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FTL: Faster Than Light
#487 most played
Playing now
899
7d trend
+8%
1.1K vs 1.1K
24h peak
1,389
low 772
7d peak
1,666
All-time peak
1,666
Apr 2014 · now 54% of peak
Avg 30d
1,107
Hours played
327,671
30d
Best rank
#435
now #487
Top sellers
#1,615
Positive reviews
95%
78,389

FTL: Faster Than Light

Live player count and Steam charts

95% positive · 78,389 reviews
24h low 77224h high 1,389

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

DeveloperSubset Games
PublisherSubset Games
ReleasedSep 14, 2012
Runs onWindows, macOS, Linux
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Playable · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Playable
Price$3.49

Player history

2015201820202023

Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 13, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.

Monthly player counts

* current month, data so far
MonthAvg playersGain% gainPeak
Jul 2026 *1,107+222+25.1%1,666
Jun 2026885+35+4.1%1,475
May 2026850+10+1.2%1,312
Apr 2026840+30+3.7%1,347
Mar 2026810-137-14.5%1,295
Feb 2026947-100-9.6%1,526
Jan 20261,047-8-0.8%1,753
Dec 20251,055+119+12.7%1,720
Nov 2025936-34-3.5%1,440
Oct 2025970-42-4.2%1,573
Sep 20251,012+9+0.9%1,558
Aug 20251,003-101-9.1%1,524

* current month, data so far

Recent updates

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When people play

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Mon
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693
1.6Kavg players

Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 16 days, shown in .

Daily activity peaks around 21:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in the Americas. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.

Audience

English
74%
Russian
8%
French
3%
Chinese (Simplified)
3%
Portuguese (Brazil)
2%
Japanese
2%
Other
7%

Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 9 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.

Achievements

Achievements
51
Median earned by
11.5%
Rarest earned by
2.6%

Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.

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