Minecraft: Java Edition release dates and platforms
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About Minecraft: Java Edition
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.
- Status
- released
- Genres
- Simulator, Adventure
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Game type
- base
Known release dates
Announced dates and provider-reported dates are labeled separately. These are release records, not a guarantee of current streaming or store availability. Estimates are excluded from this table.
| Date or window | Region | Platform or format | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2010 | worldwide | Linux | Provider reported | IGDB |
| June 30, 2010 | worldwide | Mac | Provider reported | IGDB |
| June 30, 2010 | worldwide | PC (Microsoft Windows) | Provider reported | IGDB |
| December 20, 2010 | worldwide | Linux | Provider reported | IGDB |
| December 20, 2010 | worldwide | Mac | Provider reported | IGDB |
| December 20, 2010 | worldwide | PC (Microsoft Windows) | Provider reported | IGDB |
| November 18, 2011 | worldwide | Linux | Provider reported | IGDB |
| November 18, 2011 | worldwide | Mac | Provider reported | IGDB |
| November 18, 2011 | worldwide | PC (Microsoft Windows) | Provider reported | IGDB |
Sources and freshness
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