Overview

Number of Players
1 (Single Player) (8 Player Online)
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Release Date

Nintendo Switch

  • US 21st Jun 2018, $29.99
  • EU 21st Jun 2018, £19.99

Switch eShop

  • US 21st Jun 2018, $29.99
  • EU 21st Jun 2018, £19.99
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Reviews

  • Review Minecraft (Switch)

    Block Party

    Note: This review is for the 'Nintendo Switch Edition' of the game which has since been discontinued and replaced with the more recent version (simply called Minecraft). This update uses the Bedrock engine and supports crossplay and cross-purchases with other platforms. Please bear in mind that while the text below gives a good idea of...

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Minecraft Guides

  • Guide Most Addictive Nintendo Switch Games

    Just one more

    Updated with Balatro. Enjoy (responsibly)! Video games. They can transport you to other worlds, put you in someone else's shoes, and artfully illuminate and educate while engaging your grey matter with entertainment of astonishing variety. There's no end to the incredible, life-affirming experiences on offer: from thought-provoking,...

  • Guide Minecraft Live 2022: Where To Watch, What To Expect, And Everything You Need To Know

    Will archaeology come back to the future?

    Minecraft Live 2022 is almost here, and we're totally ready to have our worlds literally changed again. Our Minecraft worlds, that is. Every time there's a new update you basically have to delete your world to get all the new stuff. Sob. Ahead of the broadcast on Saturday, October 15th, there's a mob vote...

  • Guide Minecraft Live 2021: Where To Watch, What To Expect, And Everything You Need To Know

    New mobs! Updates! Jokes, probably!

    Minecraft Live 2021 is almost upon us, and this Saturday 16th October we'll get to find out what's in store for everyone's favourite block-mining video game. Over the course of the week, Jens Bergensten and Agnes Larsson, the Lead Designer and Game Director of Minecraft respectively, have been teasing some of the...

  • Guide Funky Video Game Music - Groovy Playlist

    Turn up the bass, baby

    As part of our season of celebrating video game music that we're inventively calling the Nintendo Life VGM Fest, we're making a few lists of ~moods~, because that's pretty much how we organise our Spotify playlists these days. Everyone knows that video game soundtracks are full of epic orchestrations, relaxing melodies, and...

  • Guide Best Nintendo Switch Survival Games

    Prepare to die

    Update: With Survivor in the title, roguelike monster-slaying sleep-depriving Vampire Survivors is a required text for this list. Even if it's about surviving the day with no sleep... Some people play games to relax and unwind; others play games where everything's trying to kill you, and you have to prevent them from doing so with...

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Minecraft News

About The Game

The new Minecraft is here! Featuring the latest game updates like Update Aquatic, cross-platform play and access to a multitude of content through the Minecraft Marketplace.

Players who already own Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition can download this new version free of charge from Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, or even via this website! Just click "Free download" to get started.

Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures.

Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs.