Game details

Minecraft

Release: December 19, 2016
Status: Released
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, Gear VR, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Developer: Mojang Studios
Publisher: Mojang Studios
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively multiplayer online (MMO)

About the game

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining for ore, fighting hostile mobs, and crafting new blocks and tools by gathering various resources found in the game. The game's open-ended model allows players to create structures, creations, and artwork on various multiplayer servers or their single-player maps. Other features include redstone circuits for logic computations and remote actions, minecarts and tracks, and a mysterious underworld called the Nether. A designated but completely optional goal of the game is to travel to a dimension called the End, and defeat the ender dragon.