Good Karma was met with mostly positive reviews from
music critics. A writer for
Upsala Nya Tidning praised the production, which they said contains "a certain retro feeling [...] but also features the ethereal and dreamy sound of some of Gessle's solo records (with echoes of
Cocteau Twins)". The writer complimented it for containing "smart choruses and nice details from
pop history", before concluding that if
Good Karma was their final record, Roxette were ending with "their flag flying high". while Tyler McLoughlan of
The Music praised Gessle's songwriting for an abundance of
hooks. while
laut.de writer Kai Butterweck said: "
Good Karma isn't a record that will change the pop world, but a solid nod to the past." He elaborated by stating that "Marie and Per pop their way through their own archive quite solidly". Despite this, Butterweck said "A little less synthetics in the sound would have done the album good. But by and large, Roxette still sound like Roxette in 2016."
Gaffa reviewer Jesper Robild argued Roxette initially found success as a result of their songwriting talent and criticized the amount of producers credited, saying: "More people than usual are involved, and
Good Karma is obviously coloured by today's pop and dance music. Gone are all the interesting distorted guitars and drums, replaced by new elements such as electronic beats, Auto-Tune/
vocoder and similar unbecoming ingredients." Despite this, he praised Fredriksson's performance and said the album would have sounded better with more organic instrumentation.
Stuff writer Hannah McKee said
Good Karma plays like a "jumbled archive of pop music from the '80s, '90s and '00s, jam-packed with as many different pop trends as possible", but went on to compliment Fredriksson's vocals, saying her voice is at times reminiscent of her performance on "
It Must Have Been Love" (1990). She described "April Clouds" as "the most emotionally invested" song on the record. Although the staff of
Göteborgs-Posten also gave the record a mixed review, they too praised Fredriksson's performance, saying the album is best when the tempo "slows down" and she takes "center-stage" on the ballads such as "April Clouds". They dubbed the song the "finest" track on the album, describing it as what "in perfect balance manages to combine Per and Marie's love for the early American and Swedish 70's sound that made Roxette something out of the ordinary [in the first place]." Other publications that commented on "April Clouds" included
Expressen, with Anders Nunstedt dubbing it one of the album's best tracks, while Markus Larsson of Sweden's biggest newspaper
Aftonbladet said the song acts as a "beautiful goodbye" if this is their final record. ==Commercial performance==