Millions of players worldwide take pleasure in playing Minecraft Java Edition, the original version of the game.

Minecraft snapshots are ways to play experimental versions of the game. These are most often released ahead of major updates.

If you want to download and use Minecraft on your Windows computer for free, check out the three methods mentioned in this post.

You'll need a Microsoft account to download Minecraft but that's no sweat to do. Choosing between the two versions, Java and ...