The game was ranked the 11th best game of all time by Amiga Power in 1996.

The sequel was ranked the 17th best game of all time by Amiga Power.

Paradroid' 90' was ranked the 22nd best game of all time by Amiga Power.

GamesRadar.com ranked the game as 4th in the Top 7 Most Evil Games.

It was ranked the 36th best game of all time by Amiga Power in 1991.

The game went on to be ranked the 34th best game of all time by Amiga Power.

Additionally, they later ranked the game ninth in their 1997 list of the 100 greatest console games of all time.

In 2012, a top video games of all time list by G4 television network ranked the game in the 85th place.

Readers ranked the game 22nd in a list of their 25 favourite Rare games.

The game went on to be ranked the 24th best game of all time in the magazine.