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Explore new gaming adventures with amazing sandbox video game!

Latest Version Minecraft
Requirements

Mac OS X 10.8 or later

Updated June 25, 2023
Author Mojang
Category Desktop Enhancements
License Trial
Language English
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Overview

Minecraft for Mac is a creative sandbox game that allows players to explore the procedurally generated colorful world, gather together and build various objects and structures using different 3D blocks. Because of its focus on simplicity, discovery, randomized environments, freedom of choice, and ability to host incredibly large creations imagined by its players, after its release on Mac in 2011 the game very quickly became not only one of the landmark titles that influenced development of many future games, but also the commercially most successful video game of all time. As of late 2019, Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for Mac has managed on Mac and other platforms to collectively be sold in over 176 million copies, surpassing even the legendary Tetris. Enjoy!

The game features a rich and expansive worlds that are rendered in a unique way – using large pixelated blocks made out of numerous materials. The players are encouraged to explore the world, gather materials, use crafting to create new objects or block types, and re-arrange the world according to their liking. After a decade on the market, the worlds made inside of Minecraft have attracted incredibly large fanbase, ranging from the young kids, to seasoned gamers, all the way to seniors who all want to discover, create and share their exploits inside this fun world, from the small huts all the way to large cities and impossible structures that tower to the skies. With the years of constant development and expansion of in-game features, modern It allows users to express their ideas in a wide variety of ways.
If you want to experience Minecraft on your macOS, be assured that this game will run on it flawlessly no matter how old Mac you have. It requires very modest system resources, making it perfect not only for home Macs but also for laptops.

Modes of Play
  • Survival – The original mode which tasks players to organize their living space and gather enough resources during the day so that they could defend themselves during the dangerous nights.
  • Creative – The most popular Minecraft mode that promotes exploration and creativity. Express yourself without limits.
  • Hardcore – Hard version of the Survival mode. You have only one life, so make it count.
  • Spectator – Fly around the world made by other players.
  • Adventure – Story mode that features narrative missions, objectives, and other tasks.

Main Features

  • Landmark creative sandbox game that broke all the sales records.
  • Explore and customize your own virtual world using building blocks.
  • Ignore restrictions of physics, create everything from small objects to cloud-reaching cities.
  • Play solo or together with friends.
  • Browser countless creations made by players all around the world.
  • Complex sandbox editor.
  • Play in one of five included modes, from solo play to multiplayer.
  • Modest system requirements.
  • Requires the presence of Java.
  • Free to try under the trial license as a 5-day limited demo.



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