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24 alternatives to FTL: Faster Than Light

Spaceship Simulation

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FTL: Faster Than Light launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Out There▲91

   A simple, atmospheric FTL-like space survival game

   2015 · outtheregame.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hyperburner▲69

   High-speed space flier

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Into the Breach▲74

   From the makers of FTL: Faster Than Light

   2018 · subsetgames.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Endless Sky▲76

   A 2D space trading and combat game

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   KerbalX▲56

   Kerbal Space Program Craft Sharing

   2015 · kerbalx.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Star Command ▲60

   Simple and fun 8-bit timing based starship simulator.

   2015 · starcommandgame.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Astroneer▲98

   A game of aerospace industry and interplanetary exploration

   2015 · astroneer.space · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Wings.io▲73

   Another fast paced multiplayer game

   2016 · wings.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Elude!▲61

   Slide the spaceship and elude obstacles at warping speed!

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pixel Starship▲73

    8Bit Space Sim Strategy MMO RPG

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    SimplePLanes▲62

    An interactive airplane building game

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Starbound▲67

    An extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game

    2015 · playstarbound.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Spacey Shape▲68

    An action game about speed and transport

    2016 · squrce.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    I made a clone of FTL in two weeks, and I open sourced it▲8

    A tribute to Faster Than Light made in two weeks for the OperaGX Gamejam - Garfounkel/A-Leaf-In-Space

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Flywrench▲61

    Navigate an aerobatic ship through the depths of space

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tharsis▲66

    A turn-based space strategy game.

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sputnik Eyes▲72

    A puzzle game that will take you on a journey across space

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    SpaceCall Single Player▲54

    Pilot a ship through space

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    99 Moons▲73

    Fast-reaction platformer

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Life in Bunker▲67

    A bunker-building survival simulator

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    QuadSmash▲60

    Local multiplayer game with crazy fast vehicles

    2015 · elisee.itch.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Voxel Blast▲68

    Fly a spaceship through beautiful and dangerous levels

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Wonky Ship▲67

    Try to control a crazy spaceship

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Battlestation: Harbinger▲67

    A hard sci-fi space exploration game

    2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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