Games Like FTL: Faster Than Light

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.7% ★, Space 18.6%, Roguelike 13.3%, Perma Death 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its sector-based roguelite campaign, crewed capital ships, event choices, and tactical battles make it one of the closest modern takes on FTL's structure.

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Why similar: Space 18.2%, Real-Time with Pause 18.1% ★, Perma Death 13.4%, Roguelike 12%, Difficult 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its run-based spaceship command, crew assignments, equipment decisions, and real-time tactical combat directly evoke FTL's desperate voyages.

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Why similar: Space 22.1%, Roguelike 15.3%, Space Sim 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Difficult 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a highly FTL-like roguelite about directing a customizable ship and crew through dangerous jumps, random events, boarding actions, and brutal resource decisions.

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Space 33.1%, Roguelike 17.7%, Real-Time with Pause 11.8% ★, Strategy 11.1%, Sci-fi 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This compact space roguelike combines sector exploration, fleet and resource management, randomized events, and real-time pausable combat.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 18.4% ★, Space 15.4%, Roguelike 13.3%, Perma Death 11.2%, Difficult 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It closely follows FTL's formula of pausable ship combat, subsystem targeting, crew management, procedural encounters, and branching space travel.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Roguelike 32.8%, Strategy 19%, Sci-fi 14%, Tactical 9.4%, Roguelite 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: From FTL's developers, it offers the same concise roguelike decision-making and high-stakes run structure through exceptionally precise turn-based battles.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Roguelike 35.2%, Strategy 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Roguelite 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It translates FTL's route planning, random encounters, crew progression, and subsystem-focused real-time-with-pause fights into a post-apocalyptic convoy setting.

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Space 22.2%, Real-Time with Pause 18.7% ★, Roguelike 16.2%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Perma Death 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its procedural space missions reward careful planning, emergent problem-solving, and risky crew-level infiltration within a broader roguelite galaxy.

Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.

Why similar: Perma Death 21.9%, Roguelike 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Tactical 10.2%, Procedural Generation 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Although set at sea, its procedural campaign structure, crewed vessel management, boarding, damage control, and permadeath tension feel extremely FTL-like.

Time for your toughest mission yet! Recruit and train your crew to tackle the growing threat from alien and android armies as you defend Earth to become a Galactic Legend in Space Crew: Legendary Edition. All new content free to existing owners of Space Crew!

Why similar: Space 21.4%, Space Sim 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Perma Death 12.1%, Roguelike 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Managing crew stations and emergencies aboard a vulnerable spacecraft delivers a lighter but satisfying version of FTL's multitasking ship-command fantasy.

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Space 24.1%, Roguelike 18.3%, Difficult 11%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Procedural Generation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Commanding disposable drone crews in derelict spacecraft creates similarly tense resource management and irreversible decisions under uncertainty.

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

Why similar: Space 20.6%, Real-Time with Pause 20.5% ★, Sci-fi 14.4%, Space Sim 13.7%, Difficult 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Designing a ship's internal layout and assigning crew to keep weapons, engines, shields, and logistics functioning expands on FTL's ship-management layer.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Space 27.7%, Roguelike 20.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Strategy 7.5%, Procedural Generation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its lonely procedural space journeys emphasize fuel, hull, oxygen, scavenging, alien encounters, and the constant fear of being stranded.

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!

Why similar: Roguelike 31.6%, Space 27.6%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Tactical 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its roguelike runs, ship upgrading, crew synergy, and tactical positioning retain FTL's improvisational space-adventure spirit in a deckbuilding format.

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Space 17.1%, Space Sim 16%, Perma Death 15.5%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Difficult 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep starship-and-crew RPG full of fuel pressure, trading, faction choices, boarding, upgrades, and unpredictable journeys across space.

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Space 32.5%, Space Sim 21.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Survival 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This colony-ship simulator centers on building and maintaining a spacecraft, managing individual crew needs, scavenging wrecks, and surviving hostile space.

It’s the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show… except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead! This turn-based, survival/strategy puts you in the Captain's chair as you try to save your crew from being blown to bits by aliens...

Why similar: Space 39.6%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Tactical 14.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Survival 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This frantic cooperative strategy game is built around assigning crew to repair systems, repel threats, and keep a failing starship alive.

Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.

Why similar: Space 19.2%, Roguelike 16.4%, Perma Death 16.4%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Space Sim 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its deep procedural galaxy, ship systems, away missions, alien encounters, and survival-oriented resource play offer a more traditional roguelike counterpart to FTL.

Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!

Why similar: Roguelike 19%, Space 17.6%, Space Sim 17.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: Short roguelite campaigns of space exploration, crew recruitment, ship upgrades, and tactical fleet engagements give it a focused FTL-adjacent loop.

Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Why similar: Space 25.5%, Space Sim 19.7%, Difficult 13.4%, Roguelike 12.5%, Survival 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its detailed spacecraft ownership, maintenance, salvage, crew survival, and unforgiving simulation make every expedition feel consequential.

EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.

Why similar: Space 45.3%, Space Sim 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Roguelike 9.1%, Roguelite 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This space roguelite shares FTL's run-based progression, randomized encounters, ship upgrades, and constant pressure, but shifts combat toward arcade flight action.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Roguelike 33.6%, Perma Death 14.4%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Difficult 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its roguelike expeditions, party management, resource scarcity, room-by-room exploration, and catastrophic failure states appeal to FTL players who enjoy defensive planning.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Space 58.6%, Strategy 24.3%, Indie 6.9%, Simulation 5.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its blend of starbase development, crew recruitment, turn-based ship encounters, exploration, and escalating alien threats suits FTL fans seeking more RPG systems.

The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!

