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After almost 12 years, Minecraft reaches a new milestone

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The hit once created by Notch has now claimed a number for itself that very few games reach. And Mojang reveals exciting numbers

What Minecraft has managed to do in the meantime is truly granted to few games. The hit game, which was released in 2011, had long since passed the 100 million mark. And by 2023, some 12 years after its release by Mojang, the creative game has sold so many copies that competition on this scale is hard to find. Even GTA 5 can’t keep up, with around 200 million units sold.

300,000,000 units sold: That’s a lot of zeros, a three with as many as eight behind it. 300 million copies have now been sold of Minecraft, according to Mojang.

The latest Minecraft live show told us that and more:

A typical Minecraft tag

Aside from the milestone reached, some exciting numbers were also shown that hint at how many players are playing the title on a daily basis and what they are doing in those thousands of hours in the brick world. For example, on an average day between September and October 2023, players accomplished the following:

  • 915 kilometers traveled on pigs.
  • 15 million skeletons
  • 8.8 million pick axes made
  • 400,000 wolves tamed
  • 6.7 million diamonds discovered
  • 700,000 cakes baked

Update on monster vote and petition

And by the way, if you want to know what happened to the vote that the community is petitioning against, we’ll tell you: Armadillo is the winner of the voting and will be implemented in Minecraft.

More and more: Meanwhile (have signed the online document) to stop the voting, about half a million people. For more details feel free to check out the article linked above around the issue.

 If you want to experience the world, monsters and characters from Minecraft in a completely different setting for a change, he or she should not miss Minecraft Legends. It is even part of the Game Pass and so relatively cheap to try out.

Do you also belong to the 300 million? Or have you not yet bought Minecraft for any device, account or otherwise? And to the likely majority of GameStar readers: What’s your favorite Minecraft memory? Do you still play it, or maybe even with your kids now? Feel free to write us your greatest stories in the comments!

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