* Greatest Game of All Time - GameSpot
* Number-one selling PC Game of 1998 - PC Data
* Walk of Game inductee. StarCraft received a star on the floor of the Metreon in San Francisco in early 2006.
* Game of the Year -- Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS)
* Game of the Year -- Computer Gaming World
* Game of the Year -- European Consumer Trade Show Industry Award
* Game of the Year -- PC Powerplay
* Game of the Year -- Gamesmania
* Best Game of the Year -- PCFan
* Taiwan Gamer's Choice of Game of the Year. -- Chinese Edition of PC Gamer or PC Gamer (China)
* Hall of Fame -- Gamespy
* #7, Top 100 Games of All Time: 2005 Edition, and StarCraft placed #2 among PC games – IGN
* #7, Top 100 Games of All Time: 2003 Edition - IGN.
* #9, Top 100 Games of All Time - Entertainment Weekly/G4.tv
* Strategy Game of the Year -- Computer Games Strategy Plus
* Strategy Game of the Year -- Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS )
* Real Time Strategy Game of The Year -- PC Gamer
* Strategy Game of the Year -- Gamespot
* Strategy Game of the Year -- Games Domain
* Strategy Game of the Year -- Gamesmania
* Best Real Time Strategy Game - Editor's Choice -- Gamezilla
* Best Real Time Strategy Game - Reader's Choice -- Gamezilla
* Best Real Time Strategy Game - Reader's Choice -- Gamecenter
* Best Real Time Strategy Game - Reader's Choice -- Duelist Magazine
* Best Real-Time Strategy Title -- PCFan
* Mulitplayer Game of The Year - 1999 Milia Awards
* Multiplayer Game of the Year -- Gamecenter
* Mulitplayer Game of The Year -- The Gamers Net
* Best Multiplayer Title -- PCFan
* Best New Multiplayer Online Game -- 1999 Codie Awards
* Best use of Online Multiplayer Gaming (Editor Award) -- HotGames.com
* Best Online Game - Reader's Choice -- Duelist Magazine
* Special Achievement Award - Best Story -- Gamespot
* Special Achievement Award - Best Multiplayer Game -- Gamespot
* Best use of Sound in a Computer Game (Reader Award) -- HotGames.com
* #1 Reader's Top 50 -- PC Gamer
* Best Depth -- PC Accelerator
* 5 out of 5 Stars Editor's Choice-- Computer Gaming World
* 5 out of 5 Gameworthy Rating -- C/NET Gamecenter
* 9.4 out of 10 -- Online Game Review
* 92% Editors Choice -- PC Gamer
* 4.5 out of 5 star rating - Computer games Strategy Plus
* 5 out of 5 star rating - Mac 3D Total Action
* 9.1 out of 10 rating -- Gamespot
* A+ -- Gameweek
* 4 out of 4 star rating - USA Today
