Deliver Us the Moon is an adventure puzzle game experienced at various points of the narrative from either a first-person or a third-person perspective, which is determined by the type of action that must be completed.

The Deetman brothers were inspired by their grandfather's passion for astronomy, as well as the science fiction films 2001: A Space Odyssey and Interstellar by Christopher Nolan for their "rare blend of human realism and high-concept sci-fi".

[3] Deliver Us the Moon received funding through a Kickstarter campaign, and was a successful submission for Steam Greenlight where it was readily upvoted.

[7] The game received an update on December 19, 2019, which provides DirectX Raytracing support for PC graphics cards with Nvidia DLSS and real-time ray traced effects.

[18][19] Game Informer's Andrew Reiner scored the PS4 version 8 out of 10, praising the writing, narrative pacing and atmosphere, but noting that some of the puzzles became repetitive.

[29] It features a new protagonist - Kathy Johannson (played by Ellise Chappell[30]), who is mentioned as a child in recordings in the first game - who reactivates her companion robot after an apparent ship crash on the planet of Mars.