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FTL: Faster Than Light cover art

FTL: Faster Than Light

Subset Games · 2012-09-14

SteamEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 03, 2014 (iOS), Sep 14, 2012 (Linux), Sep 14, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 14, 2012 (Mac)

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.

FTL: Faster Than Light is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 78,697 reviews).

695
playing now
95%
positive of 79k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
928
twitch viewers (latest)
154.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
89/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (426 ratings)
21h
to beat · rushed 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

695 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

FTL: Faster Than Light is a roguelike game created by indie developer Subset Games, which was released for Windows, MacOS, and Linux in September 2012. In the game, the player controls the crew of a single spacecraft, holding critical information to be delivered to an allied fleet, while being pursued by a large rebel fleet. The player must guide the spacecraft through eight sectors, each with planetary systems and events procedurally generated in a roguelike fashion, while facing rebel and other hostile forces, recruiting new crew, and outfitting and upgrading their ship. Combat takes place in pausable real time, and if the ship is destroyed or all of its crew lost, the game ends, forcing the player to restart with a new ship.

Trailer

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≈372,645 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 695 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,701 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~213/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2M–6.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 78,991 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Humble Store (2016-05-14) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 56 of 90 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 892 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 929 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,148 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 873 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k6302026-09-15 11:00 — 1,109 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,474 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 974 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,069 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,545 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,065 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 809 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,238 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,015 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 919 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,009 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 953 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 630 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 948 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,126 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 717 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 837 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,109 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 722 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 837 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,259 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 906 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 695 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.0k810Sep 2012Aug 2026Sep 2012 — avg 6,591 · peak 17,537Feb 2013 — avg 2,041 · peak 4,588Jul 2013 — avg 3,026 · peak 11,642Dec 2013 — avg 1,838 · peak 5,334May 2014 — avg 2,920 · peak 6,255Oct 2014 — avg 1,352 · peak 2,502Mar 2015 — avg 1,433 · peak 2,967Aug 2015 — avg 1,127 · peak 1,830Jan 2016 — avg 1,634 · peak 3,472Jun 2016 — avg 1,167 · peak 2,378Nov 2016 — avg 1,121 · peak 2,249Apr 2017 — avg 1,132 · peak 1,822Sep 2017 — avg 1,112 · peak 1,918Feb 2018 — avg 1,098 · peak 1,907Jul 2018 — avg 1,172 · peak 2,007Dec 2018 — avg 1,213 · peak 2,116May 2019 — avg 1,033 · peak 1,794Oct 2019 — avg 964 · peak 1,566Mar 2020 — avg 1,230 · peak 2,190Aug 2020 — avg 1,151 · peak 1,693Jan 2021 — avg 1,179 · peak 1,833Jun 2021 — avg 1,455 · peak 2,975Nov 2021 — avg 1,187 · peak 1,845Apr 2022 — avg 1,186 · peak 1,855Sep 2022 — avg 1,114 · peak 1,779Feb 2023 — avg 1,046 · peak 1,659Jul 2023 — avg 1,093 · peak 1,580Dec 2023 — avg 1,104 · peak 1,672May 2024 — avg 1,060 · peak 1,734Oct 2024 — avg 1,059 · peak 1,614Mar 2025 — avg 1,372 · peak 2,359Aug 2025 — avg 1,003 · peak 1,524Jan 2026 — avg 1,047 · peak 1,753Jun 2026 — avg 885 · peak 1,475Aug 2026 — avg 954 · peak 1,446
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
16162026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 9 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 10 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 13 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 7 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.602015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-05-25 — best price $9.992015-11-21 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-11-03 — best price $2.492017-02-20 — best price $9.992017-07-24 — best price $9.992018-04-16 — best price $2.492018-10-01 — best price $9.992019-04-17 — best price $2.492019-11-10 — best price $2.492020-01-20 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-07-02 — best price $2.492021-11-17 — best price $2.492022-02-02 — best price $9.992022-06-17 — best price $9.992022-11-15 — best price $2.492023-05-05 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-06-20 — best price $2.492024-11-03 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-05-01 — best price $2.992025-08-02 — best price $9.992025-10-20 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-04-16 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-08-27 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.0k1442026-05-30 — 182 pageviews2026-06-03 — 193 pageviews2026-06-07 — 188 pageviews2026-06-11 — 149 pageviews2026-06-15 — 155 pageviews2026-06-19 — 157 pageviews2026-06-23 — 166 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,046 pageviews2026-07-01 — 220 pageviews2026-07-05 — 202 pageviews2026-07-09 — 185 pageviews2026-07-13 — 213 pageviews2026-07-17 — 194 pageviews2026-07-21 — 210 pageviews2026-07-25 — 163 pageviews2026-07-29 — 216 pageviews2026-08-02 — 192 pageviews2026-08-06 — 156 pageviews2026-08-10 — 158 pageviews2026-08-14 — 207 pageviews2026-08-18 — 178 pageviews2026-08-22 — 147 pageviews2026-08-26 — 177 pageviews2026-08-30 — 164 pageviews2026-09-03 — 191 pageviews2026-09-07 — 169 pageviews2026-09-11 — 171 pageviews2026-09-15 — 181 pageviews2026-09-19 — 182 pageviews2026-09-23 — 252 pageviews2026-09-27 — 147 pageviews2026-10-01 — 157 pageviews2026-10-05 — 195 pageviews2026-10-08 — 158 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.4k02026-10-01 00:34 — 1,417 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 206 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 386 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 197 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 777 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 1,058 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 291 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 874 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 928 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
44.8%
earned "Just Getting Started"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-09-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)38,8604%51

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyTacticalTop-DownDifficultSpace SimRogue-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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