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FTL: Faster Than Light

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App ID 212680
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Subset Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 29631592
Last Record Update 18 June 2025 – 15:11:24 UTC ()
Release Date 14 September 2012 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😍 93.79%
75k reviews
1,106
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer Subset Games
gamedir FTL: Faster Than Light
metacritic_name FTL: Faster Than Light
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metacritic_score 84
NoServers No
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ValidOSList macOS Windows Linux
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
Publisher Subset Games
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
AbsoluteMouseCoordinates Yes
Social Media https://x.com/subsetgames
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 14 September 2012 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 31 May 2025 – 08:34:46 UTC () (1748680486)
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Detected Technologies (?) BASS SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 1 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4720954
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First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:43:23 UTC (), in changelist #196282

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes

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 🖥️ Simulation 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 🗺️ Adventure

Categories

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Assets

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Trailers
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Steam charts

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  • 1,106 players right now
  • 1,759 24-hour peak
  • 19,301 all-time peak 5 April 2014
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Store data

  • 62,969 followers
  • #2402 in top sellers
  • 71,747 positive reviews
  • 3,512 negative reviews
  • 95.33% positive reviews

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  • 35 viewers right now
  • 156 24-hour peak
  • 23,257 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😍 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 93.79% SteamDB Rating
  • 71,747 95.3% positive reviews
  • 3,512 4.7% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
14 September 2012 – 17:00 Steam Release -
11 September 2013 – 16:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Indie Bundle 9 -
14 October 2014 – 07:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Mozilla Bundle: Powered by asm.js -
16 June 2020 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Fight for Racial Justice Bundle -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 1106 players live playing FTL: Faster Than Light on Steam.

FTL: Faster Than Light had an all-time peak of 19301 concurrent players on 5 April 2014.

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