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We filtered the 40 games similar to FTL: Faster Than Light down to the 20 that fit the “PlayStation” category. The Alters, Deliver Us the Moon and The Flame in the Flood top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to FTL: Faster Than Light.
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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to FTL: Faster Than Light is The Alters — scoring 59/100 on our similarity scale. Deliver Us the Moon and The Flame in the Flood 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.
Same family as FTL: Faster Than Light: a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: strong narrative focus and a third-person camera.
Released 13 years after FTL: Faster Than Light.
Genre puts it alongside FTL: Faster Than Light, and so does a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is combat and tone: strong narrative focus and melee combat.
Released 7 years after FTL: Faster Than Light.
On paper it is what FTL: Faster Than Light is — procedural generation and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on combat and tone: this one brings strong narrative focus and melee combat.
Released 4 years after FTL: Faster Than Light.
Genre puts it alongside FTL: Faster Than Light, and so does a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
It predates FTL: Faster Than Light by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
Shelved next to FTL: Faster Than Light for good reason: single-player focus. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
It predates FTL: Faster Than Light by 9 years, with what that implies technically.
The genre is the same as FTL: Faster Than Light’s, and with it single-player focus. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
It predates FTL: Faster Than Light by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
It comes from the same genre as FTL: Faster Than Light and shares single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: strong narrative focus and horror setting.
It predates FTL: Faster Than Light by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
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.
Genre puts it alongside FTL: Faster Than Light, and so does single-player focus. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
It predates FTL: Faster Than Light by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
On paper it is what FTL: Faster Than Light is — single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
Genre puts it alongside FTL: Faster Than Light, and so does single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
Genre puts it alongside FTL: Faster Than Light, and so does single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings multiplayer gameplay.
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 stealth mechanics.
It predates FTL: Faster Than Light by 14 years, with what that implies technically.
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.
It comes from the same genre as FTL: Faster Than Light and shares punishing difficulty, procedural generation and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is combat and setting: melee combat and fantasy world.
Released 13 years after FTL: Faster Than Light.
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