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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 ()
😍 93.78%
75k reviews
1,055
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
icon empty string
metacritic_score 84
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ftl-faster-than-light?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateAvailable
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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osextended macos64
review_score 9
review_percentage 95
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
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
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

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp3 June 2025 – 16:49:16 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
quota 100.00 MiB (104857600)
maxnumfiles 1000
savefiles
0 ↴
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pathMy Games/FasterThanLight
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platforms/1Windows
1 ↴
rootMacAppSupport
pathFasterThanLight
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platforms/1MacOS
2 ↴
rootLinuxXdgDataHome
pathFasterThanLight
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platforms/1Linux
3 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
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platforms/1Windows
4 ↴
rootMacAppSupport
pathFasterThanLight
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5 ↴
rootLinuxXdgDataHome
pathFasterThanLight
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6 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
Windows %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/FasterThanLight prof.sav
MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/FasterThanLight prof.sav
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/FasterThanLight prof.sav
Windows %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/FasterThanLight ae_prof.sav
MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/FasterThanLight ae_prof.sav
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/FasterThanLight ae_prof.sav
Windows %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/FasterThanLight continue.sav
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