Looking for games like FTL, but set aboard a sailing ship?

The shared appeal: one vehicle carries the whole run

Players often remember FTL for the way a vehicle, its crew and a dangerous route become one strategic object. Beyond the Chart starts from a related question at sea: what happens when every reward, injury and shortage remains aboard the same vulnerable vessel?

The ship is not replaced after each encounter. Its command deck, installed modules, specialists, relics, supplies and accumulated damage shape the next route choice and the next battle.

• One persistent vehicle per run
• Branching routes under incomplete information
• Crew and equipment that change available decisions
• Failure that ends the current voyage

The major difference: combat is built from command cards

Beyond the Chart does not reproduce FTL's real-time-with-pause room simulation. Enemy intent is shown in a turn-based encounter, and the player answers with fire, aim, brace, repair, boarding and specialist commands drawn from the current deck.

Modules and crew make those orders possible or more effective. Deck construction therefore handles timing and consistency, while the physical ship build determines what the deck can support.

Why the comparison stops at design vocabulary

Beyond the Chart is an original independent game. Its world, rules, art and progression are maritime, with storms, ports, wrecks, islands, broadsides and supernatural sea legends replacing sectors and star systems.

It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or presented as a sequel to FTL. The comparison exists to set expectations for players seeking branching-route pressure and an inhabited vehicle at the center of a roguelike run.