Genre RoguelikeReleased Sep 14, 2012

FTL: Faster Than Light

Developed and published by Subset Games
Estimated lifetime revenue
$4.88M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$3.41M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
933.8K
≈ 12 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 79,005 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
79,005
Overwhelmingly Positive95% positive
Playing now
688
9-day peak 991 · low 688
New reviews, last 9 days
+59
≈ 7 a day since Oct 7

History

Oct 7 – Oct 16

79.0K79.0K79.0K78.9K
Oct 7Oct 11Oct 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Roguelike →

Against the 125 most-reviewed Roguelike games on Steam

Outearns 65% of them — above the group's median.

Median
$3.33M
20,416 reviews
Top 10% start at
$17.84M
This game
$4.88M
83rd pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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.

Developer
Subset Games
Publisher
Subset Games
Genre
Roguelike
Released
Sep 14, 2012
Steam app ID
212680
Data updated
Oct 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.