The game received negative reviews from critics, calling it low-budget and poorly made while criticizing its emphasis on sexual aspects.

Girl Fight received an aggregate score of 35/100 for the PlayStation 3 version and 34/100 for the Xbox 360 version, both indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

[3][4] Nikola Suprak of Hardcore Gamer rated it 2/5 points, likening it to "a dumb version of Dead or Alive".

He criticized the enemy AI as "awful" even on the hardest difficulty, and noted a lack of different fighting moves between characters.

[5] Heidi Kemps of Official Xbox Magazine rated it 3.5/10 points, calling it "stupefyingly unattractive" and "hilariously un-sexy" despite its supposed emphasis on sex appeal, and calling Skullgirls and Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate "far superior products".