Despite the company's small size, FTL products were consistently number-one sellers and received the highest critical acclaim and industry awards.

SunDog became the best selling game on the Atari ST during the system's first year, and garnered lavish critical acclaim.

Later, after FTL ceased operations, an updated authorized shareware version of Oids for the Macintosh was developed and released by Kirk Baker.

The game included a number of user interface features that made gameplay particularly enjoyable, from a spell system that seemed to be "logical" to the intuitive way the player used the mouse to directly manipulate items in the simulated 3D view.

[5] A Dungeon Master sequel, Chaos Strikes Back, was released in 1989 for most platforms, but notably excluding a PC version.

[3][9] Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep was the best-selling game of the week when it was released in Japan in December 1993.

While the game had been anxiously awaited by legions of Dungeon Master players, by 1995[10] it was considered too dated and sold poorly.

[3] Dungeon Master Nexus was released 1998 for Sega Saturn and only the Japanese market under the FTL and Software Heaven brand.