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MinecraftKey artDeveloper(s)Mojang Studios[a]Publisher(s)

• Mojang Studios[b]
• Xbox Game Studios[c]
• Sony Interactive Entertainment[d]

Designer(s)

• Markus Persson[e]
• Jens Bergensten[f]

Artist(s)

• Markus Toivonen
• Jasper Boerstra

Composer(s)C418[g]SeriesMinecraftPlatform(s) Windows, macOS, Linux

• Android
• ChromeOS
• iOS
• iPadOS
• Xbox 360
• Raspberry Pi
• Windows Phone
• PlayStation 3
• Fire OS
• PlayStation 4
• Xbox One
• Xbox One X
• Xbox One S
• PlayStation Vita
• Wii U
• Apple TV
• tvOS
• Nintendo Switch
• New Nintendo 3DS
• Xbox Series S
• Xbox Series X
• PlayStation 5

Release 18 November 2011[h]

• Windows, macOS, Linux
• • WW: 18 November 2011[4]
• Android
• • WW: 7 October 2011[5]
• iOS
• • WW: 17 November 2011[6]
• Xbox 360
• • WW: 9 May 2012[7]
• Raspberry Pi
• • WW: 11 February 2013[8]
• PlayStation 3
• • NA: 17 December 2013
  • EU: 18 December 2013
• Fire OS
• • WW: 2 April 2014[9]
• PlayStation 4
• • WW: 4 September 2014[10]
• Xbox One
• • WW: 5 September 2014[11]
• PlayStation Vita
• • NA: 14 October 2014[12]
  • EU: 15 October 2014
• Windows Phone
• • WW: 10 December 2014[13]
• Windows 10
• • WW: 29 July 2015[14]
• Wii U
• • WW: 17 December 2015[15]
• tvOS
• • WW: 19 December 2016[16]
• Nintendo Switch
• • NA: 11 May 2017
  • PAL: 12 May 2017
• New Nintendo 3DS
• • WW: 13 September 2017[17]
  • EU: 20 September 2018
• ChromeOS
• • WW: 8 June 2023
• PlayStation 5
• • WW: 22 October 2024
• Xbox Series X and S
• • WW: 18 June 2025

Genre(s)Sandbox, survivalMode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Minecraft is a 2011 sandbox game made and published by Mojang Studios. More than 350 million copies of the game have been sold as of 2025. This makes it the best-selling video game of all time. It has been ported to multiple other platforms, including mobile devices and other video game consoles.

In Minecraft, players explore an open world filled with many 3D items. All of these items are made of cubes called "blocks," and all blocks can be placed down and most items can be used. These include basic terrain and resources such as dirt, stone, wood, and sand. There are also items the player can use, such as crafting tables, furnaces, blast furnaces, looms, and stonecutters among others. Players can use these to make new items such as tools and armor, as well as different kinds of blocks.[18] Players can then build structures using these blocks, such as buildings, statues, pixel art, and more.

Originally made by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language, it started being made over the span of two years, from 17 May 2009 to 18 November 2011. Later, Jens "Jeb" Bergensten had control over the game and continuing development following its full release in 2011. In 2014, Minecraft was then purchased by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion. Minecraft has three main versions: Java Edition, Bedrock Edition, and Education Edition. Java Edition is the first version of Minecraft made, but Bedrock Edition is now used more due to it being multi-platform. Bedrock Edition and Education Edition are written in C++, and Java Edition is written in Java. And Legacy Console was for consoles like for the PlayStation or for the Xbox 360.

Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 350 million copies sold and 140 million monthly players. And received very positive reviews. Minecraft has a large community. It has a lot of user-generated content (things made by players) like mods, servers, skins, resource packs, and custom maps, which add new gameplay features and game modes to the base game. And the "Minecraft franchise" includes multiple spin-off games and a movie.