The game was announced during Sony Interactive Entertainment's press conference at E3 2018. It was released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR on May 31, 2019. The PC version was released on June 4, 2019. Gearbox Publishing assumed publishing duties for the boxed version. Squanch Games released a trailer featuring Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith from "Rick and Morty" in June 2019. The developer supported the game with free downloadable content with the release of "Important Cosmic Jobs" and "Jopo Mode" following the game's launch. In November 2019, Squanch Games announced that the game and its DLC would be launching on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One on November 28 and December 3 respectively.An Oculus Quest version was released on June 18, 2020.