Moon Sweepers FAQ: Is It on PS5 or Xbox, Is It Free, and Does It Use AI?

Moon Sweepers gives you and your crew one job: clean the whole Moon, starting with a toothbrush because that's all the budget covered. The co-op game from DragDrop Games came out on Steam on 23 October and reached 600,000 players and a peak of 70,000 concurrent players within a week, the developers said on 30 October. SteamDB has since logged a peak of 83,138 players on 1 November. Here's where you can play it, what it costs and what the AI disclosure says.

Is Moon Sweepers on PS5?

No. Moon Sweepers is on Steam for Windows PC only, and DragDrop Games hasn't announced a PS5 version. Its posts since launch have been about fixes and the next PC update, not new platforms. It does support PlayStation controllers on PC.

Is Moon Sweepers on Xbox?

No. There's no Xbox version, none has been announced, and there's no word on Game Pass. The same goes for Nintendo Switch.

Is Moon Sweepers free?

No. It costs $8.99 on Steam, and there's no free-to-play version or demo listed. Steam Family Sharing is supported, so someone in your Steam family who owns it can share it with you.

Does Moon Sweepers use AI?

Only for translation, according to the game's AI disclosure on Steam. DragDrop Games says: "Generative AI was used to assist with translating in-game text into supported languages." The disclosure doesn't mention AI art, voices or other content. Our guide to the Steam AI clone threats explains how Steam's AI disclosure rules work.

How many players can play Moon Sweepers?

Up to 16 in online co-op lobbies, according to the Steam page, and you can also play solo. The host can kick or ban players since patch 1.0.3, and upgrades are shared across the whole crew. The Steam page lists online co-op only, with no split-screen.

What do you actually do?

You sweep up lunar dust, deliver it to depots and launch shipments to get paid, then spend the money on better tools, more carrying capacity and cleaning vehicles. Later you build bases with foundations, machines such as the Stone Press and conveyor belts, and a robot called J.O.O.N.A.S. that cleans sectors on its own.

What's next for Moon Sweepers?

Update 1.1, planned for December 2026. DragDrop Games says it will add new production machines and chains, new materials, more tools and upgrades, better automation and buildings, and more late-game progression. The studio also hints at plans for what comes after the Moon is clean, without details. DragDrop Games is a two-person team, according to its post-launch apology for crashes and multiplayer bugs.

Is Moon Sweepers worth it?

Steam players are mostly happy: reviews were Mostly Positive, at 78% of 3,135, on 4 November. Patches 1.0.3 to 1.0.5 tackled save files that wouldn't load, frame rates on big bases and a long list of building and multiplayer bugs.

Can my PC run it?

Steam lists Windows 10, a Core i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 2600, 8GB of RAM and a GeForce GTX 1650 or Radeon RX 570, with 2GB of storage and a broadband connection. Patch 1.0.4 fixed startup problems on Steam Deck and Linux with older Proton versions.

Which languages does it support?

English plus 18 more, including French, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. These are the translations the AI disclosure refers to.