FTL: Faster Than Light similar games & best alternatives

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FTL: Faster Than Light

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2012

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • High replayability with procedural generation
  • Deep strategic and tactical decision making
  • Engaging sci-fi atmosphere and soundtrack
  • Multiple ships and unlockables

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and difficulty may frustrate some
  • Limited visual customization
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Randomness can sometimes feel unfair
  • Minimal narrative depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Shortest Trip to Earth

  • Three Kingdoms Mushouden

  • Convoy

  • Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation

  • Shardpunk

  • Mech Engineer

More expressive

Games that feels like FTL: Faster Than Light but with more self-expression and customization

  • Final Upgrade

  • Horizon's Gate

  • Dredgers

  • Soulash 2

  • Void War

  • Xenonauts 2

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like FTL: Faster Than Light but with less leadership over others

  • LONESTAR

  • Sword of the Stars: The Pit

  • Rogue's Tale

  • Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition

  • Breachway

  • Rogue Fable III

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

FTL: Faster Than Light: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 04/08/2026