Leo Laporte wrote in "Hi-Res" said that "Worms?" was "Very nice, very pretty, very boring ... I've been playing with this program for two weeks. It hasn't gotten any more interesting". "Compute!'s Gazette"s reviewer called "Worms?" for the Commodore 64 "one of the most fascinating games I've played in a long time. It's so different from anything else that it quickly captivated me. "Worms?" tournaments become popular among the staff of "Compute!" ... is as much fun to watch as it is to play". He added that part of its appeal was that "The game is hard to master. It's easy to play, but seems almost impossible to play well time after time".