Minecraft (franchise)

Minecraft franchise logo.

Minecraft key art.

Minecraft as a franchise refers to the many appearances of Minecraft characters or references through official games and media released by Mojang Studios.

Games

Minecraft

Minecraft is a 3D sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. It was fully released on November 18, 2011. It overtook Tetris around the year 2017 with over 300 million copies and being sold to Microsoft for $2.4 billion (£2 billion in the UK). This is to be expanded on.

Minecraft Reality

Minecraft Reality - augmented reality game developed by 13thLab, based on Minecraft released in November 25, 2012 and was discontinued for unknown reasons. It also became the predecessor of Minecraft Earth.

Minecraft: Story Mode

Minecraft: Story Mode was an episodic point-and-click narrative-driven graphic adventure video game based on the sandbox video game Minecraft, released in October 2015 across multiple platforms with a Microsoft Store (Windows) release on December 16, 2015, a Wii U release on January 21, 2016, a tvOS release on August 24, 2016, a Nintendo Switch release on August 22, 2017, and a Netflix release on November 27, 2018. The game was developed by Mojang Studios, the developer of Minecraft, in collaboration with Telltale Games. Music for the game was composed by Anadel, an atmospheric folk band based in California. The game follows the episodic format that Telltale Games has used for its previous titles, where player choices and actions have significant effects on later story elements. The game is discontinued as of June 25, 2019, due to the closure of Telltale Games on October 11, 2018.

Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two

Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two was an episodic point-and-click narrative-driven graphic adventure video game based on the sandbox video game Minecraft, released in July 2017 across multiple platforms, with a Nintendo Switch release on November 6, 2018. The game was developed by Mojang Studios, the developer of Minecraft, in collaboration with Telltale Games. Music for the game was composed by Anadel, an atmospheric folk band based in California. The game follows the episodic format that Telltale has used for its previous titles, where player choices and actions have significant effects on later story elements. The game is discontinued as of June 25, 2019, due to the closure of Telltale Games on October 11, 2018.

Minecraft Earth

Minecraft Earth was a free-to-play augmented reality mobile game for iOS, iPadOS, and Android, based around building structures and collecting materials by traveling to real-life locations. Released worldwide on December 11, 2019 after a months-long closed beta, Minecraft Earth was discontinued on June 30, 2021, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a factor.

Minecraft Dungeons

Minecraft Dungeons is an action-adventure role-playing game developed by Mojang Studios, Xbox Game Studios and Double Eleven. It was released on May 26, 2020, for Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4, September 15, 2020, for Xbox Cloud Gaming, on November 10, 2020, for the Xbox Series X|S, and on September 22, 2021, for Steam for Windows.

Minecraft Dungeons Arcade

Minecraft Dungeons Arcade is an arcade adaptation of Minecraft Dungeons developed by Mojang Studios and Play Mechanix. It was released in the third quarter of 2021.

Minecraft Legends

Minecraft Legends is a real-time action strategy game developed by Mojang Studios, Xbox Game Studios, and Blackbird Interactive. It was released on April 18, 2023.

Minecraft Hour of Code

The Minecraft Hour of Code web page lists 4 Minecraft games:

• Minecraft Adventurer
• Minecraft Designer
• Minecraft Hero's Journey
• Minecraft Voyage Aquatic

These all came from Minecraft Education (former name Minecraft Education Edition). (Copyrighted by Code.org and Microsoft).

Oreo x A Minecraft Movie Experience

Oreo x A Minecraft Movie Experience - an online region-locked to United Kingdom augmented reality (AR) game developed as a result of the Oreo x A Minecraft Movie collaboration, in which the player is given the opportunity to walk around Steve's Secret Stash and interact with objects in it.

Media

Films

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang is a 2012 documentary created by 2 Player Productions about the history and development of Mojang Studios. It was directed by Paul Owens and produced by Paul Levering, Peter De Bourcier and Burnie Burns, with additional funding given through a Kickstarter campaign. The movie was announced on February 21, 2011, was streamed on Xbox Live on December 22, 2012, and publicly released on other platforms, including The Pirate Bay, the next day.

A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie is a 2025 action-adventure live-action/CGI hybrid film based on the video game Minecraft. It was directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta, based on a story by Allison Schroeder, Bowman, and Palmer, and was released on April 4, 2025 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Series

Minecraft Mini-Series

The Minecraft Mini-Series is an action/adventure animated web series based on Mojang Studios's Minecraft. The series is produced by Mojang Studios and Xbox Game Studios in collaboration with Atomic Cartoons and Mattel Creations, with Christopher Keenan serving as executive producer, and premiered on October 26, 2017, on the Mattel Action YouTube channel, with the final episode being released on May 10, 2018.

Minecraft Animated Series

Minecraft Animated Series - an upcoming Minecraft series Netflix being created that according to the creators will tell an original story with new characters and reflect the world of Minecraft in a new light”.

Novels

The Minecraft Official Novels are a series of novels for Minecraft. The novels are written by various authors.

Children's books

Minecraft: Woodsword Chronicles

Minecraft: Woodsword Chronicles is a series of children's books written by Nick Eliopulos and illustrated by Luke Flowers, Alan Batson, and Chris Hill.

Minecraft: Stonesword Saga

Minecraft: Stonesword Saga is a series of children's books written by Nick Eliopulos and illustrated by Alan Batson and Chris Hill.

Minecraft: Ironsword Academy

Minecraft: Ironsword Academy is an ongoing series of children's books written by Caleb Zane Huett and illustrated by Alan Batson and Chris Hill.

Step into Reading series

Minecraft is a series of children's books written by Nick Eliopulos and illustrated by Alan Batson.

Mobs of Minecraft

Mobs of Minecraft is a series of children's books written by Christy Webster and illustrated by Alan Batson.

Board games

Minecraft: Builders & Biomes

Minecraft: Builders & Biomes is a board game published by Mojang Studios and Ravensburger. In the game, players explore the Overworld and build structures while defeating hostile mobs, with the goal being to score as many experience points as possible. Players are also allowed to collect blocks and weapons.

Minecraft: Heroes of the Village

Minecraft: Heroes of the Village is a board game published by Mojang Studios and Ravensburger. In the game, players work together to defend a village from an illager raid by constructing buildings in the village. Players are also able to collect blocks and fight mobs.

Minecraft: Portal Dash

Minecraft: Portal Dash is a board game published by Mojang Studios and Ravensburger. In the game, the player(s) attempt(s) to get to a nether portal to escape from the Nether. Players may also fight hostile mobs.

Other

Dark Horse Comics series

Minecraft is a graphic novel series based on the video game of the same name, published by Dark Horse Comics in partnership with Mojang Studios.

Minecraft Card Game

The Minecraft Card Game is a card game published by Mojang Studios and Mattel Games. In the game, players "mine" resource cards so they can be used to "craft" craft cards, which in turn can be used to craft tools to collect points.

Merchandise

Various official merchandise for Minecraft has been released, including merchandise collaborations with brands such as LEGO, Youtooz, and Hot Wheels.

See also

• Character
• Minecraft in popular culture

External links

• minecraft.net