FTL: Faster Than Light
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How do players who really played FTL: Faster Than Light rate it? TrueGG Rating 93.8%

Release date: Sep 14, 2012 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours. Recent reviews are falling.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours

Think twice if you are

  • Players who care about game balance
  • Players buying right now (recent ratings are falling)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
93.8%
▼ −1.3 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 949 reviews

TrueGG, all time
97.2%
Steam overall
95.1%
Japanese, all time
94.4%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 3.5% of all reviews. Their positive share is 81.4%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h63%241–2 h60%202–5 h85%1235–10 h80%16110–20 h85%21120–50 h91%32150–100 h94%249100–200 h96%208200+ h98%171Positive share by playtime0–1 h2463%1–2 h2060%2–5 h12385%5–10 h16180%10–20 h21185%20–50 h32191%50–100 h24994%100–200 h20896%200+ h17198%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h62.5%—24
1–2 h60.0%—20
2–5 h85.4%0.0%123
5–10 h79.5%50.0%161
10–20 h84.8%100.0%211
20–50 h90.7%87.5%321
50–100 h93.6%66.7%249
100–200 h95.7%100.0%208
200+ h97.7%100.0%171

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 60% had 20+ hours and 16% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

FTL: Faster Than Light has a TrueGG Rating of 93.8%: the positive share among 949 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 95.1%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 97.2%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 3% of the total, with 81% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

In the last 180 days, reviews at 10–20h are 85% positive versus 96% at 100–200h: the more people play, the more they like it.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom, バランス, and updates and the developers.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 94.4%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (94.8% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on live operations and online play (Balance, Updates & developers). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive14% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among under 2h players
  • Balance9% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players
  • Updates & developers8% of negative reviews (1% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players

+ What players praise

No standout topics

＋ 一時停止＋ 武装＋ 反乱軍＋ 戦艦＋ 素晴＋ シンプル＋ 最高＋ 可能− lucky− unless− boring− worst− early− spend− last− i'd

Counted from 374 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating95.1%All time, all languages · 79,021 reviews
Adjusted rating94.8%Weighted by trust (95% range 94.6%–95.0%), −0.3pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews89.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−5.8pt vs overall) · 701 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review3%12%
Very short text35%15%
Key activated outside Steam13%12%
Received for free1%0%
Owns very few games8%5%
Over 100 reviews written6%8%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.810.85

