FTL: Faster Than Light

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• roguelite
• roguelike

• space flight simulation game
• science fiction video game

• strategy video game

• flight simulation video game^*

• role-playing video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  E - Everyone^*

Localized titles

• FTL: Faster Than Light

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Indie^*
• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Remote Play on Phone^*
• Remote Play on Tablet^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Polish^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Portuguese - Brazil^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Russian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Simplified Chinese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Japanese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Japanese^*

Community tags · historical

• Rogue-like^*

  Votes · historical

  2,974^*

• Space^*

  Votes · historical

  2,730^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  2,259^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  2,147^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  2,070^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,768^*

• Perma Death^*

  Votes · historical

  1,557^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  1,428^*

• Replay Value^*

  Votes · historical

  1,367^*

• Real-Time with Pause^*

  Votes · historical

  1,169^*

• Procedural Generation^*

  Votes · historical

  1,108^*

• Tactical^*

  Votes · historical

  1,097^*

• Space Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  1,087^*

• Top-Down^*

  Votes · historical

  1,087^*

• 2D^*

  Votes · historical

  1,064^*

• Rogue-lite^*

  Votes · historical

  1,060^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  1,055^*

• Choose Your Own Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  1,054^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  1,053^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  1,051^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Mac OS X 10.6 or above^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel 2 GHz^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM^*

  Storage

  175 MB HD space^*

• Linux · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, fully updated^*

  Processor alternatives

  2 GHz^*

  Memory

  1GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support^*

  Storage

  175 MB HD space^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP / Vista / 7^*

  Processor alternatives

  2 GHz^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM^*

  Storage

  175 MB HD space Some integrated Intel HD graphics cards have been known to work but are not officially supported.^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  85^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Subset Games

Publishers

• Subset Games

• 2012-09-14

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2012-09-14 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2012-09-14^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Sep 14, 2012^*

Detailed specifications