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Minecraft
Minecraft
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Publisher(s)	Mojang Studios; Xbox Game Studios; Sony Interactive Entertainment;
Designer(s)	Markus Persson; Jens Bergensten;
Artist(s)	Markus Toivonen; Jasper Boerstra;
Composer(s)	C418
Series	Minecraft
Platform(s)	Windows, macOS, Linux
Release	18 November 2011
Genre(s)	Sandbox, survival
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Minecraft is a sandbox video game first made by Markus "Notch" Persson. It was sold to Microsoft in 2014 for 2.5 billion American dollars. Over 238 million copies of the game have been sold. This makes it the best-selling video game of all time.

Minecraft
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Publisher(s)	Mojang Studios Xbox Game Studios Sony Interactive Entertainment
Designer(s)	Markus Persson Jens Bergensten
Artist(s)	Markus Toivonen Jasper Boerstra
Composer(s)	C418
Series	Minecraft
Platform(s)	Windows, macOS, Linux Android ChromeOS iOS iPadOS Xbox 360 Raspberry Pi Windows Phone PlayStation 3 Fire OS PlayStation 4 Xbox One Xbox One X Xbox One S PlayStation Vita Wii U Apple TV tvOS Nintendo Switch New Nintendo 3DS Xbox Series S Xbox Series X PlayStation 5
Release	18 November 2011 Windows, macOS, Linux ^WW 17 May 2009 Android ^WW 7 October 2011 iOS ^WW 17 November 2011 Xbox 360 ^WW 9 May 2012 Raspberry Pi ^WW 11 February 2013 PlayStation 3 ^{17 December 2013} EU Fire OS ^WW 2 April 2014 PlayStation 4 ^WW 4 September 2014 Xbox One ^WW 5 September 2014 PlayStation Vita ^{14 October 2014} EU Windows Phone ^WW 10 December 2014 Windows 10 ^WW 29 July 2015 Wii U ^WW 17 December 2015 tvOS ^WW 19 December 2016 Nintendo Switch ^{11 May 2017} PAL New Nintendo 3DS ^{13 September 2017} EU ChromeOS ^WW 8June 2023
Genre(s)	Sandbox, survival
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer