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.

Developer: Subset Games
Publisher: Subset Games
Franchise: —
Release date: Sep 14, 2012
Store page updated: Jun 3, 2025
Price: −80% ~~$9.99~~ $1.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

88.0/ 100

Based on 417 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 85% of 215

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 95% of 78,780

“10/10 rating, very good gameplay, never heard of bugs”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+1.55

Difficulty +0.85 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair

“hard, every failure is a lesson, victory feels earned” (31)

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Story & World

+3.25

World +3.50 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

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Content Volume

+3.71

Replayability +4.45 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+

“limited replay value mentioned negatively” (84)

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Visuals & Sound

+3.34

Audio +4.15 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting

“amazing soundtrack that stays with you” (31)

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Multiplayer

+3.78

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Community +3.54 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

-0.04

Balance -1.68 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

“Engi cruiser layout A is unfun and worst experience” (19)

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Tech & Support

+1.97

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

Performance +3.00 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.