Need to know how to download Minecraft? If you’re here, you’re taking your first step in a journey that’ll lead you towards one of the most beautiful and innovative games ever created. Thankfully, we’re here to get you further along that path, with step by step guidance on how to download the sandbox game, including its different versions, from every available source.

From its beautifully ethereal soundtrack, to fighting off Creepers, and the therapeutic feeling of mining away underground, it’s easy to see how Minecraft became one of the best PC games of all time. Luckily, it’s relatively simple to buy, download, and install Minecraft through Microsoft, and you can download it for free with Game Pass, and with different versions available to buy and download, it can be hard to know where to start. We cover all of that and more in the following guide to how to download Minecraft on PC.

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