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Minecraft

Experience infinite 3D landscapes for exploration and endless creativity in crafting structures and gathering resources. Multiplayer capabilities allow you to build with friends, or challenge yourself in survival mode where nightfall brings perilous creatures and the need for learned strategy.

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  • Pay once or Subscription
  • Proprietary

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux  Requires Java
  • Windows Mobile  Discontinued, latest version is 1.16.40
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Chrome OS
  • Android Tablet
  • BSD
  • iPad
  • Linux Mint
  • Arch Linux
  • Apple TV  Discontinued, latest version is 1.1.5
  • Flathub
  • Kindle Fire
  • Ubuntu
  • Debian
  • FreeBSD
  • Raspberry Pi OS  Discontinued, latest version is 0.1.1 Alpha
  • Raspberry Pi  Discontinued, latest version is 0.1.1 Alpha
  • Playstation
  • Fire TV  Discontinued, latest version is 1.16.221
  • Gear VR  Discontinued, latest version is 1.16.40
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Xbox
  • NetBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • Nintendo Wii / Wii U  Discontinued
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Comment summary: Minecraft is praised for its creativity and sandbox elements, allowing players to build, explore, and play with friends across various platforms. Many appreciate its educational value and inclusivity for all ages. Some criticisms include concerns over updates, graphic style, and issues with account migration. Despite this, Minecraft's open-world design and endless possibilities continue to captivate audiences, keeping it a beloved game for many.
Top Positive Comment
Oktay Mercan
4

For everyone good game because educative and only limit is your dreams and skills. if you have programming skill then make your wish(like a Mod) or make a resource pack (Texturepack) or make your own adventure(adventure map, story and etc...) or play with your firends. or join a server and play all around the world with people. same time have mobile or console version. I prefarence java version because more extensible.

Did you know? Some countries give this game on school lesson.

[Edited by OKTAYMERCAN, April 27]

Top Negative Comment
Alaik
4

A good sandbox but unfortunately Microsoft is killing the game

tzyy
0

Minecraft's creativity is limitless! For garden farming enthusiasts, check out the Grow A Garden Calculator to optimize your crop values.

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Chloe Slease
0

Totally awesome you can build anything you want!

reginawalker1980-rw
1

I like minecraft because it has no set goal: Minecraft is a sandbox game, meaning there's no specific goal to achieve. Players can play however they want and always find something more to do.

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Mel
1
Hostess

Pretty solid game, although recent years I feel like Mojang has made some incredulous mistakes, such as the mob vote and poor update design.

kmac42
1

Great for kids to learn spatial awareness and to creatively build.

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Install from the command line

  • brew install --cask minecraft

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is Minecraft?

Minecraft is a sandbox game that revolves around using building blocks to create anything you want. At night, monsters come out; make sure to build a shelter before that happens. The game also has multiplayer capabilities.

Minecraft is also written for Wii U & 3DS (3DS build is known as "New Nintendo 3DS edition (only for New 3DS, New 3DS XL, & New 2DS XL)).

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  • Developed by

    SE flagMojang
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase ranging between $30 and $50, and / or subscription ranging between $4 and $8 per month.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.4 (34 ratings)
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    106 alternatives listed
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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
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    • Scottish Gaelic; Gaelic
    • Galician
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    • Hindi
    • Norwegian Nynorsk
    • Hungarian
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    • Indonesian
    • Igbo
    • Ido
    • Latin
    • Luxembourgish
    • Limburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
    • Lithuanian
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    • Ukrainian
    • Slovak

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Our users have written 46 comments and reviews about Minecraft, and it has gotten 1062 likes

Minecraft was added to AlternativeTo by decimic on and this page was last updated . Minecraft is sometimes referred to as MC, Minecraft: Pocket Edition, Minecraft Pocket Edition.