FTL: Faster Than Light

Came into this gem late, but I can easily see myself playing this for a long time down the road.

Great game but it's pretty hard and i'm so incredibly unlucky all the time, just kidding. I got to the last stage of the final battle with a few hit points left and lost :(. I have decided to quit but it was fun. I have played for 10+ hours, so the game loop has become repetitive and boring for me. I might return in the future and try out easy mode.

It's too crazy. Maybe it's just me, but I am missing a proper balance between fun and unfairly hard. It does make you want to believe that you can beat it, but in the end it just destroys you. I did beat it once and I was cheating.

I forgive the extreme difficulty and RNG bullshit on the fact that this is a wonderful, well crafted, trek the galaxy in a spaceship roguelike.

You will know within 10 seconds of watching gameplay if it's a game you'll like.

Thanks dev's, for adding achievements and allowing me to finish this game properly.

I lost a couple thousand of hours of playtime in this game, and do not consider any moment of it a loss. Nearly every roguelike with progression has been an offshoot of this game in the last nearly twenty years.

I Legit don't know why I lost my earlier 2500+ hours of playtime recorded on FTL in Steam but it was mostly in the background of my work computer so maybe the firewall blocked it.

A piece of perfection that you can hit pause and walk away from for two days then come back to. The true art of strategy games is not needing to hurry up and make a choice.

Awesome game. Very addicting, and replayable

Fuggin sick, but its unbelievably stressfull, more so than rimworld.

It's simple. It's quick. Choices matter. You can't save. You may not get what you need to win. Win or lose, every game is fun. Every game is different. Decisions vary wildly. It has no right being anywhere near as good as it is at this price point.

> took the cool engi ship that only starts with one guy
> play on easy because i wanna just mess around
> first encounter is 3 rebel boarders
> one antipersonell bot
> one engy
> die
10/10 would get my ass kicked again

One of my favorite games of all times. Timeless classic, and yet absolutely grueling, painful, especially on higher difficulties, but very rewarding because of it. Would highly recommend if you like strategy games. There is also a phenomenal mod that is still being developed as we speak called multiverse. Would highly recommend trying that out after playing a ton of the original.

took me 147 hours to beat the game on easy. still haven't beat the game on normal

I absolutely love this game. It has a steep learning curve, but once it clicks, it becomes incredibly addictive. There's so much content and variety that you could easily sink hundreds of hours into it. The music, quests, events, and overall writing are all top notch. I've played for 15 hours so far and feel like I've barely scratched the surface. There are so many ships (each with three variations), huge range of weapons and augmentations. For the price, it's an absolute nobrainer.

fantastic game, had to delete it cause of how addicted I was to it. Downloading it again now. See you in game addictiuon hell, my friends.

A hard game but if you mash you face on the keyboard enough eventually the gods of RNG will bless you with 3 burst lasers

This game is a ton of fun, can get a little repetitive and some weapons and gear feels pretty over/under tuned but overall the depth and variety in strategies between the ships keeps me playing

I can't fathom how small this game looks yet has so much playability. I'm trying to get all achievements, rediscovering different strategies in the process, very entertaining

Game is a banger for 10 dubloons

excellent value the gameplay is really solid and addicting, and while it is quite difficult it can be very rewarding when you learn how the game functions and finally get that win

It's a fun game, but be warned that it leans quite a bit on RNG for difficulty, which will make it "not for everyone".

To put it simple, it's a classic.

it has explosions and BOY does that cause some neuron activation.

it can be a little harsh at times but eh, fuck, why not.

very fun and intresting may i suggest a mod (multiverse)

The only "Strategy" game I like besides Stellaris so even if you're not the type of person to play these types of games

GIVE FTL A SHOT

You won't regret it, also Boarding actions are fun.

