FTL: Faster Than Light

FTL: Faster Than Light

Steam Deck Playable

Subset Games · Roguelike · Sep 14, 2012

Yes, worth buying.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $2.49.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
78k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 52 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 78k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise33% are divided17% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Definitely give it a try, especially if you’re a fan of strategy gameplay.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack fits the mood of this game so smoothly!
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
If you can look past the windows XP graphics and the static essence of the ships, then this game will give you many hours of fun space action.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay65 reviews
Audio30 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty48 reviews
90%
Story and characters24 reviews
79%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat52 reviews
87%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
51
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.