"QuackShot" received a mostly positive response from critics upon release. GameRankings, an aggregator for video game reviews, assigned the game a score of 77% based on 2 reviews. Mega placed the game at #7 in their "Top Mega Drive Games of All Time" list. "MegaTech" magazine praised the game's graphics, but criticized the game's easiness. Damian Butt from "Sega Pro" also praised the graphics, and noted the game's various puzzles, explaining that "ven if the ideas are not original, the way they are strung together to accelerate the pace to overload is nothing short of breath-taking." Levi Buchanan from IGN gave "QuackShot" a 7.3/10, also lauding the graphics and animation as excellent and saying the music was pleasing.