FTL: Faster Than Light

FTL: Faster Than Light

Released2012
FTL: Faster Than Light is a single-player strategy game with roguelike design. The player commands a spaceship from a top-down view, managing systems such as weapons, engines, shields, and life support while recruiting crew and upgrading the vessel. The ship travels across procedurally generated sectors, jumping between beacons that present random events, stores, and enemy encounters. Combat plays out in real time with the option to pause and issue orders. Losing the ship or its crew ends the run and requires starting over, giving each playthrough a different layout and set of challenges.
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DeveloperSubset Games
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2012
StatusReleased
GenresRole-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyIndie
ThemesScience fiction
PlatformsLinux LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)MAC MaciOS iOS
ModesSingle player
SeriesFTL: Faster Than Light

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Community Score
Highly Recommended84/100

About This Game

FTL: Faster Than Light casts the player as the captain of a spacecraft belonging to the Galactic Federation, which is losing a war against a hostile faction known as the Rebellion. The ship's crew has intercepted a data packet carrying information that could turn the conflict in the Federation's favor. Racing to deliver it, the crew must travel across several sectors of space toward Federation headquarters while a large rebel fleet pursues close behind. Along the way, the ship faces hostile vessels, hazards, and difficult choices, with survival depending on the captain's decisions.

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