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 30.5 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2012-09: +662 / −3 2012-10: +312 / −0 2012-11: +141 / −0 2012-12: +544 / −1 2013-01: +494 / −2 2013-02: +204 / −1 2013-03: +187 / −3 2013-04: +147 / −0 2013-05: +124 / −1 2013-06: +194 / −1 2013-07: +859 / −6 2013-08: +225 / −1 2013-09: +141 / −0 2013-10: +143 / −0 2013-11: +360 / −7 2013-12: +1,619 / −32 2014-01: +792 / −25 2014-02: +462 / −7 2014-03: +560 / −14 2014-04: +1,641 / −48 2014-05: +493 / −13 2014-06: +1,923 / −37 2014-07: +672 / −24 2014-08: +456 / −21 2014-09: +330 / −5 2014-10: +301 / −15 2014-11: +369 / −18 2014-12: +727 / −10 2015-01: +680 / −31 2015-02: +303 / −13 2015-03: +397 / −15 2015-04: +388 / −19 2015-05: +289 / −19 2015-06: +526 / −18 2015-07: +246 / −19 2015-08: +226 / −13 2015-09: +168 / −10 2015-10: +231 / −14 2015-11: +272 / −7 2015-12: +454 / −26 2016-01: +424 / −22 2016-02: +291 / −18 2016-03: +212 / −9 2016-04: +190 / −5 2016-05: +195 / −14 2016-06: +335 / −17 2016-07: +315 / −18 2016-08: +229 / −9 2016-09: +194 / −4 2016-10: +171 / −9 2016-11: +1,877 / −10 2016-12: +328 / −17 2017-01: +323 / −33 2017-02: +243 / −23 2017-03: +364 / −30 2017-04: +180 / −12 2017-05: +196 / −11 2017-06: +450 / −14 2017-07: +372 / −26 2017-08: +181 / −20 2017-09: +132 / −14 2017-10: +186 / −13 2017-11: +1,011 / −21 2017-12: +282 / −20 2018-01: +306 / −22 2018-02: +190 / −12 2018-03: +223 / −25 2018-04: +145 / −19 2018-05: +156 / −14 2018-06: +183 / −21 2018-07: +175 / −20 2018-08: +127 / −10 2018-09: +210 / −13 2018-10: +256 / −25 2018-11: +892 / −21 2018-12: +232 / −34 2019-01: +191 / −26 2019-02: +172 / −31 2019-03: +124 / −19 2019-04: +115 / −13 2019-05: +126 / −16 2019-06: +929 / −41 2019-07: +1,148 / −57 2019-08: +155 / −33 2019-09: +117 / −13 2019-10: +181 / −11 2019-11: +940 / −17 2019-12: +873 / −32 2020-01: +782 / −40 2020-02: +666 / −28 2020-03: +608 / −30 2020-04: +591 / −30 2020-05: +504 / −37 2020-06: +498 / −16 2020-07: +579 / −33 2020-08: +376 / −31 2020-09: +381 / −19 2020-10: +363 / −25 2020-11: +475 / −25 2020-12: +452 / −25 2021-01: +425 / −30 2021-02: +404 / −26 2021-03: +346 / −33 2021-04: +274 / −23 2021-05: +304 / −23 2021-06: +399 / −27 2021-07: +540 / −43 2021-08: +374 / −29 2021-09: +315 / −26 2021-10: +368 / −31 2021-11: +385 / −28 2021-12: +358 / −38 2022-01: +411 / −21 2022-02: +290 / −15 2022-03: +280 / −25 2022-04: +266 / −22 2022-05: +348 / −41 2022-06: +292 / −33 2022-07: +360 / −38 2022-08: +276 / −32 2022-09: +258 / −21 2022-10: +210 / −25 2022-11: +302 / −27 2022-12: +265 / −42 2023-01: +271 / −28 2023-02: +201 / −19 2023-03: +248 / −32 2023-04: +220 / −22 2023-05: +200 / −16 2023-06: +205 / −20 2023-07: +281 / −29 2023-08: +243 / −18 2023-09: +202 / −13 2023-10: +226 / −14 2023-11: +278 / −22 2023-12: +323 / −20 2024-01: +300 / −26 2024-02: +243 / −15 2024-03: +244 / −21 2024-04: +232 / −30 2024-05: +279 / −32 2024-06: +236 / −22 2024-07: +267 / −34 2024-08: +245 / −40 2024-09: +256 / −29 2024-10: +216 / −14 2024-11: +252 / −18 2024-12: +283 / −30 2025-01: +243 / −31 2025-02: +190 / −22 2025-03: +332 / −50 2025-04: +285 / −39 2025-05: +271 / −45 2025-06: +309 / −45 2025-07: +289 / −43 2025-08: +201 / −26 2025-09: +211 / −46 2025-10: +200 / −30 2025-11: +187 / −22 2025-12: +233 / −32 2026-01: +218 / −38 2026-02: +172 / −28 2026-03: +188 / −17 2026-04: +172 / −17 2026-05: +185 / −19 2026-06: +173 / −21 2026-07: +235 / −39 2026-08: +175 / −19 2026-09: +212 / −29 2026-10: +118 / −21 2012/092013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 94.3% 2012-09: 99.5%2012-10: 100.0%2012-11: 100.0%2012-12: 99.8%2013-01: 99.6%2013-02: 99.5%2013-03: 98.4%2013-04: 100.0%2013-05: 99.2%2013-06: 99.5%2013-07: 99.3%2013-08: 99.6%2013-09: 100.0%2013-10: 100.0%2013-11: 98.1%2013-12: 98.1%2014-01: 96.9%2014-02: 98.5%2014-03: 97.6%2014-04: 97.2%2014-05: 97.4%2014-06: 98.1%2014-07: 96.6%2014-08: 95.6%2014-09: 98.5%2014-10: 95.3%2014-11: 95.3%2014-12: 98.6%2015-01: 95.6%2015-02: 95.9%2015-03: 96.4%2015-04: 95.3%2015-05: 93.8%2015-06: 96.7%2015-07: 92.8%2015-08: 94.6%2015-09: 94.4%2015-10: 94.3%2015-11: 97.5%2015-12: 94.6%2016-01: 95.1%2016-02: 94.2%2016-03: 95.9%2016-04: 97.4%2016-05: 93.3%2016-06: 95.2%2016-07: 94.6%2016-08: 96.2%2016-09: 98.0%2016-10: 95.0%2016-11: 99.5%2016-12: 95.1%2017-01: 90.7%2017-02: 91.4%2017-03: 92.4%2017-04: 93.8%2017-05: 94.7%2017-06: 97.0%2017-07: 93.5%2017-08: 90.0%2017-09: 90.4%2017-10: 93.5%2017-11: 98.0%2017-12: 93.4%2018-01: 93.3%2018-02: 94.1%2018-03: 89.9%2018-04: 88.4%2018-05: 91.8%2018-06: 89.7%2018-07: 89.7%2018-08: 92.7%2018-09: 94.2%2018-10: 91.1%2018-11: 97.7%2018-12: 87.2%2019-01: 88.0%2019-02: 84.7%2019-03: 86.7%2019-04: 89.8%2019-05: 88.7%2019-06: 95.8%2019-07: 95.3%2019-08: 82.4%2019-09: 90.0%2019-10: 94.3%2019-11: 98.2%2019-12: 96.5%2020-01: 95.1%2020-02: 96.0%2020-03: 95.3%2020-04: 95.2%2020-05: 93.2%2020-06: 96.9%2020-07: 94.6%2020-08: 92.4%2020-09: 95.3%2020-10: 93.6%2020-11: 95.0%2020-12: 94.8%2021-01: 93.4%2021-02: 94.0%2021-03: 91.3%2021-04: 92.3%2021-05: 93.0%2021-06: 93.7%2021-07: 92.6%2021-08: 92.8%2021-09: 92.4%2021-10: 92.2%2021-11: 93.2%2021-12: 90.4%2022-01: 95.1%2022-02: 95.1%2022-03: 91.8%2022-04: 92.4%2022-05: 89.5%2022-06: 89.8%2022-07: 90.5%2022-08: 89.6%2022-09: 92.5%2022-10: 89.4%2022-11: 91.8%2022-12: 86.3%2023-01: 90.6%2023-02: 91.4%2023-03: 88.6%2023-04: 90.9%2023-05: 92.6%2023-06: 91.1%2023-07: 90.6%2023-08: 93.1%2023-09: 94.0%2023-10: 94.2%2023-11: 92.7%2023-12: 94.2%2024-01: 92.0%2024-02: 94.2%2024-03: 92.1%2024-04: 88.5%2024-05: 89.7%2024-06: 91.5%2024-07: 88.7%2024-08: 86.0%2024-09: 89.8%2024-10: 93.9%2024-11: 93.3%2024-12: 90.4%2025-01: 88.7%2025-02: 89.6%2025-03: 86.9%2025-04: 88.0%2025-05: 85.8%2025-06: 87.3%2025-07: 87.0%2025-08: 88.5%2025-09: 82.1%2025-10: 87.0%2025-11: 89.5%2025-12: 87.9%2026-01: 85.2%2026-02: 86.0%2026-03: 91.7%2026-04: 91.0%2026-05: 90.7%2026-06: 89.2%2026-07: 85.8%2026-08: 90.2%2026-09: 88.0%2026-10: 84.9% 2012/092013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 5 10 15 2026-09-19: +6 / −0 2026-09-20: +5 / −1 2026-09-21: +7 / −0 2026-09-22: +5 / −0 2026-09-23: +8 / −1 2026-09-24: +11 / −1 2026-09-25: +7 / −1 2026-09-26: +6 / −0 2026-09-27: +9 / −1 2026-09-28: +7 / −2 2026-09-29: +8 / −0 2026-09-30: +5 / −1 2026-10-01: +11 / −2 2026-10-02: +6 / −2 2026-10-03: +8 / −0 2026-10-04: +8 / −1 2026-10-05: +2 / −2 2026-10-06: +11 / −3 2026-10-07: +10 / −1 2026-10-08: +6 / −0 2026-10-09: +7 / −2 2026-10-10: +5 / −1 2026-10-11: +7 / −0 2026-10-12: +0 / −1 2026-10-13: +6 / −3 2026-10-14: +6 / −1 2026-10-15: +9 / −1 2026-10-16: +3 / −0 2026-10-17: +6 / −1 2026-10-18: +7 / −0 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2012-09662399.5%
2012-103120100.0%
2012-111410100.0%
2012-12544199.8%
2013-01494299.6%
2013-02204199.5%
2013-03187398.4%
2013-041470100.0%
2013-05124199.2%
2013-06194199.5%
2013-07859699.3%
2013-08225199.6%
2013-091410100.0%