I still haven't unlocked all the content. Absolutely a great game.

this game is lowkey infuriating but its got great depth and terrible badges

This game is DIFFICULT. I recently played it again after not playing it since I was 6 years old, and it is real challenge in the best possible way. You could be having the best run ever and lose it all to a random encounter, and it's all the randomness and strategy that when it all comes together finally makes the victory so rewarding.

ive seen alot of people play this game over the years and it looked so fun. I finally decided to buy it myself and so glad i did, its just a game you cant get bored of especially with all the mods available. Be wary of boarders however they can end your run very early.
*Mantis(Battle) by Ben Prunty starts playing*

Somehow I missed this game for over a decade despite loving roguelikes. I'm such a novice but winning even on Easy feels so thrilling - I love how finely tuned the balance is in this game, and how much winning feels like you earned it. 10/10 would get slug mind controlled again.

Impossible to finish, but it is fun to try!

Intuitive controls and clever designs. A mature, well thought out game. Good time waster.

Ussually i play game, its shit, <1hour played and refunded.

First session this game, 3,5hours or smth. immediately wanted to log back in and blast.

recommended.

A timeless masterpiece. Even after unlocking everything, I still want to play more so next is probably some extension mod.

Fun and challenging game with lots of replayability.

Challenging but rewarding gameplay, a high skill ceiling, as well as the incredibly well-executed art, music, and general atmosphere make this game one of my absolute favorites.

I own the game on multiple platforms, and find myself coming back time and time again to hone my skills and to repeatedly re-explore the map in different ways; the game plays differently depending on which order you choose to fight bosses and unlock the different items, skills, and upgrades.

FTL is the most toxic relationship I've ever had with a game that it's insane. It feels like I have hot dinner on the table when FTL comes home, but FTL starts drinking and starts to beat me for no reason. But I love it

Good game, just extremely bad luck pissed the FUCK out of me so i'm refunding it.

Don't let me dissuade you from the game though, extremely fun, i'm just very angry after losing a crewmate and 90% of my hull to a damn auto drone because i got XCOM'd right at the end of the game. Lost too much right at the end and I knew I was cooked.

I'll repeat again, great game, i'm just pissed off.

This game is just amazing. Super replayable, funny, interesting, strategic. It's very challenging the first handful of playthroughs until you get the hang of it. It remains challenging but becomes more intuitive the more you play.

Yes! This game is like Thai food... Mild (easy) is not so Mild (easy). Plan to lose a lot. RNG is fun but cruel...

Super addictive rogue like game. It kills you each time in a new way, but you want to try again and again.
10/10

After all this time. I've finally defeated the Normal mode. I bought this game like ten years ago. Too hard so I quit. Now, after some time, I tried again and it was still hard. But after religiously playing this game, I've finally done it! I just wanted to at least win once before I die haha. Man this feels good :D

After 14 hours I finally got lucky, making it to sector 8. I was giddy with excitement as I prepared for the final fight, having the strongest ship I had ever built. I met the flagship in head to head combat, forcing its retreat. It promptly returned and blew me to bits. As I opened the settings to quit I saw that at some point I had set the difficulty to easy, not even normal. 10/10 someday ill beat it on normal difficulty

Unfortunately, any fun I could have had was ruined by the heavy-handed RNG and walls put in your way.

FTL is a roguelike in which you try to upgrade your crew and spaceship as much as you can to get through a number of encounters that lead to a final boss.

The good : the gameplay systems are solid, the ideas are interesting and the package is engaging.

The bad : RNG dominates every part of the game. Every run ends with you running into a spaceship that's suddenly five times as strong as any other you've seen, or happens to have the exact thing that cripples your ship. It's impossible to cover every weakness and when you get to the final boss, they have every weakness-exploiter back-to-back.

For example, let's say you have two lasers, a beam and a missile weapon. Well, here's a ship with two defense drone (100% shuts down your missiles, removes one shot from your laser volley) and three stacks of shields. Now your missile who's been penetrating shields is turned off, your 3-shot laser becomes a 2-shot and your 2-shot laser becomes a 1 shot laser. The enemy has 40-50% evade chance. Only three shots get through and every one of those has to hit through a 50-60% hit chance to remove the regenerating shields (no damage dealt yet). You beam weapon only works when there's no shields.

Every run ends like this. You've been completely destroying the opposition with no damage taken, then this ship appears and you can't do anything. You just watch as your ship gets invaded, your shield gets deleted and fire breaks out everywhere.

