Minecraft

While you may now find more kids playing Minecraft on Xbox or tablet, it’s unequivocally a PC game first and foremost. Originally released in 2009 as a Java game, the block-building open world has gone on to become one of the most successful games of all time. Now owned by Microsoft, but still in the hands of Mojang Studio, it’s sold over 238 million copies, and is a name known by anyone with consciousness.

More importantly, it still remains an absolutely superb game, and it’s always best experienced with a mouse and keyboard. Despite being reworked for controllers and touchscreens, its crafting and exploring is always better on PC. Let alone the astonishing projects that people spend years creating, like, you know, the entire universe

With the 1.20 update due in 2023, the game is still always growing and expanding, and yet remains just as accessible to a new player just wanting to wander around, dig, build, and essentially do whatever they like in one of the most creative worlds in gaming.

A Good Match For: People who just want absolute freedom to wander, create, or team up with friends to build a super-computer.

Not A Good Match For: People who want to pursue a storyline.

Read our review from way back in 2011, and ongoing coverage

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