IGN awarded it a score of 6.5 out of 10, saying 'One Piece: Burning Blood is a bit too much for the uninitiated, and a bit too little for One Piece stalwarts.' Destructoid awarded it 5.5 out of 10, saying ' The combat here just isn't that fun, and no amount of colorful anime action will change that.' Hardcore Gamer awarded it a score of 3 out of five, saying 'One Piece: Burning Blood is one of those middle of the road games that makes game reviewers weep.Neither good nor bad, it exists.' Famitsu awarded it four scores of 8 out of 10, which equaled an overall score of 32/40. It currently holds an aggregated score of 66 on Metacritic, indicating 'mixed or average reviews', based on 45 reviews. In four weeks PS4 and PS Vita versions sold 104,120 units in Japan.
The game debuted at number one of the Japanese sales charts, with 35,496 copies sold on PS4 and 32,682 sold on PS Vita in its first week in Japan.
