"EF2000" won "Computer Gaming World"s 1995 "Simulation of the Year" award. The editors praised it for combining "a high level of realism with "fun"", and noted its "ground-breaking terrain and aircraft graphics". In 1996, "Computer Gaming World" also ranked it as the 42nd best video game of all time for making combat simulation graphics, sound, and realism take "a flying leap forward." That same year, "Next Generation" ranked it as the 42nd top game of all time for being "simply the most immersive combat flight sim on the market." "PC Gamer" nominated "EF2000" as the best simulation of 1995, although it lost to "Apache". It was also the second-place finalist for "Computer Game Review"s 1995 "Simulation of the Year" award, which went to "MechWarrior II".