The world is yours for the making

Discover Minecraft

Minecraft is a game made up of blocks, creatures, and community. Blocks can be used to reshape the world or build fantastical creations. Creatures can be battled or befriended, depending on your playstyle. Experience epic adventures solo or with friends, there’s no wrong way to play.
Unless you’re digging straight down.

Two allay mobs carrying an item in a badlands biome

Ask an allay to collect supplies to fill the chest on your boat!

Build a new home with mangrove wood!

Tall trees growing out of the water in a mangrove swamp

Have a seat beneath the mangrove trees and take in the beauty of the great outdoors!

Several frogs resting on lily pads and swimming in a mangrove swamp

Frogs and tadpoles are swimming in the Overworld’s swamps!

An ancient underground city in the deep dark

An entirely new biome lies at the bottom of the Overworld – will you venture into the deep dark?

A warden mob confronts the player in the deep dark

Evade the warden in the deep dark if you dare!

How it works

Gather Resources

Get crafty and use the surrounding environment to gather building materials—see how breaking down trees can help you create something new.

Minecraft’s Alex swings their sword at a creeper

Survive the Night

It’s always best to avoid the unpredictable by distancing yourself from wandering mobs—you never know what’ll happen if they get too close!

Minecraft’s Alex and Steve building together with stone and wooden scaffolds

Build Amazing Things

Discover all the versatile ways dust from the redstone ore can be used to enhance your creations, bring them to life, or give them some bang.

Over a dozen Minecraft mobs jumping toward the viewer

Explore Game Modes

Minecraft lets you play the way you want, whether that’s expressing your creative self or battling creepers to survive the night.

Steve and Alex stepping out of a cave with tools in hand

Survival mode

Battle mobs, construct shelter, and explore the landscape—it’s all in a day’s work when you try to survive and thrive in Survival Mode.

Alex, Steve and several Minecraft mobs on top of a hill

Creative mode

If you can dream it, you can build it! Put your imagination to work and terraform the world with limitless resources.

Play with Friends

Whether you’re surviving the night or building a work of art, you can do so in the company of friends. A shared adventure can be a great experience! Play together regardless of platform, as long as everyone is using the same version - Java Edition or Bedrock Edition.

Steve and chicken characters on a hill looking across at other characters on a grassy hill

Public

Online

Connect and play with players across the world, wherever they are.

1M+ Players
Bedrock

Play in a custom world together with other players.

Discover community-run servers, full of activities and home to thousands of players.

3 Minecraft characters around a Nether portal with chickens, a rabbit and Creeper mob

Private

Realms

Play locally or online in your own server; a persistent online world, safely stored in the cloud.

Up to 11 Players
Bedrock

Get instant access to a catalog of 150+ Marketplace content items, with new fun stuff added every month.

Create and manage your own personal server together with up to 10 friends.

Alex and goat in a boat with other characters on an island fishing and cooking by a fire

Private

Co-Op

Play couch co-op together with friends and family on your device.

4+ Players
Bedrock

Play in a custom world together with other players on a shared platform or through a LAN.

Play with friends and family on a local private server with separate devices.

Platforms + Features

Buy Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition* and get both versions of the game for the price of one. You can easily switch between games using the unified launcher and cross-play with any current edition of Minecraft, including consoles and mobile.

*Mac and Linux are compatible with Java Edition only.

Compare the key features of Minecraft Bedrock Edition and Java Edition.
	Java	Bedrock
Cross-Platform Compatibility Allows you to play with friends on different devices.	Cross-play with Windows, Mac, and Linux	Cross-play with Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and mobile
Split screen multiplayer (online multiplayer requires subscription sold separately) Playing split screen allows up to four players to play on the screen at the same time.	Not Included	Not Included
Controller/touch support Use a compatible game controller or touch screen.	Not Included	Included
Minecraft Marketplace Discover new ways to play Minecraft with unique maps, skins and texture packs. Available in-game from your favorite community creators. Purchases and Minecoins roam across Windows 10, Xbox One, Mobile, and Switch.	Not Included	Included
Downloadable Content (DLC) Use add-ons to customize your experience. Transform the look, and even change the behavior of mobs.	Not Included	Included
Mods Independent, user-made additions and changes to the game.	Included	Not Included
Official featured multiplayer servers (online multiplayer requires subscription sold separately) Public servers, partnered with Minecraft, that anyone can join, with multiplayer mini-games.	Not Included	Included
Realms Realms are servers, run by us, just for you and your friends. Invite an infinite number of friends to join your personal Realm, and play with up to 10 at a time.	Included	Included
Realms Plus Get access to 50+ marketplace packs to play locally or on your personal Realm server. Play with up to 10 players at a time who can access all of the content in your Realm – for free!	Not Included	Included
Host your own server Share your world with your friends and players around the globe. Host your own multiplayer game server. Join custom servers from mobile and PC.	Included	Included
Join player-hosted multiplayer servers Multiplayer games hosted on other player’s servers.	Included	Included
Achievements/Trophies Complete certain challenges to earn achievements or trophies. Only available in Survival mode.	Not Included	Included
LAN or Wifi Multiplayer Play with friends over LAN or WiFi.	Included	Included
Parental Controls with Xbox Live or Microsoft Accounts Xbox Live and Microsoft Accounts have age-appropriate controls and settings that you can adjust to suit your family’s needs.	Not Included	Included
Ray Tracing Advanced graphics capabilities including support for physical based rendering, realistic lighting, vibrant colors, realistic water, and more. Content available in Minecraft Marketplace. Requires a DXR capable GPU.	Not Included	Included

Expand your world

New tools, locations, and spaces are yours to explore, thanks to our regular updates. Check out the latest.

Minecraft Realms

A subscription to your own personal Minecraft server, where you can easily and safely play online with friends in shared worlds across devices.

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Minecraft Marketplace

Keep your gameplay endlessly inventive and fun with skin packs, texture packs, and more—some of which were built by our very own community members!

Explore the Marketplace

The Trails & Tales Update

Ride a camel, hatch a sniffer, and trim your armor. Write and store your books in the chiseled bookshelf, because every story matters!

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Craft Your Path

Set your sights for adventure, wander aimlessly, or seek out something new in the Wild Update! The choices are endless, and all of them yours.

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Caves & Cliffs Update

Explore bigger mountains, caves, and biomes along with an increased world height and updated terrain generation in the Caves & Cliffs Update.

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Nether Update

Welcome to the Nether. Stronger materials, scarier biomes, and snoutier mobs bring the heat to an already fiery dimension.

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Buzzy Bees

Minecraft is buzzing! Discover how bees breathe life into their surroundings, bringing speedier crop growth, homey hives, and sticky honey!

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Village & Pillage

Discover the most adventurous update yet! Defend against new threats, build with new blocks, and experience life in all-new villages.

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Update Aquatic

Take a deep breath and dive into a vibrant new world beneath the surface! Full of marine life, new mobs and colorful sea-nery, Minecraft’s oceans get their biggest update yet!

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