Crimson Moon Release Date, Editions, Platforms & System Requirements

Release Date & Price

Crimson Moon releases September 1, 2026. The Steam storefront API lists the Standard Edition at $19.99 USD, and the PlayStation Store concept page states an exact release time of 5:00 PM UTC on the same date, giving co-op partners on different platforms a shared launch moment rather than a staggered regional rollout.

A $29.99 USD Deluxe Edition adds the Ceremonial Armor Set, the Axe of the Gods weapon cosmetic, and access to a future expansion — full detail on how those cosmetics compare to the in-game Mahkten Armor Set is on The Church Hub page. No pre-order bonuses beyond the two editions themselves have been confirmed.

The $10 gap between editions is entirely cosmetic and future-facing: nothing in official copy suggests the Deluxe Edition changes mission structure, difficulty, or co-op access, so the purchase decision comes down to whether the Ceremonial Armor Set, Axe of the Gods, and guaranteed future-expansion access are worth $10 to you personally rather than any gameplay advantage.

Platforms

Confirmed first-party via the Steam storefront API and the PlayStation Store: PC (Windows only — no macOS or Linux support) and PlayStation 5, both with single-player and online co-op for up to two players and full controller support including DualShock and DualSense. Independent press coverage — a businesswire wire release syndicated by RPGamer, RPG Site, Gematsu, GamesBeat and VGChartz — additionally reports Xbox Series X|S and Epic Games Store versions launching the same day.

Those Xbox and Epic Games Store versions have not yet been independently confirmed via a first-party Xbox or Epic storefront page as of this research pass, so this page treats them as press-reported rather than confirmed until a first-party listing appears. The official campaign site at probablymonsters.com/crimsonmoon renders client-side and could not be crawled for additional platform detail.

If Xbox Series X|S and Epic Games Store versions do launch alongside PC and PlayStation 5 as the press wire reports, that would put Crimson Moon on every current-generation console storefront plus two PC storefronts at once — an unusually wide day-one spread for a mid-sized studio's first announced title, and one more reason the co-op cap staying at two players (rather than scaling with platform reach) is worth noting.

Languages & Content Rating

Steam lists full audio support in English, with text-only interface and subtitles in French, Italian, German, Latin American Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and Simplified Chinese. No other languages have official localization confirmed at time of writing, and no Korean, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese or Indonesian localization has been announced.

Age-rating bodies DEJUS (Brazil), Steam Germany and IGRS (Indonesia) each rate the game 18+ for extreme or graphic violence, consistent with the "visceral, stylish, bloody executions" language in Steam's own content-descriptor notes. The PlayStation Store currently lists its ESRB rating as pending rather than assigning a specific age tier.

The text-only language list is worth reading carefully: French, Italian, German, Latin American Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and Simplified Chinese players get translated menus and subtitles, but every cutscene and line of dialogue will still play in English audio for all of them at launch, since only English has full voice-over support confirmed.

Accessibility & Controller Support

The PlayStation Store concept page lists 13 separate accessibility options for the PS5 version, alongside DualSense controller vibration and adaptive-trigger support — detail that goes beyond a simple "controller supported" checkbox and suggests a meaningful accessibility pass ahead of launch. Steam's own requirements confirm full DualShock and DualSense support on PC as well.

No specific list of the 13 accessibility options (subtitle sizing, colorblind modes, difficulty-assist toggles, or similar) has been itemized in the sources checked for this page; this section will be updated with the full list once ProbablyMonsters or Sony publish it.

Adaptive-trigger support specifically tends to show up in melee-focused action games as resistance feedback tied to weapon weight, block timing, or stamina — Sony's own platform documentation encourages this use case broadly, though ProbablyMonsters hasn't confirmed exactly how Crimson Moon's dodge/parry/counter combat, covered on the Combat & Powers page, makes use of it. PC players get the same DualShock and DualSense compatibility Steam lists, so console-style controller play isn't limited to PlayStation 5 alone.

PC System Requirements

Minimum and recommended PC specifications are both listed on the Steam storefront API, with no VR support noted. The jump from minimum to recommended is mainly a CPU-generation and GPU-tier increase rather than a new OS requirement — both tiers call for Windows 11 64-bit and DirectX 12.

A GTX 1070 or RX 5700 minimum GPU puts the floor at roughly a 2016-to-2019-era graphics card, while the RTX 3070 or RX 6700 XT recommended tier is squarely current-generation mid-range hardware — a fairly typical spread for a 2026 third-person action RPG, and one that doesn't require the newest GPU generation to hit the recommended tier.

50 GB of storage is identical between the minimum and recommended tiers, meaning the extra CPU, RAM and GPU headroom at the recommended level is spent entirely on performance rather than higher-resolution asset packs or optional texture installs — there is no separate "high-res texture pack" download mentioned in the listing.