FTL: Faster Than Light
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…
FTL: Faster Than Light is an indie developed by Subset Games, released 14 September 2012 on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 20.6 hrs to finish.
What FTL: Faster Than Light is
FTL: Faster Than Light is an indie game developed by Subset Games and released in 2012. It is available on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 51 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
FTL: Faster Than Light holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 431 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20.6 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
FTL: Faster Than Light launched on 14 September 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Borderlands 2, Mark of the Ninja and Torchlight II. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Borderlands 2, Mark of the Ninja, Torchlight II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for FTL: Faster Than Light yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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