2013-101430100.0%
2013-11360798.1%
2013-121,6193298.1%
2014-017922596.9%
2014-02462798.5%
2014-035601497.6%
2014-041,6414897.2%
2014-054931397.4%
2014-061,9233798.1%
2014-076722496.6%
2014-084562195.6%
2014-09330598.5%
2014-103011595.3%
2014-113691895.3%
2014-127271098.6%
2015-016803195.6%
2015-023031395.9%
2015-033971596.4%
2015-043881995.3%
2015-052891993.8%
2015-065261896.7%
2015-072461992.8%
2015-082261394.6%
2015-091681094.4%
2015-102311494.3%
2015-11272797.5%
2015-124542694.6%
2016-014242295.1%
2016-022911894.2%
2016-03212995.9%
2016-04190597.4%
2016-051951493.3%
2016-063351795.2%
2016-073151894.6%
2016-08229996.2%
2016-09194498.0%
2016-10171995.0%
2016-111,8771099.5%
2016-123281795.1%
2017-013233390.7%
2017-022432391.4%
2017-033643092.4%
2017-041801293.8%
2017-051961194.7%
2017-064501497.0%
2017-073722693.5%
2017-081812090.0%
2017-091321490.4%
2017-101861393.5%
2017-111,0112198.0%
2017-122822093.4%
2018-013062293.3%
2018-021901294.1%
2018-032232589.9%
2018-041451988.4%
2018-051561491.8%
2018-061832189.7%
2018-071752089.7%
2018-081271092.7%
2018-092101394.2%
2018-102562591.1%
2018-118922197.7%
2018-122323487.2%
2019-011912688.0%
2019-021723184.7%
2019-031241986.7%
2019-041151389.8%
2019-051261688.7%
2019-069294195.8%
2019-071,1485795.3%
2019-081553382.4%
2019-091171390.0%
2019-101811194.3%
2019-119401798.2%
2019-128733296.5%
2020-017824095.1%
2020-026662896.0%
2020-036083095.3%
2020-045913095.2%
2020-055043793.2%
2020-064981696.9%
2020-075793394.6%
2020-083763192.4%
2020-093811995.3%
2020-103632593.6%
2020-114752595.0%
2020-124522594.8%
2021-014253093.4%
2021-024042694.0%
2021-033463391.3%
2021-042742392.3%
2021-053042393.0%
2021-063992793.7%
2021-075404392.6%
2021-083742992.8%
2021-093152692.4%
2021-103683192.2%
2021-113852893.2%
2021-123583890.4%
2022-014112195.1%
2022-022901595.1%
2022-032802591.8%
2022-042662292.4%
2022-053484189.5%
2022-062923389.8%
2022-073603890.5%
2022-082763289.6%
2022-092582192.5%
2022-102102589.4%
2022-113022791.8%
2022-122654286.3%
2023-012712890.6%
2023-022011991.4%
2023-032483288.6%
2023-042202290.9%
2023-052001692.6%
2023-062052091.1%
2023-072812990.6%
2023-082431893.1%
2023-092021394.0%
2023-102261494.2%
2023-112782292.7%
2023-123232094.2%
2024-013002692.0%
2024-022431594.2%
2024-032442192.1%
2024-042323088.5%
2024-052793289.7%
2024-062362291.5%
2024-072673488.7%
2024-082454086.0%
2024-092562989.8%
2024-102161493.9%
2024-112521893.3%
2024-122833090.4%
2025-012433188.7%
2025-021902289.6%
2025-033325086.9%
2025-042853988.0%
2025-052714585.8%
2025-063094587.3%
2025-072894387.0%
2025-082012688.5%
2025-092114682.1%
2025-102003087.0%
2025-111872289.5%
2025-122333287.9%
2026-012183885.2%
2026-021722886.0%
2026-031881791.7%
2026-041721791.0%
2026-051851990.7%
2026-061732189.2%
2026-072353985.8%
2026-081751990.2%
2026-092122988.0%
2026-101182184.9%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1960
2026-09-2051
2026-09-2170
2026-09-2250
2026-09-2381
2026-09-24111
2026-09-2571
2026-09-2660
2026-09-2791
2026-09-2872
2026-09-2980
2026-09-3051
2026-10-01112
2026-10-0262
2026-10-0380
2026-10-0481
2026-10-0522
2026-10-06113
2026-10-07101
2026-10-0860
2026-10-0972
2026-10-1051
2026-10-1170
2026-10-1201
2026-10-1363
2026-10-1461
2026-10-1591
2026-10-1630
2026-10-1761
2026-10-1870
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days86.8%265
Last 180 days89.3%1,485
All time95.1%79,021
Japanese, last 180 days84.0%25
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