Computer Gaming World in April 1994 said that "
SubWar 2050 is a product with an identity crisis. It wants to incorporate sophisticated physical models of the type you'd expect from a true simulation, and yet it wants to have an action game's visuals and pace", citing its including
thermal layers, making them "largely irrelevant" with visual-oriented combat, then only providing unsophisticated short-range torpedoes. In 1994,
PC Gamer UK named
SubWar 2050 the 18th best computer game of all time. The editors called it "a game that will appeal to almost everyone." ==See also==