Andy Smith of "Advanced Computing Entertainment" several months after its release called "Dungeon Master" "one of the all time classics" and said "What makes "Dungeon Master" really special (apart from the marvellous 3D graphics and eerie sound effects) are the puzzles". The game was reviewed in 1988 in "Dragon" #136 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4½ out of 5 stars. The Lessers reviewed the PC/MS-DOS version in 1993 in "Dragon" #195, giving this version 5 stars. In 1997, ten years after release, Dungeon Master got again a "5 from 5 stars" score in a review.