Back when Minecraft was relatively new and was released on several new platforms, 4J Studios added a unique way to introduce players to the sandbox game.

Roblox and Minecraft are both immensely popular sandbox games played and appreciated by gamers all over the world. Both have almost the same blocky graphics and an identical playerbase.

To help break down these two massive games into simple language, we've compared Minecraft and Roblox so you can pick which one is right for you or your child.

Educators should take advantage of sandbox-style games' popularity and engaging nature as they explore teaching with Minecraft and Roblox.

Roblox has a big rival in Minecraft, but which one is better for gamers to play? We'll weigh in ourselves here!

Roblox boasts 79.5 million daily active users (DAUs) in Q1 2025, while Minecraft had 140 million monthly active users (MAUs) in 2023, with no updated 2025 MAU available.

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Microsoft knows that Minecraft can get kids into programming, and it's banking on that strategy again this year. It just teamed up with Code.org to introduce the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a ...