It is a PSP port of Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 for the Xbox 360,[1] expanding upon the activities available in the original which consisted of mainly beach-related minigames.

[2] The game has several gameplay aspects, featured most prominently is the beach volleyball minigame similar to Dead or Alive Xtreme 2.

[2] A code was also discovered in the game dubbed "Emperor's New Clothes", which allowed the player to have the girls nude, although certain inappropriate parts are not shown.

[5] The game features mostly playable characters from the Dead or Alive series: Ayane, Christie, Helena, Hitomi, Kasumi, Kokoro, Leifang, Lisa, and Tina.

The additional girl, Rio, is a guest character who appears from a series of pachislot titles by Tecmo, adapted from the Rakushou!

The demo features a sample of the game's Gravure Mode, where the player chooses a character, a swimsuit and a situation to take photos.

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) classification has described Dead or Alive Paradise as filled with "creepy voyeurism" and "bizarre, misguided notions of what women really want.

[17] However, art director Yasushi Nakamura also implied that if fans did masturbate to the series, Team Ninja "could consider that a success".