Minecraft
Mojang Studios · Microsoft · 2011 · Sandbox survival
Did the studio keep supporting this game after launch? This page is the evidence.Fifteen years of free updates on the best-selling game ever made — steady, honest stewardship with one unreversed misstep.
01Score breakdown
Five categories, 20 points each, 100 total. Full method on the methodology page.
02The evidence
Minecraft's full release on November 18, 2011 was smooth — the game was already a phenomenon — and Mojang has shipped free updates ever since: yearly overhauls through 2023, then the faster game-drops cadence from 2024 (Armored Paws through 2026's drops). The studio retired the divisive mob vote after a 300,000-signature petition, keeps two editions plus new platforms current, and has never paywalled gameplay in fifteen years. The one unreversed misstep is the 2022 chat-reporting system, kept despite the #SaveMinecraft backlash.
- Fifteen years of free updates across Java and Bedrock — from yearly overhauls to the 2024 game-drops cadence — with no gameplay ever paywalled.
- Mojang retired the mob vote in 2024 after a 300,000-signature player petition and brought back the losing copper golem a year later.
- Platform support never stopped: native PS5 in 2024, the Vibrant Visuals graphics overhaul in 2025, and new hardware (Switch 2) still being added.
- The minuses: the 1.19.1 chat-reporting system stayed despite the #SaveMinecraft backlash, and Java/Bedrock parity gaps (like Vibrant Visuals) linger.
03Sources
04Audit record
- Launch date
- Nov 18, 2011
- Evidence coverage through
- Oct 4, 2026
- Methodology
- v1.0
- Audit confidence
- Medium
- Why this confidence
- Fifteen years of changelogs and press cover the update record, but Java/Bedrock parity specifics and 2026 drop details rely on wiki aggregation and press rather than first-party confirmation.
- Score band
- Excellent (Tier A)