[1] Grigsby later built on War in Russia with his project Second Front: Germany Turns East (1990), initially planned as a remake of the game.

[4][5] War in Russia was designed by Gary Grigsby and released in 1984, the same year he launched Objective: Kursk and Reforger '88.

[4] In his 1989 survey of computer wargames, J. L. Miller of Computer Play recommended War in Russia, which he found highly detailed and "much more complex" than Strategic Studies Group's competing product Russia: The Great War in the East 1941–1945.

"[5] War in Russia was among the first inductees into Computer Gaming World's "Hall of Fame" section in 1988.

[8] Gary Grigsby built on War in Russia in Second Front: Germany Turns East,[9][10] which was at first planned as a straight remake of the game.