Minecraft: Story Mode

Shelved next to FTL: Faster Than Light for good reason: single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: strong narrative focus and fantasy world.
Released 3 years after FTL: Faster Than Light.

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We filtered the 40 games similar to FTL: Faster Than Light down to the 4 that fit the “Mobile” category. Minecraft: Story Mode, Jurassic Park: The Game and Race The Sun top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to FTL: Faster Than Light.
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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to FTL: Faster Than Light is Minecraft: Story Mode — scoring 44/100 on our similarity scale. Jurassic Park: The Game and Race The Sun follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to FTL: Faster Than Light. Each one has been evaluated across 13 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

Shelved next to FTL: Faster Than Light for good reason: single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: strong narrative focus and fantasy world.
Released 3 years after FTL: Faster Than Light.

The genre is the same as FTL: Faster Than Light’s, and with it a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is combat and tone: dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat.

On paper it is what FTL: Faster Than Light is — punishing difficulty, procedural generation and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is combat and setting: strong narrative focus and melee combat.

Same family as FTL: Faster Than Light: punishing difficulty, single-player focus and 2D presentation. They part company on combat and visuals: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and melee combat.
Released 5 years after FTL: Faster Than Light.
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