[3] It simulates the Battle of Britain, and the Allied Air offensives in Western Europe during World War II in 1943–1945.

During a Pilot Career player actions will directly affect the progress of the war, including delaying or bringing forward the invasion of Europe.

The AI in European Air War is flexible, with several difficulty settings that can be altered by the user to ensure the game remains challenging for a long period of time.

The staff wrote that the game brought the fine balance of campaigns, flight modeling, graphics, and gameplay.

[15] It similarly won Computer Gaming World's "Best Simulation" award, and the staff raved that it captured the feeling of being in a living, unpredictable combat environment better than any other WW2 flight sims.