Free games like FTL: Faster Than Light
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to FTL: Faster Than Light, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to FTL: Faster Than Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with FTL: Faster Than Light.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to FTL: Faster Than Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with FTL: Faster Than Light.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to FTL: Faster Than Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with FTL: Faster Than Light.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to FTL: Faster Than Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with FTL: Faster Than Light.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to FTL: Faster Than Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with FTL: Faster Than Light.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to FTL: Faster Than Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with FTL: Faster Than Light.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to FTL: Faster Than Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with FTL: Faster Than Light.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to FTL: Faster Than Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with FTL: Faster Than Light.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.