 Turok was a critical and commercial success, earning rave reviews from video game magazines and becoming the most popular title for the Nintendo 64 in the months following its release. It was judged one of the best console shooters on the platform. On the aggregate review web sites Metacritic and GameRankings, the console version of Turok has an 85 % and 86.6 % rating, respectively, each figure based on scores from thirteen contemporary and recent reviews. The PC port was less positively received.
