AllMusic wrote that Code "finds Cabaret Voltaire at their loosest and most accessible", calling it "the closest thing CV ever made to a party record" and adding that it "[achieves] a genuine mechanistic funkiness reminiscent of late-'70s Kraftwerk".
AllMusic describes Code as a more carefree and approachable Cabaret Voltaire track, fitting for a party setting. The review also notes that the song captures a unique mechanical funkiness, reminiscent of Kraftwerk's music from the late 1970s.