Pocket Mortys is based on the multiple timeline concept as described in episode 10 of season 1, "Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind".

[3] The game features voice acting from Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon,[4] and, since 2023, Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden.

Pocket Mortys is in a third-person view, overhead perspective and consists of three basic screens: an overworld, in which the player navigates the main character; a side-view battle screen; and a menu interface, in which the player configures their Mortys, items, or gameplay settings.

A Morty's level controls its physical properties, such as the battle statistics acquired, and the moves learned.

The player may combine two Mortys of the same type to evolve them; these evolutions affect the statistics and which moves are learned.

[8][9][10] The game received "mixed or average" reception, according to review aggregator Metacritic.