4 Tactical games like FTL: Faster Than Light that you should try

Shelved next to FTL: Faster Than Light for good reason: tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings stealth mechanics and pixel art.

Shelved next to FTL: Faster Than Light for good reason: tactical combat, single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings stealth mechanics and a cyberpunk setting.

On paper it is what FTL: Faster Than Light is — tactical combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is melee combat and a contemporary setting.

The genre is the same as FTL: Faster Than Light’s, and with it tactical combat, single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics.