"Men Against Fire" has been compared to other works of science fiction.Alex Mullane of "Digital Spy" and Charles Bramesco of "Vulture" made comparisons with the 1997 satirical film "Starship Troopers", for the soldiers' "macho talk of ending the Roach menace" and the work's "thinly veiled commentary on the culture of virulence that warring nations have to cultivate".