GamePro'''s brief review described the game as enjoyable but unexceptional, saying that it "looks like a plain old 16-bit pinball game" and offers nothing unusual in its pinball action aside from the unusually large tables. The Electric Playground gave Ruiner Pinball a four out of ten, calling it "the Latoya Jackson of video pinball games". They elaborated that the gameplay is "boring and tedious" and that the blurry and overly busy visuals cause the ball to be frequently lost against the backgrounds.
In the context of GamePro's review, Ruiner Pinball was found to be an average game that failed to impress. The Electric Playground's comparison of it to other games, labeling it "the Latoya Jackson of video pinball games", highlights its lack of originality and poor execution.