Most of the Knuckle Cracker franchise have good user reviews on Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/particle-fleet-emergence). Not many "critics", but users generally think favorably of the game. As do reviewers/players on Steam, Kongregate, and everywhere else a Knuckle Cracker game is available.
Unfortunately, a user "dickbarnes" wasn't too happy with Particle Fleet, and posted the one single review on there with a zero-rating.
I have no posted my own review in rebuttal, but I'm hoping a few more players can take time out and post a review over there, giving a more balanced nuance to the metacritic rating. Not that it''s terribly important, but Steam links to the metacritic score in the Steam Store page and it may just bias a prospective player.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/particle-fleet-emergence
I'll write a review as soon as metacritic actually sends me the confirmation email. It's been 5 minutes and no email and yes, I checked my spam folder and told it to resend confirmation email. Sigh.
I'll make an account tonight and rectify all this 8)