Minecraft – What’s the difference between the different versions

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My brother recently got me interested in Minecraft, and I'm having a lot of fun playing it. The thing is, I've only ever played the Beta version. After I first played it, I found a whole bunch of pictures and videos online with stuff that wasn't in the version I was playing. So I was wondering: What are the main differences between all the different versions of the game?

Best Answer

The differences are far too numerous to list here (Minecraft is still under heavy development), but the official wiki has a detailed list of the significant changes in each release.

Roughly speaking, however, the different stages of development can be described as:

  • Classic: proof of concept
  • Indev: develop into a salable product
  • Infdev: infinite world generation
  • Alpha: downloadable client and offline play
  • Beta: content and polish