It was originally released in Japan by Arc System Works and was released in North America by Aksys Games and in the PAL region by NIS America in 2015.

[6][7] In Japan, however, Famitsu gave the PS3 and Vita versions each a score of 31 out of 40.

[9][10] Hardcore Gamer criticized the lack of explanations for many of the elements of the Vita version, such as the icon-based system for responding to characters, while also praising the character animation.

[11] Erren VanDuine of PlayStation LifeStyle also disliked the lack of in-game explanations, but gave praise in particular to the art style, character animation, backgrounds, story, and the English localization, while criticizing the role-playing segments for being too frustrating and luck-based.

[17] The PlayStation 4 and Vita versions of Daybreak Special Gigs received "mixed" reviews according to Metacritic.