Minecraft
Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items. Play involves exploring the world to find resources and good locations to build. Some of the best aspects of the game are less well known; along with the traversal, building and survival play, children can use complex ‘Redstone’ circuitry to automate their creations and make interactive spaces and machines.
CONTENT RATING
Fear,
Violence
PLATFORMS
POSITIVE GAMEPLAY
PLAY STYLE
There are two primary game modes: Creative and Survival. In Creative mode, you can freely fly about the world and place unlimited blocks without having to gather them, allowing for endless creativity and experimentation. In Survival, you need to explore on foot (initially) gathering resources, making tools, and crafting the blocks you want to use while fighting off monsters and managing your health and hunger.
The game is constantly evolving, with updates adding new blocks, enemies, capabilities, characters and interactions. It's one of the most popular and successful games of all time, selling over 200 million copies, owing this success to its adaptability and approachability, letting you start small and then increase the scope and scale your creations and ambitions as you gain confidence.
GAMEPLAY TRAILER
Good to know
Insights to ensure your child's gaming experience remains safe and enjoyable
Improve learning
Creative games can be very educational. They can help kids solve problems, think creatively and use critical thinking while sparking imagination, which are skills that can support learning in other areas.
Manage Online Interactions
Many creative games offer online multiplayer modes or user-generated content sharing. Be aware of potential risks associated with online interactions, including cyberbullying and inappropriate content. Set clear rules, talk about positive online communication and use available parental controls to manage who kids can talk to.
Manage in-game purchase
Some creative games offer in-game purchases for skins, costumes, or virtual items. Use console or in-game parental controls to set spending limits or disable spending features if you want to control expenses.
Skill level
Suggested by Family Gaming Database
In creative mode, very young children can enjoy exploring the world. Parents can play with children to help them build things and find their way around. As children grow older the way they play evolves. At the higher end of the age range are competitive games like Bed Wars that older teenagers still enjoy. Part of this is returning to the sentimental experience they remember when they were young.
Content rating
Rated PEGI 7 for Fear and Violence. The game's player character can encounter pixelated spiders, skeletons and zombies in a dark environment, which they can fight. They fall down and disappear in an unrealistic manner. Characters are pixelated and blocky with non-detailed faces.
Accessibility
There are 49 accessibility features for
Minecraft
Data by Family Gaming Database
Game details
Platforms
PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 2DS|3DS, iOS, Nintendo Wii U, Xbox One, Android, PC, Amazon Fire, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5
Release date
September 20, 2017, updated in 2024
No. of players
You can play with 1 to 4 players in the same room or as a 8-player online game.
Genre
Adventure | Creative
In-game purchases
Yes
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