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.

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Sep 14, 2012

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About This Game

FTL is now available in 9 languages! English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Simplified Mandarin!

************************ The free expansion, FTL: Advanced Edition, is available now! Content additions include: new alien race, events, weapons, playable ships, drones, and more! Also adds additional musical tracks by Ben Prunty, and events by Tom Jubert and guest writer Chris Avellone.

If you already own FTL it should update the new content automatically. Advanced Edition is included free for anyone who purchases the game from this point forward. ************************

In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions. What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields? Reroute all power to the engines in an attempt to escape, power up additional weapons to blow your enemy out of the sky, or take the fight to them with a boarding party? 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. Key Features:

- Complex Strategic Gameplay - Give orders to your crew, manage ship power distribution and choose weapon targets in the heat of battle.

- Play at Your Own Speed - Pause the game mid-combat to evaluate your strategy and give orders.

- Unique Lifeforms and Technology – Upgrade your ship and unlock new ones with the help of six diverse alien races.

- Be the Captain You Want - Hundreds of text based encounters will force you to make tough decisions.

- Randomized Galaxy - Each play-through will feature different enemies, events, and results to your decisions. No two play-throughs will be quite the same.

- No Second Chances! - Permadeath means when you die, there's no coming back. The constant threat of defeat adds importance and tension to every action.

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Developer and publisher

Developer:
Subset Games
Publisher:
Subset Games

Quick facts

Release
Sep 14, 2012: Windows, Mac, Linux
Last updated
May 19, 2026
Storefronts
Epic Games Store and Steam
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Roguelike
Tags
Combat and Text-Based
Moods
Tactical
Social styles
Solo
Demo
Not announced
Price model
Purchase

Languages

Languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
English
French
German
Italian

Age Rating & Interactive Elements

ESRB e10

Content descriptors

Fantasy Violence, Language

Support

Controller & Support

Device support

Steam Achievements

Steam Trading Cards

Remote Play on Phone

Remote Play on Tablet

Family Sharing

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System Requirements

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.

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