Alan Emrich reviewed the game for
Computer Gaming World, and stated that "When a professional critic like this reviewer can't find some chink in a game's armor, the design and development work must have been thoroughly executed." In
Game Players PC Entertainment,
William R. Trotter wrote that "Chris Crawford has given
all computer games something wonderful to behold". He described
Patton Strikes Back as "a potential classic".
Game Players PC Entertainment named
Patton Strikes Back the year's best wargame, and praised it for "rethinking the concept of what a war game should be". The editors of
PCGames nominated
Patton Strikes Back for their award of the best strategy game of 1992, but gave the prize to
Crisis in the Kremlin. They nevertheless called
Patton "sure proof that war games without lots of numbers, hex grids, and situation-specific rules ... can be
fun." ==References==