Download

When you have bought the game, you can download the stand-alone launcher for Minecraft here. It will automatically update the game files with the latest version. You'll be able to play the game without an Internet connection if you've been online at least once.

Minecraft for Windows 10/11

Download MinecraftInstaller.exe (32.2 MB). Place it anywhere you want, then run it.

Minecraft for Windows 8.1/8/7

Download MinecraftInstaller.exe (2,216 KB). Place it anywhere you want, then run it.

Minecraft for Mac OS X

Download Minecraft.dmg (1,815 KB). Unpack and place Minecraft in your /Applications folder.

Minecraft for Pi

Download minecraft-pi-0.1.1.tar.gz (1,423 KB). Click the icon for LXTerminal to open a new terminal window. Use the following commands below:
\cd [download folder location] \tar -zxvf minecraft-pi-0.1.1.tar.gz
\cd mcpi
\./minecraft-pi

Minecraft for Windows Vista and below / Other PC OS'

Download olauncher.jar (4.83 MB). This launcher is a restored version of the legacy launcher with Microsoft account support and many other things. The jar is executable and might work as-is. If you run into memory issues, try launching it with java -Xmx1024M -Xms512M -cp minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame.

Minecraft for Video Game Consoles

Check out the console store of the console you're on to see if we sell Minecraft there.

Minecraft for Mobile / ChromeOS

Check out the App Store and Play Stores respectively to find Minecraft.

Minecraft for Oculus / Windows Mixed Reality

Check out the Microsoft Store!.

Minecraft for Other Devices

Minecraft won't run on your Atari or whatnot. Sorry!

Multiplayer Server

server.jar (45.6 MB) Run the jar with the following command: java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.1.20.1.jar nogui