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2012 PC 9.99 € 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 75,052 reviews on Steam

You captain a starship on the run, rerouting power, directing crew and making tough calls in pausable real-time battles. Every run is procedurally generated, brutally tense and often ends in glorious failure.

What defines FTL: Faster Than Light:

  • A party of several characters
  • Choices with consequences
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth
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The closest matches for FTL: Faster Than Light are Dungeon of the Endless, Crying Suns and Lobotomy Corporation. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes FTL: Faster Than Light special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Dungeon of the Endless

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2014 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 11.39 € 👍 86 % Very positive, 13,734 reviews on Steam

  • A party of several characters
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth

A tense blend of roguelike and tower defense where you guide a small squad of stranded survivors through procedurally generated floors. You split scarce power between rooms and build defenses before hauling the crystal to the exit, so every door you open is a gamble.

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Crying Suns

Choices with consequences

As a fleet commander you cross a collapsed star empire in a roguelite built around tactical, pausable space battles. Each run reveals more of a story in the vein of Dune and Foundation.

Duskers

Challenging difficulty

You guide a squad of drones through derelict spaceships using a command line, relying only on sensors and limited camera feeds. Its roguelike survival structure and oppressive atmosphere keep tension high.

RimWorld

A party of several characters

A colony sim where an AI storyteller turns raids, famines and your settlers' personal dramas into unique, often darkly funny emergent stories. Its deep simulation and per-colonist management make every run unpredictable.

The Long Journey Home

Choices with consequences

A procedurally generated space odyssey where you hop between dangerous star systems with a small crew, manage scarce resources and pilot a ship under Newtonian physics. Alien encounters and hard choices reshape every attempt to get home.

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

Choices with consequences

A strategy roguelike set in the Battlestar Galactica universe: you lead a fleet of refugees after the fall of the Twelve Colonies, handle crises aboard and fight off the Cylons. Hard choices decide whether hope survives.

Syndicate

A party of several characters

A cyberpunk strategy classic: you lead a squad of four cyborg agents through brutal real-time isometric missions while conquering territories, managing taxes and research on a world map for your corporate syndicate.

Nowhere Prophet

Choices with consequences

A tactical deckbuilding roguelike where you lead a band of followers across a ruined wasteland as a prophet. You juggle supplies, morale and card choices while fighting positional battles on a grid.

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