FTL: Faster Than Light
Space roguelike strategy built around crew management and permadeath
Subset Games · Released Sep 14, 2012
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 79K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 215 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 809
- peak 24h 1,040
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 6 years ago
- Jan 30, 2020
Metacritic: 84/100 (critic reviews)
What is FTL: Faster Than Light?
This single-player spaceship simulation follows a crew crossing a randomly generated galaxy on a mission to save it. You manage power, command crew, target weapons, make choices in text encounters, and pause combat to issue orders. Each run has different enemies and events, while ship destruction is permanent.
For you if...
- +you enjoy tactical combat with real-time pausing
- +you want difficult, replayable runs with permadeath
- +you like managing crews, ship systems, and upgrades
Not for you if...
- −you dislike runs heavily shaped by random events
- −you want forgiving difficulty, even on easier settings
- −you prefer persistent bonuses that make later runs easier
What players say
95% of 78,793 reviews are positive · 85% of 215 in the last 30 days
Players praise the strategic depth of managing interconnected ship systems and crews, as well as the soundtrack. The most common complaint is that heavy randomness can overwhelm careful planning, abruptly ending long runs and making even easier settings feel punishing.
Screenshots and trailer
FTL: Faster Than Light system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP / Vista / 7
- Processor
- 2 GHz
- Graphics
- 1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 175 MB HD space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 51
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese.
Tags
- Roguelike
- Space
- Strategy
- Sci-fi
- Indie
- Singleplayer
- Perma Death
- Difficult
- Replay Value
- Real-Time with Pause
- Procedural Generation
- Tactical
- Top-Down
- Space Sim
- Roguelite
- 2D
Recent updates
- Jan 30, 2020 · FTL Steam Achievements
- Dec 20, 2019 · Japanese Translation!
1 DLC available.
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