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FTL: Faster Than Light
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
82 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's very difficult to describe how I feel about this game. I remember buying it on my first ever sale and playing it a ton on a laptop. Hearing the menu hits me with a wave of nostalgia--memories of sitting in my room…”
“i bought this game before the expanded edition but i was still too young to appreciate the roguelike of it all now years and many a roguelike later this game still shines between them, in both its unique application of…”
“A game I keep coming back to again and again. Truely a classic, Incredible groovy soundtrack. It is, very very hard. But when you win... wow what a feeling! I've played Into the Breach too, for anyone who liked it, FTL…”
40 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A game I keep coming back to again and again. Truely a classic, Incredible groovy soundtrack. It is, very very hard. But when you win... wow what a feeling! I've played Into the Breach too, for anyone who liked it, FTL…”
“Timeless and addicting. Check out multiverse once you complete the main game.”
“Still playing 14 years later, genuinely never gets old. One of the best indie games ever made, they don't make em like they used to.”
30 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A game I keep coming back to again and again. Truely a classic, Incredible groovy soundtrack. It is, very very hard. But when you win... wow what a feeling! I've played Into the Breach too, for anyone who liked it, FTL…”
“Incredibly fun, incredibly hard. Lot of charm and fun lore.”
“Very hard and rewarding rogue like when mastered.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“One of my favorite games to come back to time and time again, its so easy to pick up and start a run, and it always feels different. So many different ships and weapons and strategies to keep me playing more and more,…”
“Fun and challenging game that you can play for hours highly recommend”
“This game still delivers a ton of content and complexity with reasons for many replays.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's very difficult to describe how I feel about this game. I remember buying it on my first ever sale and playing it a ton on a laptop. Hearing the menu hits me with a wave of nostalgia--memories of sitting in my room…”
“A game I keep coming back to again and again. Truely a classic, Incredible groovy soundtrack. It is, very very hard. But when you win... wow what a feeling! I've played Into the Breach too, for anyone who liked it, FTL…”
“Still haven't won the game. It's addictive and different on every run through. It's soooo hard, but sooo fun. The gameplay and music are wonderful!”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“It's very difficult to describe how I feel about this game. I remember buying it on my first ever sale and playing it a ton on a laptop. Hearing the menu hits me with a wave of nostalgia--memories of sitting in my room…”
“This ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game blows, the actual most fustrating ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game there is. This game has no consistency whatsoever i genuiely despise this ♥♥♥♥. First, I played the game and got to sector 8 easliy, not really knowing…”
“Every single event is designed to F' you over as much as possible. Best case scenario is to avoid *all* events... which is the opposite of fun. I played this ages ago, and decided to try it out again. I didn't make it…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I genuinely dislike this game, even though I keep coming back to it. I came in expecting an immersive spaceship commander experience. What I got instead feels more like a checklist of things to do before a given sector.…”
“This ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game blows, the actual most fustrating ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game there is. This game has no consistency whatsoever i genuiely despise this ♥♥♥♥. First, I played the game and got to sector 8 easliy, not really knowing…”
“Every single event is designed to F' you over as much as possible. Best case scenario is to avoid *all* events... which is the opposite of fun. I played this ages ago, and decided to try it out again. I didn't make it…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“The first roguelike I've ever played, It's a marvel, the modding scene is also very active and friendly, just search for FTL Multiverse. I have many more hours in this one. Some achievements are incredibly RNG based and…”
“Fun little game but quite hard. Even on Normal difficulty but the unlocks aren't clear. I thought you could like personalize your ship but you can't apparently. Also, someone told me to install Multiverse mod after few…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Game is peak even before the Multiverse mod! If you buy this game, play it once/twice vanilla, then get the multiverse mod. Trust me.”
— a player, Steam review · 203 hrs played“---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ Free Fire ---{Gameplay}--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It‘s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{Audio}--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad…”
— a player, Steam review · 75 hrs played“Don’t let the graphics fool you—FTL might look simple at first, but there’s a lot going on under the hood. It’s the kind of game that pulls you in with its straightforward style, then keeps you hooked with how much strategy it actually demands. Every choice matters, whether…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:54 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.
FTL Steam Achievements
FTL's achievements are now integrated with the Steam client! You will be automatically awarded any achievements you've already completed when you launch the game. For those that haven't unlocked 100%
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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 | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Rogue-like · Space · Strategy · Sci-fi · Indie · Singleplayer · Perma Death · Difficult · Replay Value · Real-Time with Pause · Procedural Generation · Tactical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Japanese * * |
| Achievements | 51 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM Hard Drive: 175 MB HD space Some integrated Intel HD graphics cards have been known to work but are not officially supported.