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Moon Sweepers: turn lunar dust into earnings with depot shipments, then expand with cleaning tools, carrying capacity, nearby depots and cleaning vehicles.
Checked 2026-11-01
Moon Sweepers
The basics
Collect lunar dust into storage, deliver it to a depot and launch a shipment to get paid. Spend those earnings on new cleaning tools and increased carrying capacity to progress beyond the starting toothbrush. The official store also describes expanding with depots near your work and cleaning vehicles.
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Moon Sweepers co-op guide: 16-player limits, shared Upgrade Matrix purchases, public-session warnings, and the host's kick, ban and unban controls.
Read guide 02BuildingMoon Sweepers building guide: documented Move Mode controls, building on dusty ground, foundation snapping and full building-piece removal refunds.
Read guide 03AutomationMoon Sweepers automation guide: garage outfeed messages, capsule-packing fixes, robot activity and the 1.0.5 grouped-catcher routing rules explained.
Read guide 04Crashes & SavesMoon Sweepers crash and save guide: developer-reported fixes, Windows backup location, automatic repair and the dated 1.0.4 save-version warning.
Read guideGetting Started
How to sell lunar dust
The payment step is a depot shipment, not collection alone. Follow the progression described on the official Steam store:
- Collect lunar dust into your storage.
- Deliver the collected dust to a depot.
- Launch a shipment to receive payment.
The verified description establishes this sequence but does not provide the exact depot buttons or screen interactions.
Progress beyond the toothbrush
The toothbrush is your starting tool. Use shipment earnings to buy new cleaning tools and increase carrying capacity; the store describes these purchases as a way to handle bigger jobs between deliveries. See the official progression description.
Those are supported spending options, not a verified purchase ranking. No optimal order, upgrade prices, earnings rates or vehicle unlock thresholds are established by the evidence used here.
Expand around your work area
As your operation grows, the store describes placing depots near your work and putting cleaning vehicles to use. Treat these as expansion options rather than a requirement to buy a particular vehicle at a particular point. Source: official Steam store.
Choose your next guide
Continue with the guide matching your next task:
- Co-op for player limits, shared upgrades and host controls.
- Building for placement and relocation.
- Automation for packing, catcher routing and silo-output checks.
- Crashes and saves for documented fixes and backup information.
Sources and verification
- Moon Sweepers · store.steampowered.com — Checked 2026-10-31