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FTL: Faster Than Light

📅 Sep 14, 2012
Subset Games
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.
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95.1
Overall Score / 100
9.5/10
Steam

About This Game

FTL: Faster Than Light is a indie/simulation game designed for single-player, developed by Subset Games and released in 2012. With an estimated 4.2 million copies sold, it is considered a major commercial success on Steam. With 77.4k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 95.1/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 11.87 hours, with side content bringing that to 33.66 hours, and a completionist run can reach 118.34 hours. Players commonly describe it as Roguelike, Space, Strategy, Sci-fi and Indie.

Playtime Estimates

11.87h
🎯 Main Story
33.66h
⭐ Main + Sides
118.34h
💯 Completionist
Based on 21 player submissions

DLCs (1)

FTL: Faster Than Light - Soundtrack
FTL: Faster Than Light - Soundtrack
$3.99

Game Information

Release Date
September 14, 2012
Developer
Subset Games
Publisher
Subset Games
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux
Price
$9.99

Analytics & Metrics

Copies Sold (VISE)
4.2M
(3.4M 5.1M)
VRI ScoreLearning
81.7
Not for everyone, but if you like the genre then it's good
VISE (VORYTHIC Intelligent Sales Estimator) intelligent predictive model estimating the number of copies sold on Steam, based on community data analysis and purchase patterns.
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Genres & Categories

Genres
Indie
Simulation
Strategy
Categories
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Remote Play on Phone
Remote Play on Tablet
Family Sharing
Tags
Roguelike
Space
Strategy
Sci-fi
Indie
Singleplayer
Perma Death
Difficult
Replay Value
Real-Time with Pause
Procedural Generation
Tactical
Top-Down
Space Sim
2D
Roguelite
Survival
Choose Your Own Adventure
Simulation
Adventure

Supported Languages

With Full Audio
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Japanese

System Requirements

🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
🐧 Linux
Minimum
Recommended
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.
Minimum:
  • OS:Mac OS X 10.6 or above
  • Processor:Intel 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
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, fully updated
  • Processor: 2 GHz
  • Memory: 1GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support
  • Hard Drive: 175 MB HD space