About the game
Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs.
CREATE
Build whatever you can imagine in your own infinite world that’s unique in every playthrough.
EXPLORE
Discover biomes, resources and mobs, and craft your way through a world filled with surprises in the ultimate sandbox game.
SURVIVE
Experience unforgettable adventures as you face mysterious foes, traverse exciting landscapes, and travel to perilous dimensions.
PLAY TOGETHER
Have a blast with friends, whether you’re sitting on the same couch in split screen or miles apart in cross-platform play for console, mobile and PC. Connect with millions of players on community servers or subscribe to Realms Plus to play with up to 10 friends on your own private server.
VIBRANT VISUALS
Vibrant Visuals is Minecraft’s biggest official visual enhancement – delivering a dazzling cosmetic upgrade with a new modern graphics pipeline and an array of visual improvements. Sunrises are more vivid, water reflects, forests become shaded, and more!
EXPERIENCE MORE
Get creator-made add-ons, thrilling worlds, and stylish cosmetics on Minecraft Marketplace. Subscribe to Marketplace Pass (or Realms Plus) to access 150+ worlds, skin & textures packs, and more – refreshed monthly.
To switch to Vibrant Visuals on Xbox One and Xbox One S, players need to select "Vibrant Visuals" in the Video menu using the Graphics Mode drop-down. Performance may degrade for these consoles.
Marketplace Add-Ons, Skins, and Persona items will work with Vibrant Visuals, however, Worlds and Texture Packs are not compatible with the new mode at this time.
Splitscreen multiplayer is not supported with Vibrant Visuals and the game will switch to Fancy or Simple rendering if multiple players are joined locally.
Description from the publisher’s Microsoft Store listing.
What you actually do
AI-assisted summaryMinecraft is a sandbox built from blocks. You explore a world that generates as you travel, gathering materials, crafting tools, weapons, and armor, and placing blocks to make anything from a small shelter to a large castle. Creative mode gives unlimited resources; survival mode means mining, crafting, and defending yourself from hostile creatures that appear at night or in dark caves. A day-night cycle lasts twenty real minutes. You can also trade with villagers, use redstone for simple machines, and play with friends locally or across platforms.
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Trailer
Official trailer · Minecraft on YouTube · Watch on YouTube ↗Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.
Screenshots
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