| Name | Reviewer | Quote | Score |
| The Adrenaline Vault (PC) | David Laprad | Balls of Steel brings outstanding art and animation, youthful enthusiasm, and consummate gameplay to the table, and executes the concept with raging brilliance. Simply put, I have never been injected with such a stimulating and addictive pinball drug. | 4.5 out of 5 |
| GamesDomain.com (PC) | Ed Fielding | If you like pinball games you'll like Balls of Steel. | N/A |
| GameSpot.com (PC) | Jeff Sengstack | If you're looking for the ultimate in PC pinball sim realism, Balls of Steel won't satisfy you. Rather, where Balls of Steel succeeds is in its fun factor. | 7.5 out of 10 |
| Gamezilla.com (PC) | Bob Mandel | After playing virtually every PC pinball game ever released, I can enthusiastically say that Balls of Steel is now my favorite. Its combination of smooth, realistic gameplay with creative animated challenges simply cannot be beaten. | Recommended |
| Intelligamer.com (PC) | Christian Schock | If you're looking for a fun, approachable, suitably realistic pinball game with all the extras a PC can provide then Balls of Steel delivers the goods. | 4.5 out of 5 |