Moon Sweepers co-op: version mismatch, shared upgrades and kicking players
Quick answer
Update every crewmate to the same current build (1.0.5 as checked October 28). Older players reported a Steam download-cache workaround for 1.0.3/1.0.4 mismatches; it is not a tested universal fix. Crew upgrades and ESC > Your Crew kick/ban rules remain described below; public games now display a confirmation warning.
“How to Invite Friends in Moon Sweepers (Online Co-Op & 16-Player Multiplayer Guide) SPACE games tuto” by Wyzcorn · Oct 25, 2026 · Uploaded October 25, 2026 (12:29 UTC). 1.0.5 notes still place kick and ban in the ESC menu under Your Crew.
Kingy has not played the game. Every line below comes from the official listing and patch notes or players' reports, as marked.
1
1.0.5: update the crew and check the public-game warning
The latest checked patch is 1.0.5, published October 28. Compare the installed version on every PC before joining. The prior 1.0.3/1.0.4 download-cache reports below are dated player workarounds, not a promise that clearing the cache repairs every newer mismatch.
Creating a public game or switching a crew to public now asks for confirmation and explains visitors’ abilities and kick/ban access under ESC > Your Crew. The patch also reports a station-teleport interaction that launched another player off the map fixed. Kingy has not tested co-op or those controls.
Moon Sweepers runs online co-op lobbies of up to 16 players. Patch 1.0.3 says all crewmates must be on the same version to play together, and 1.0.4 says its saves can't be opened in older versions, so a crew can't mix 1.0.3 and 1.0.4.
Players on October 26 report being stuck on 1.0.3 while friends were on 1.0.4, even after uninstalling and verifying files. In one thread, clearing the Steam download cache was the only thing that worked, and the update appeared immediately. Don't roll back to 1.0.3 instead: one crew that reverted couldn't join their host's world afterwards.
Check the version shown in the main menu on every crewmate's PC.
If yours is behind and Steam offers no update, clear Steam's download cache, then let Steam update the game.
Since 1.0.3 the whole crew uses the host's upgrade matrix, and anyone's purchase upgrades everyone; older saves keep the highest level anyone had bought. Your vehicles work at every garage, which can call them back, store and upgrade them, and demolishing a garage moves its vehicles to another one.
Since 1.0.3 the host can open the ESC menu, where Your Crew lists everyone, and kick or ban a player there. Banned players can't rejoin that save until the host unbans them in the same list.
As host, press ESC, open Your Crew and choose kick or ban next to the player.
As host, press ESC and choose Your Crew. The panel lists your crew with Invite Friends, Kick and Ban buttons; with only you listed, Kick and Ban stay greyed out.
“How to Invite Friends in Moon Sweepers (Online Co-Op & 16-Player Multiplayer Guide) SPACE games tuto” by Wyzcorn · Oct 25, 2026 · Uploaded October 25, 2026 (12:29 UTC). 1.0.5 notes still place kick and ban in the ESC menu under Your Crew.
At launch, players found splitters and mergers only worked when the host built them. Patch 1.0.3 made crewmates' splitters and mergers work, and 1.0.4 lets any crewmate place them on belts other players built.
Sources · 8Official · Reported · checked 28 Oct 2026 · Research checked 28 Oct 2026
Moon Sweepers 1.0.5 Patch ↗Official 1.0.5: flexible construction and full refunds, catcher-group delivery, capsule packing and 90,000-world limit, save-load freeze, control and sector-completion fixes. No gameplay, save recovery or measured performance test.Official ·
Moon Sweepers on Steam ↗Read October 26. Release date Oct 23, 2026. Developer and publisher DragDrop Games. Windows only. Online co-op lobbies of up to 16 players. Collect lunar dust, deliver it to a depot and launch shipments to get paid; buy better cleaning tools, carrying capacity and cleaning vehicles.Official ·
Moon Sweepers 1.0.4 Patch ↗October 25. Night Vision Goggles ($350 suit upgrade; N cycles helmet lamp, goggles, off). Moon map: right-click to set waypoints, focus or teleport; teleport panel between discovered stations. Capsule catcher holds 100 kg. J.O.O.N.A.S. launches capsules to the nearest catcher from anywhere, cleans one hex at a time, keeps cleaning with no players nearby. Saves: up to 5 backups per slot in AppData\LocalLow\DragDropGames\MoonSweepers\Backups, automatic repair and crash recovery. Mergers alternate inputs; any crewmate can place splitters and mergers on others' belts. Fixed machines pausing with "Could not pack a capsule". DirectX 11 default for AMD crashes; -force-d3d12 for DirectX 12. 1.0.4 saves can't be opened in older versions.Official ·
Moon Sweepers 1.0.3 Patch ↗October 24. Heavily cleaned bases load again; damaged saves repair from backup or snapshot. Upgrades shared: the crew uses the host's upgrade matrix and anyone's purchase upgrades everyone. Host can kick or ban from ESC > Your Crew and unban there. Splitters and mergers built by crewmates work; they snap port to port. Machines can stand across several foundations. Vehicles work at every garage. All crewmates must be on 1.0.3 to play together.Official ·
Super Bug : "Could not pack a capsule" ↗Players' thread posted October 25 at 22:00 UTC, about an hour after patch 1.0.4; 7 replies by October 26. Since the latest patch a pressure chamber is stuck on "Could not pack a capsule" with sand 10/10 kg; replies say all production stopped, including stone presses and every machine that outputs capsules. One player says replacing the machine with a new one fixes it until it sticks again. Another warns that reverting to 1.0.3 left their crew unable to join the host's world.Reported ·
Version mismatch, cannot join friends ↗Player post, October 26. The poster stayed on 1.0.3 after uninstalling and verifying files while a friend was on 1.0.4, so they couldn't join. A reply: clearing the Steam download cache was the only thing that worked, and 1.0.4 appeared immediately; the poster thanks them.Reported ·
为什么别人都是1.0.4我是1.0.3更新不了 ↗Chinese player post, October 26: everyone else is on 1.0.4 but the poster is stuck on 1.0.3 and can't update. No replies.Reported ·
BUG Merger and Splitter ↗Players' thread on launch day, 8 replies. Capsules stopped at mergers and splitters in co-op; several players found they only worked when the host built them.Reported ·
Stuck? Tell us where
Say where you’re stuck in Moon Sweepers. You get one hint at a time from a published kingy.wiki guide, and the answer and its clip stay covered until you ask.
If nothing matches, we keep your words (without emails, links or long numbers) to decide which answers to write next. Privacy
0:50–1:06 · 16 sESC menu to Your Crew, with the Kick and Ban buttons