Content Rating

Rated PEGI 7 and contains mild fantasy violence and scary content. The game's player character can encounter pixelated spiders, skeletons and zombies in a dark environment, which they can fight. They fall down and disappear in an unrealistic manner. Characters are pixelated and blocky with non-detailed faces.
 
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.

Skill Level

6+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it’s important for parents and guardians to ensure they understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up. In creative mode, very young children can enjoy exploring the world. Parents can play with children to help them build things and find their way around. As children grow older the way they play evolves. At the higher end of the age range are competitive games like Bed Wars that older teenagers still enjoy. Part of this is returning to the sentimental experience they remember when they were young.

Our Game Pathways reveal how 9 - 24 year-olds play this game:

• 9-year-old: The Call Of Uninhabited Spaces
• 24-year-old: Building an Educational Community

Account Rating

• You need PlayStation Plus to play online with PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita.
• You need be 18-years-old to to subscribe to Xbox Live Gold for online play, but can then configure family accounts for younger players to play online with Xbox One.
• You need be 18-years-old to subscribe to Nintendo Online, but can then create accounts for children of any age to play online with Nintendo Switch.
• You need be 18-years-old to subscribe to PlayStation Plus for online play, but can create sub-accounts for younger players of 7-years or older to play online with PlayStation 4.

Minecraft

	Xbox One	£16.74	–	Free Xbox Game Pass
	PS4	£12.99	–	–
	Switch	£19.99	–	–
	Mac	-
	PC	-

Minecraft Master Collection

Xbox One

£39.99

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Minecraft Starter Collection

	Xbox One	£24.99	–	–
	PS4	£20.98	–	–

Minecraft: Deluxe Collection

	Xbox One	£24.99	–	Free Xbox Game Pass
	PS4	£24.99	–	–

Minecraft: Wii U Edition

Wii U

£19.99

Unavailable On Digital Store

• In-Game Loot Boxes: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. These include in-game purchases of random items (known as 'loot boxes') that offer a chance of getting rare/higher-value items although common/lower-value items are more frequent.
• You need a subscription to play online:
  • You need Xbox Live Gold to play online with Xbox 360.
  • You need to purchase a Nintendo Online subscription to play online with Nintendo Switch.
  • You need to purchase a PlayStation Plus subscription to play online with PlayStation 4.
  • You need to purchase a Xbox Live Gold subscription to play online with Xbox One.