The song has been used in the trailer for the 2021 Netflix superhero series Jupiter's Legacy and is part of the soundtrack for FIFA 19.

[3][4] When describing the music video, Fender told NME that "Play God" is "set in an alternate dystopian reality that shares similarities with our own world.

[6] Harvey James, writing for The Last Magazine praised the song and Fender's singing saying that he has "total mastery over his voice was immediately and strikingly apparent.

Polo wrote that "the track, which is equal parts Orwellian and a reaction to the landmark political decisions in both the UK and the US, is classic Brit-rock at its finest."

Polo further complimented the instrumentation of "Play God" saying it is "driven by lush guitar melodies and Fender’s swirling mixture of questioning and positing, “Play God” draws the listener into his world defined by an increasingly uncertain future.