I wanted to like this game. It played well. Moment to moment gameplay was fun. But getting every run ended with "lol nope" is an exercice in frustration, especially since there doesn't seem to be any meta-progression that could make those runs at least be meaningful.

W game even tho its from 2012 and the mods are crazy like thy can change the WHOLE game but even playing the base game is good with strateges diffrent wepons ships crew.

Its simply too randomized to not warrant a save/reload function, at least on easy.

There is a hilarious difficulty spike in the final sector. Makes a little sense since its the last level, but when strategies that worked on all other sectors and ships do not work on the last sector ships, it makes all that previous gameplay pointless. I utilized Anti-Personnel droids to great effect on all sectors, only to find that the flagship crew will automatically kill him in seconds. There goes an hour.

Even when you do figure out what strategies work on the final sector, its completely randomized on whether you'll gain the items and upgrades needed to implement them. And even if you do that, if the randomized repair spawns aren't in the right places on the finals sector, you'll lose anyway despite doing everything right. And even if all that does line up perfectly, you may just lose anyway because you can't hit anything, despite having a fully-upgraded weapons expert on board. This isn't skill, this isn't strategy, this is nothing. You can literally just download a generic "Space Ship" wallpaper and look at that while rolling a virtual die over and over. That is essentially what this "game" is.

If you're a fan of rogue-likes, I'd highly recommend Fear and Hunger over this. Those games understand the importance of static drops/locations, and balances it perfectly with its randomization. FTL is simply Satan in game-form looking to steal your time. NEETs have only become more common, who are probably the ones responsible for rating the game positively. If you're already wasting your time and existence, then sure, FTL can be fun. If you have a job, family, or any actual interest in life though, I can't recommend it.

One of the very few games I have kept coming back to again and again and again after having completed. It's just that good. There is really no other game quite like it. So many different ships to select to ensure you get a taste of the many different strategies that are viable. I would love to see more content (there is already a great deal of content). FTL 2 when?

Fantastic little game. I still go back to the soundtrack, and the game is addicting enough that I find myself installing it before anything else.

Lance beam but no true lance 9.5/10

Generally good game, more stratergy than action, very difficult, roguelike. basically if you dont like any of those, dont play it, but if you do, its worth it

A wonderful experience. Hard, but in a way that is understandable for RNG games (YOU GET AN ARTEMIS, THEY GET AN ARTEMIS, EVERYONE GETS AN ARTEMIS!). The fact is, if you like games like Rimworld and dwarf fortress where loosing is part of the fun, you will find a game that keeps you playing again and again, working for the next great run.

don't play this game if you have anger issues. you'll lose over and over again on easy difficulty even when you get so so close to the end. don't get me wrong, it's a great game with great elements and maybe a little too much rng, but i genuinely do not recommend playing this game for your health. seriously, i can feel my blood pressure just now beginning to settle

maybe its just me but i feel like games are supposed to be fun. I'm not having fun.

One of my favorite games of all time, deceptively complex, a perfect rouge-lite

Recommended: ★★★★★

"The best spacefaring disaster simulator ever made."

FTL: Faster Than Light is pure, distilled chaos in the vacuum of space—and I love every second of it. This is not just a game. It's a story generator where every run feels like a desperate sci-fi episode where you're the underdog captain just barely keeping your ship (and sanity) together.

One moment you're celebrating after salvaging rare loot from a pirate skirmish; the next, your oxygen system is on fire, your pilot's dead, and you're trying to fight off boarding mantises with a medbay that's out of power. And yet, you keep going—because in FTL, surviving just one more jump feels like a triumph.

The music? Hauntingly beautiful.
The gameplay loop? Addictive beyond reason.
Replayability? Infinite. Every run is different.

Even after hundreds of hours, I’m still discovering new strategies, new ship layouts, and new ways to spectacularly fail. And somehow, that’s the beauty of it.

If you like tactical combat, tough decisions, and managing a spaceship with duct tape and prayers—FTL is a must. Buy it. Play it. Rage. Laugh. Try again.

262 hours of gameplay and I still struggle. Honestly such a fun and rewarding game

Liked the music so I decided to pick up the game for $3 on sale, probably my best purchase on steam. One of my favorite games now. Definitely worth $10 and it goes on sale often too.