How many people are playing FTL: Faster Than Light?

FTL: Faster Than Light does not publish a public player count and is not on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts figure. The closest live popularity signal is Twitch viewership: 16 people are watching right now, peaking at 1,035 this week.

Is FTL: Faster Than Light on Steam?

No. FTL: Faster Than Light is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is FTL: Faster Than Light on?

FTL: Faster Than Light is available on Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac.

Is FTL: Faster Than Light still popular?

FTL: Faster Than Light is declining. Over the past 30 days Twitch viewership is down 83%.

When did FTL: Faster Than Light release?

FTL: Faster Than Light was first released on September 14, 2012.

FTL: Faster Than Light

Sep 14, 2012Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyLinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)iOSMac

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FTL: Faster Than Lightplayer count & live stats

FTL: Faster Than Light is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. The closest public, real-time popularity signal is Twitch viewership: 16 people are watching FTL: Faster Than Light on Twitch right now, peaking at 1,035 this week (last checked 55 minutes ago).

DecliningTwitch viewership is down 83% over the last 30 days.

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
First released: Sep 14, 2012

FTL: Faster Than Light live stats

Watching on Twitch

Concurrent viewers · hourly

40 24-hour peak viewers

1,035 7-day peak viewers

1,899 30-day peak viewers

7,480 12-month peak viewers

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Live stats last updated 55 minutes ago.

FTL: Faster Than Light monthly peaks

Highest concurrent viewers recorded each month, most recent first.

Peak viewers reached 7,480 in May 2026 and has since fallen 75%, to 1,899 in September.

Month	Peak viewers	Share of peak
October 2026so far	1,429	19%
September 2026	1,899	25%
August 2026	1,407	19%
July 2026	1,742	23%
June 2026	7,097	95%
May 2026	7,480	100%

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FTL: Faster Than Light — frequently asked questions

How many people are playing FTL: Faster Than Light?: FTL: Faster Than Light does not publish a public player count and is not on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts figure. The closest live popularity signal is Twitch viewership: 16 people are watching right now, peaking at 1,035 this week.
Is FTL: Faster Than Light on Steam?: No. FTL: Faster Than Light is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is FTL: Faster Than Light on?: FTL: Faster Than Light is available on Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac.
Is FTL: Faster Than Light still popular?: FTL: Faster Than Light is declining. Over the past 30 days Twitch viewership is down 83%.
When did FTL: Faster Than Light release?: FTL: Faster Than Light was first released on September 14, 2012.

About FTL: Faster Than Light

FTL: Faster Than Light is a single-player strategy game with roguelike design. The player commands a spaceship from a top-down view, managing systems such as weapons, engines, shields, and life support while recruiting crew and upgrading the vessel. The ship travels across procedurally generated sectors, jumping between beacons that present random events, stores, and enemy encounters. Combat plays out in real time with the option to pause and issue orders. Losing the ship or its crew ends the run and requires starting over, giving each playthrough a different layout and set of challenges.

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FTL: Faster Than Light on Wikipedia

FTL: Faster Than Light is a roguelike game created by indie developer Subset Games, which was released for Windows, MacOS, and Linux in September 2012. In the game, the player controls the crew of a single spacecraft, holding critical information to be delivered to an allied fleet, while being pursued by a large rebel fleet. The player must guide the spacecraft through eight sectors, each with planetary systems and events procedurally generated in a roguelike fashion, while facing rebel and other hostile forces, recruiting new crew, and outfitting and upgrading their ship. Combat takes place in pausable real time, and if the ship is destroyed or all of its crew lost, the game ends, forcing the player to restart with a new ship.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).