GamesRadar awarded the PC version of Switchball 8 out of 10, praising the AGEIA physics engine, commenting that "the rolling and bumping and knocking and flinging are all exquisitely well done.

And physics, the best thing to happen to games since explosive barrels, has a way of making you care".

[10] IGN commended the AGEIA physics engine, calling it a major star of Switchball.

[7] CVG criticized the difficulty of the later level puzzles in its review of the PC version: "It doesn't run out of brains, but in later chapters it does succumb to that misguided urge to crank up the pressure.

[3] Switchball was re-released on March 26, 2008 on Xbox Live Arcade with a patch that enhanced graphics and tweaked the scoring.