The Nintendo Switch launch trailer for Bubsy: Paws on Fire! contains a review quote from the French gaming news website Vandal claiming "This is probably the best game Bubsy has ever had..." In the full review, this is followed by "but that's not saying a lot".

Bubsy: Paws on Fire! attempted to raise funds for DLC with a Kickstarter campaign before its launch, which would've added new levels with new themes, mini-games, costumes, and Commander Video from Bit.Trip as a guest character. The Kickstarter was heavily criticized for the confusing structure it had, where the funding goal would merely add extra one-liners and two costumes for Bubsy while the stretch goals were individual parts of a short extra world, known as the "Impossible World". The campaign did not reach its base goal, and Paws on Fire! recieved no DLC.