 Corbin Reiff of "Uproxx" ranked it at 15 of Petty's best songs.The "Washington Post" included "Even the Losers" on their list of 10 of Petty's best songs.Writing for "Uproxx", critic John Kurp wrote, “'Even The Losers' sums up Petty’s career more than any other track in his hits-stuff discography" and the song "is the sound of pure pain.