When does Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing

Sep 13, 2018 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 20% of owners

Steam reviews 95% positive of 14,183

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 20% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 14,259 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 15.8h for positive, 10.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (19.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (35)

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Practice Rounds Finish first in a race against bots. 100%
Takeoff Reach level 1 on your Liftoff Pro account. 95%
Tinkerer Create a custom drone setup from scratch. 84%
Ascend Reach level 10 on your Liftoff Pro account. 47%
Practice Makes Perfect Finish first in 10 races against bots. 43%
Freestyle Novice Score at least 10.000 points in a single Freestyle session. 31%
Snow Spotter Spot every snowman in a single environment during the Christmas event. 29%
Rare Goodies Open 10 gift boxes in the drone workbench. 23%
Infinity Loop Complete 10 consecutive laps in a Infinite Race session. 19%
Bando Dive Dive through the tallest elevator shaft in the Bando City environment. Perform the dive in 5 seconds or less. 17%
Soaring Reach level 20 on your Liftoff Pro account. 15%
Heart Collector Collect all the hearts in a single environment during the Valentine's Day event. 15%
Epic Goodies Open 20 gift boxes in the drone workbench. 14%
Spread Your Wings Complete all tutorials. 12%
Natural Talent Finish first in both races of the 'Final Test' tutorial. 9.0%
Fool's Gold Collect all the coins in a single environment during the April Fool's event. 7.5%
Track Builder Create a custom track. 7.5%
Sharing is Caring Share a Track, Race or Drone setup on the Steam Workshop. 7.0%
LuGus Fest Activate all LuGus cubes in a single environment during the LuGus festival event. 6.5%
Rapid Sightseeing Finish a race in every environment available in Liftoff. 6.0%
Trick or Treat Trick all the pumpkins into giving you treats in a single environment during the Halloween event. 5.5%
Freestyle Pro Score at least 50.000 points in a single Freestyle session. 4.0%
The Fast & The Furious Finish first in a multiplayer classic race with at least 2 other players. 4.0%
Leprechaun Madness Find all pots of gold in a single environment during the St Patrick's day event. 3.5%
Making Your Mark Place a time on Liftoff Pro tournament leaderboard. 3.0%
Legendary Goodies Open 30 gift boxes in the drone workbench. 2.5%
Easter Egg Hunting Find all easter eggs in a single environment during the Easter event. 2.0%
Little Helper A breath of fresh air in the Permafrost glass igloos. 2.0%
Freestyle Master Score at least 100.000 points in a single Freestyle session. 1.5%
Duga Dive Dive through the climbing stairs of one of the side towers in the Woodpecker environment. Perform the dive in 5 seconds or less. 1.5%
2 Fast 2 Furious Finish first in 10 multiplayer classic races with at least 2 other players. 1.0%
Surtur's Sacrifice .-. .- -.. .. --- / - --- .-- . .-. ... 1.0%
Last Man Flying Finish first in a multiplayer dropout race with at least 2 other players. 0.5%
Applause Give 20 likes to other players in multiplayer games. 0.5%
Applauded Receive 30 likes from other players in multiplayer games. 0.5%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.