"AH-64D Longbow" debuted at #4 on PC Data's monthly computer game sales chart for June 1996. The game fell to position 14 the following month, before rising back into the top 10 in August and exiting the top 20 in September. In the United States, the game sold 106,423 copies and earned $4.78 million by October 1999. Global shipments of "AH-64D Longbow" ultimately surpassed 600,000 copies. The "Longbow" franchise as a whole, including the compilations and "Jane's Longbow 2", shipped above 1.2 million units.