played

    - 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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2345Steam reviews · Dec 10, 2020 · 12 h played

    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

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  • Idle Sloth @idlesloth.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2026

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …5920Steam reviews · Jan 14, 2025 · 420 h played

    it's very good..

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  • Steam user Steam user …8654Steam reviews · Nov 26, 2020 · 14 h played

    One day I will stay airborne for more than seconds.....one day.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9633Steam reviews · Oct 7, 2020 · 13 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2983Steam reviews · Jan 18, 2025 · 7 h played

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …6989Steam reviews · Nov 27, 2020 · 1 h played

    this simulator is on point, even has some arcade looking things going on...

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  • Steam user Steam user …7844Steam reviews · Jul 5, 2025

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6166Steam reviews · Mar 8, 2021 · 1 h played

    Pretty packaging and shallow content. Strictly not recommended for a novice. And not for full price.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7204Steam reviews · Sep 14, 2020 · 6 h played

    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!

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  • Steam user Steam user …0006Steam reviews · Apr 15, 2025 · 13 h played

    Compatibility issue cost me several hours to fix. RadioMaster Boxer only can work with v2.9.4, not the latest version.

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  • PS Plus Tracker @psplustracker.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2023

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …6511Steam reviews · Jul 4, 2023 · 1 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4348Steam reviews · Jan 26, 2022 · 209 h played

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …2185Steam reviews · Jun 6, 2021 · 8 h played

    Great game/simulator if your interested in flying drones and want to get into FPV

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  • Steam user Steam user …5916Steam reviews · Mar 27, 2021 · 570 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3074Steam reviews · Sep 5, 2026 · 11 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6140Steam reviews · Dec 6, 2025

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0894Steam reviews · Oct 13, 2025 · 95 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4898Steam reviews · Mar 1, 2025 · 309 h played

    drone does drone things, sometimes really fast

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  • Steam user Steam user …2182Steam reviews · Feb 26, 2025 · 7 h played

    Effective arcade mode allows easy access to drone racing. Looking forward to getting a controller set up and learning to fly properly!

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  • Steam user Steam user …9193Steam reviews · Jan 14, 2025 · 8 h played

    i hate reviews yet love this game. great fun and they are still adding content.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5492Steam reviews · May 23, 2024 · 74 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8224Steam reviews · Nov 18, 2023 · 2 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1766Steam reviews · Oct 17, 2022 · 4 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7002Steam reviews · Nov 7, 2021

    Game does not work with a controller, pretty much useless

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  • Steam user Steam user …5237Steam reviews · Feb 14, 2021 · 1 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1963Steam reviews · Nov 25, 2020 · 32 h played

    Very good Sim to learn not to crash. love the online competition. and visuel appealing.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1798Steam reviews · Mar 16, 2026 · 12 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9855Steam reviews · Feb 13, 2026 · 4740 h played

    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!

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  • Steam user Steam user …1695Steam reviews · Jan 1, 2025 · 5 h played

    love it would be fun with custom drone parts

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  • Steam user Steam user …5428Steam reviews · Jul 23, 2024 · 11 h played

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …3807Steam reviews · Apr 8, 2024 · 8 h played

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …8945Steam reviews · Feb 6, 2023 · 178 h played

    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.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7441Steam reviews · Jan 2, 2023 · 74 h played

    it is some good ♥♥♥♥

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  • Steam user Steam user …7602Steam reviews · Apr 23, 2022 · 2 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6646Steam reviews · Feb 21, 2022 · 11 h played

    BEST SIM EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Steam user Steam user …4831Steam reviews · Dec 11, 2021 · 10 h played

    fun with great looking maps and easy to understand gamemodes.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2259Steam reviews · Oct 18, 2021 · 58 h played

    weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  • Steam user Steam user …9840Steam reviews · Jul 21, 2021 · 7 h played

    good gmae i had it on xbox very fun

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  • Steam user Steam user …7733Steam reviews · Jul 5, 2021 · 3 h played

    game but I have bug with starting it

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  • Steam user Steam user …6994Steam reviews · May 31, 2021 · 3 h played

    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

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  • Steam user Steam user …3129Steam reviews · Apr 7, 2021 · 6 h played

    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....

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  • Steam user Steam user …9517Steam reviews · Nov 9, 2020 · 4 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2430Steam reviews · Jul 31, 2026 · 12 h played

    Fun game to practice flying before going outside and flying.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8077Steam reviews · Jul 6, 2026 · 4 h played

    drone!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Steam user Steam user …1807Steam reviews · May 25, 2026 · 1 h played

    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!

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  • Steam user Steam user …8267Steam reviews · Apr 27, 2026 · 16 h played

    I like a lot very good for practice,, simulationa are good

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  • Steam & Epic Games | Daily @steamandepic.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2026

    🚁 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

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  • Steam user Steam user …2501Steam reviews · Apr 1, 2026 · 54 h played

    great if you are interested in starting fpv

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  • Steam user Steam user …1721Steam reviews · Feb 3, 2026 · 3 h played

    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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  • Steam user Steam user …8280Steam reviews · Jan 20, 2026 · 12 h played

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  • Steam user Steam user …1444Steam reviews · Nov 30, 2025 · 6 h played

    feels pretty close to the real deal. works great with my pc. see yall out there.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5488Steam reviews · Nov 16, 2025 · 5 h played

    Great for training on FPV before trying the real thing.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9228Steam reviews · Aug 16, 2025 · 519 h played

    Great FPV drone racing sim for training good lines

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  • Steam user Steam user …3751Steam reviews · Aug 11, 2025 · 19 h played

    Game does not support linux/Steam. Graphics work fine, but does not find RC Transmitter

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  • Steam user Steam user …1793Steam reviews · Aug 11, 2025 · 216 h played

    Кайфую Купил игру сим 2 недели назад, с радиомастер покет, уже топ 123 мира ( выпендриваюсь ) 140226 Я прошла афганскую войну.....

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