"Computer Gaming World" in 1989 gave "F-19 Stealth Fighter" a very favorable review and acclaimed the game's level of realism, stating that "to master this program you are going to have to do your homework. The documentation includes tutorials on aerodynamics and flight principles, radar, stealth technology, air-to-ground tactics, and air-to-air tactics." A 1992 survey in the magazine of wargames with modern settings gave the game three stars out of five, and a 1994 survey gave it two-plus stars. "Compute!" favorably reviewed the IBM PC version's graphics and realism.