Games like FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster Than Light is a space roguelike: you command one ship across eight sectors, jump from beacon to beacon, and manage crew, power and weapons in fights you can pause at any moment.
Liked FTL: Faster Than Light? Each game below says what it keeps from it and what it changes.
Steam data checked Sep 26, 2026 · How matches are scored
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What makes it distinctive?
Each jump brings a text event, a shop or a fight. In combat you pause, route power between shields, engines and weapons, and send the crew to put out fires and repel boarders. The rebel fleet advances behind the ship, so every detour for scrap is a gamble.
Who plays FTL: Faster Than Light?
For players who enjoy losing a ship to one bad decision and starting over at once.
Fantasy: Mastery / Exploration. Fantasy is our reading of the game, separate from the Steam review score.
A match rises when it shares the way you play: the loop, the mechanics, the session. A shared mood alone does not put a game at the top. If too little is known, the row is left off.
How to read this list
Into the Breach, from the same studio, keeps the tactical pause and turns each fight into a puzzle with perfect information. Slay the Spire keeps the branching map and the run that ends at one mistake. Darkest Dungeon keeps the crew that dies along the way.
FAQ
Is this a Steam tag clone list?
No. Tags are one input. Mechanics, fantasy, progression and session structure are classified by Shypiard. If a signal is missing it is skipped.
Why is a famous game missing?
Either Shypiard has not profiled it yet, or it shares too little with FTL: Faster Than Light to be a fair match. The list is never padded to reach a round number.