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Particle Fleet: Emergence
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“So why the positive you ask? What is so special about a simple game about some space ooze? It is more than that. This is the 4th installment of a series of games, each better than the last. One person putting out a game and not ignoring it after it's release. One guy refusing to…”
— a player, Steam review · 99 hrs played“The closest to "Ender's Game" you will ever play! As expected from Knuckle Cracker, he managed to release, yet again, a polished, engaging real-time battle & strategy game, in which the enemy is nothing you have seen before: a particle/liquid/gas/gel entity is what you will be…”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played“I loved the entire Creeper World trilogy so was interested to try this. I had fun, but not nearly as much as with Creeper World. In fact, it wasn't until several missions in that I actually started enjoying it. Since I can't make a "meh" recommendation, I'm giving it a…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch for some online actions
Fixes for score/map posting as well as "corporation in the game" registration.
Creeper World IXE Now Available!
Just in time for the holidays, the latest battle against the Creeper has begun! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/32938698/486e9baabf4cc5700d61b30178825e618af8b91f.png
Version 1.1
Version 1.1 has exited the Knuckle Cracker shipyards and is currently engaging the Particulate! For a full list of changes and additions see here: Knuckle Cracker Blog Post About PF1.1
Version 1.1
Version 1.1 has exited the Knuckle Cracker shipyards and is currently engaging the Particulate! For a full list of changes and additions see here: Knuckle Cracker Blog Post About PF1.1
Corporate Bonus DLC Now Available!
To go along with the 1.0.2 update, a new DLC "Corporate Bonus" is now available! This DLC includes: The original soundtrack for Particle Fleet. A 50+ page PDF book of the development notes. A Corporat
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Indie · Simulation · Space · RTS · Real-Time with Pause · Sci-fi · 2D · Singleplayer · Tower Defense · Pixel Graphics · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Stats · Includes level editor · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | http://knucklecracker.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Dual Core 2Ghz Memory: 3 GB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space