Minecraft is a developed by . The game was created by in the and released as a for personal computers in 2009 before officially releasing in November 2011, with taking over development. Minecraft has since been ported to various platforms and became the , with 200 million copies sold across all platforms and 126 million as of 2020.
In Minecraft, players explore a blocky, world with infinite terrain, and may discover and extract raw materials, tools and items, and build structures or . Depending on , players can fight computer-controlled "", as well as cooperate with or compete against other players in the same world. Game modes include a , in which players must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health, and a creative mode, where players have unlimited resources. Players can to create new gameplay mechanics, items, and assets.
Minecraft has been critically acclaimed, winning several awards and being cited as one of the , being inducted into the in June 2020. Social media, parodies, adaptations, merchandise, and the annual conventions played large roles in popularizing the game. It has also been used in educational environments, especially in the realm of computing systems, as virtual computers and hardware devices have been built in it. In 2014, Mojang and the Minecraft were purchased by US$2.5 billion. A number of spin-off games have also been produced, such as , , and .
- Minecraft is a that has no specific goals to accomplish, allowing players a large amount of freedom in choosing how to play the game
- However, there is an system, known as "advancements" in the Java Edition of the game
- Gameplay is in the by default, but players have the option for third-person perspective
- The game world is composed of rough 3D objects—mainly cubes and fluids, and commonly called "blocks"—representing various materials, such as dirt, stone, ores, tree trunks, water, and lava.