Why similar: Space 30.7%, Space Sim 22.7%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Strategy 10.4%, Top-Down 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Building a fully functional vessel and responding to crew, power, combat, and survival crises is a natural fit for players who love FTL's internal ship systems.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Sci-fi 26.5%, Tactical 24.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Indie 8.3%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This harsh campaign of fuel management, fleet logistics, reconnaissance, and tense vehicle combat captures FTL's strategic pressure despite its planetary setting.

Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.

Why similar: Space 53%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Space Sim 16.1%, Top-Down 4.8%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Exploring a hand-built galaxy, upgrading a modular ship, mining for resources, and resolving alien encounters captures FTL's exploratory side with more action combat.

Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.

Why similar: Space 41.9%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Space Sim 16.2%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Top-Down 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG space sandbox lets you outfit a ship, recruit companions, manage equipment, and carve a path through a large hostile galaxy.

2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.

Why similar: Space 32.8%, Space Sim 28.8%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Top-Down 7.6%, Simulation 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox space roguelike lets you crew, repair, customize, and fight aboard detailed ships while navigating a dangerous procedural universe.

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Roguelike 31.9%, Space 30.3%, Survival 12.1%, Top-Down 10.8%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its dangerous route-based voyages, scarce supplies, narrative events, and persistent captain progression provide a story-heavy alternative to FTL's journey structure.

Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

Why similar: Roguelike 17.7%, Perma Death 17.3%, Difficult 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its procedural missions, limited resources, squad management, escalating danger, and permanent consequences deliver the same careful roguelike planning in stealth form.

Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.

Why similar: Space 57.5%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Space Sim 12.8%, Simulation 3.3%, Top-Down 2.3%

Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

Why similar: Space 51.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Top-Down 7.5%

In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

Why similar: Space 51.6%, Space Sim 23.6%, Simulation 6.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%, Difficult 5.1%

Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

Why similar: Space 40.8%, Real-Time with Pause 20.7% ★, Sci-fi 17%, Strategy 11.2%, Procedural Generation 4.9%

Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.

Why similar: Space 15.3%, Real-Time with Pause 14.3% ★, Roguelike 11.5%, Perma Death 11%, Strategy 10.7%

Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.

Why similar: Space 56.9%, Space Sim 16.7%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Simulation 2.3%, Adventure 2.1%

In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.2% ★, Space 14.6%, Roguelike 12.6%, Space Sim 11.2%, Difficult 8.6%

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Sci-fi 26.1%, Survival 20.3%, Strategy 17.4%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Simulation 7.4%

Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.

Why similar: Space 29.9%, Roguelike 15%, Strategy 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Tactical 8.9%

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Roguelike 40.7%, Survival 24%, Roguelite 9.8%, Top-Down 6.6%, Indie 5.8%

Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.

Why similar: Space 30.9%, Real-Time with Pause 27.4% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Sci-fi 9%, Simulation 6.3%

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Space 43.4%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Space Sim 16.2%, Strategy 6.6%, Simulation 5.7%

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

Why similar: Roguelike 58.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Roguelite 9.8%, Difficult 9.2%, Indie 3.1%

Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!

Why similar: Space 54.8%, Roguelike 12.2%, Difficult 7%, Indie 6.8%, Procedural Generation 6.5%

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Space 54.9%, Survival 17.5%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Indie 5.8%, Adventure 4.8%

Reclaim the Sea is a roguelike strategy game set in a pirate fantasy world. Fight your way through randomly generated maps and text events. Command your pirate crew, upgrade your ship and make tactical decisions to beat the boss and save the world… or die trying.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.6% ★, Roguelike 20.4%, Perma Death 12.8%, Difficult 11.2%, Strategy 8.3%

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

Why similar: Space 33.5%, Roguelike 17.6%, Strategy 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Simulation 6%

Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission. As the captain, you´ll make strategic decisions, explore unknown sectors, meet allies and enemies, gather resources, technology and crew. To battle stations!

Why similar: Space 25.6%, Real-Time with Pause 16.4% ★, Strategy 14.3%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Simulation 6%

Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

Why similar: Roguelike 33.9%, Difficult 17.2%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Roguelite 11.3%

LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!

Why similar: Roguelike 26.4%, Perma Death 22.5%, Difficult 13.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Roguelite 8.5%

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Roguelike 32.2%, Space 24.8%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Procedural Generation 10%, Tactical 9.6%

Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

Why similar: Space 39.7%, Space Sim 19.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 4.8%

Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.

Why similar: Space 22.2%, Roguelike 19%, Space Sim 16.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Tactical 9%

A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.

Why similar: Space 57.6%, Strategy 13.8%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Top-Down 6%, Indie 4.2%

Dread Admiral is a turn-based naval roguelite where every ship you lose is gone forever. Forge a floating empire, fend off the Black Fleet, and protect your Flagship through a brutal campaign to destroy the Dread Admiral himself.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.1% ★, Perma Death 15.2%, Roguelike 12.1%, Difficult 10.3%, Strategy 8.3%

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.

Why similar: Roguelike 23.5%, Space 19%, Strategy 18.4%, Perma Death 13%, Sci-fi 12.5%

Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Break in, find exotic weaponry and gadgets, outsmart hostile aliens, and fight your way to the core.

Why similar: Space 27.4%, Roguelike 18.6%, Difficult 14%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Procedural Generation 7.5%

Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.

Why similar: Space 40.1%, Space Sim 31.8%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Difficult 4.5%, Simulation 3.8%

Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

Why similar: Roguelike 47%, Difficult 16.6%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Perma Death 7%, Indie 5.8%

The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

Why similar: Sci-fi 30.2%, Tactical 24.5%, Strategy 20.2%, Difficult 12.8%, Perma Death 9.9%