Games similar to this, but with more ship management?

[Mantha]

As I keep playing FTL, I always notice that I get attached to my crew members, and I enjoy managing what jobs they have and what skills they build, and I enjoy watching the journey of my ship and its crew through each encounter, event, and battle.
Are there any games that have a space setting where I can do more of the above kinds of stuff?

[Baron von Dapper]

Barotrauma isn't a 100% match to FTL (and in fact I might only be comparing it because I'm interested in it at the moment) but if you want to play as an individual crewman and don't mind multiplayer, it's a good time.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/602960/Barotrauma/

[Kunovega]

Space Rogue is definitely inspired by FTL, but it's far more casual:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/364300/Space_Rogue/

And then there's convoy:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/318230/Convoy/

You aren't in space, but you are on another planet. Your ship crashed and you have a convoy to go and rebuild the ship so you can return to space. It's a neat twist with different variables in combat (vehicle ramming, etc). You also buy/sell vehicles/weapons for the convoy as you progress.

Those are the two most like it that I can think of.

Similar but different is Crying suns, the progress is FTL, but the combat is RTS
https://store.steampowered.com/app/873940/Crying_Suns/

And this isn't what you asked for, but from the same developer as FTL is Into the Breach, which you might also like:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/

[Begemot]

I thing Shortest Trip to Earth is exactly what you're looking for:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/812040/Shortest_Trip_to_Earth/

And more about building your own ships:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/979110

[Bashy]

if you like a great space rpg story with major ship management i highly recommend Nexus the Jupiter Incident to you

[psanni]

Cosmoteer.

You get to build your ship from scratch

[WindowsKey]

A different playstyle, but check out pulsar:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/252870/PULSAR_Lost_Colony/

It's first person, but basically you choose a faction and ship and go around the galaxy exploring and managing your ship and your crew. Each member has a specific role and skills to go with that role. You can pick up quests, or just free roam and be a space pirate or whatever. Very fun experience with friends once you get the hang of it.

[Råb!d]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/335620/Star_Traders_Frontiers/

This game is constantly being upgraded with new content and tweaks, even after 2 years. I've never seen this level of ongoing support for a game.

[wilky]

Originally posted by Råb!d:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/335620/Star_Traders_Frontiers/

This game is constantly being upgraded with new content and tweaks, even after 2 years. I've never seen this level of ongoing support for a game.

Just got done playing this and I agree, it's very impressive the level of dedication that dev has to the game and the community. I think he personally replies to every post on the forums, and he fixes bugs and implements community-suggested features like once/week. It's really neat to watch. The game is like a sandbox space RPG (kinda dungeons & dragons style, lotta dice rolls). It's a pretty nuanced and deep game, and the dev has done a great job giving the player tons of different ways to play the game / tons of different activities to pursue.

[Dr. Orpheus]

I am actually working on a title that fits that description, with coop. https://www.facebook.com/FallofEverySparrow

[Mantha]

That looks pretty cool! I see its art style is very FTL-inspired, nice!

[ReimuTheMiko]

A bit of a necro post, but Space Engineers might scratch a part of that itch. You can get a premade ship from the workshop and then manage the hell out of it

[Mantha]

Originally posted by ReimuTheMiko:

A bit of a necro post, but Space Engineers might scratch a part of that itch. You can get a premade ship from the workshop and then manage the hell out of it

Space Engineers is my favorite game and I've been playing it since 2017 :P