Although Minecraft fans have various means to play Java Edition for free, including the game's demo as well as Minecraft Classic, these options are limited.

Minecraft's Spectator Mode is unlike any of its other primary gameplay modes. Originally introduced in Java Edition 1.

Another spin-off game which focuses on a different genre, Minecraft Legends is a real-time action strategy game. Your aim is ...

Hardcore mode (which makes it so you can’t respawn when you die) and Spectator mode (which lets you fly around and view the world) are both only available in the Java Edition of Minecraft.

There are many choices of what version of Minecraft to get - the free version, the Java versions and the Bedrock edition. But what makes them different?