Minetest Game

Minetest Game (abbreviated MTG) is a simple and peaceful sandbox game, with no real goals or built-in enemy mobs.

While it provides a basic gameplay experience out of the box, it is best played with mods.

Minetest Game is in perpetual maintenance-only mode, meaning it will not see new gameplay features or anything else that breaks compatibility (see #2710).

Installation

ContentDB

Content > Browse Online Content
Search for "Minetest Game"
Click Install

Manually

Unzip the archive, rename the folder to minetest_game and place it in .../minetest/games/
GNU/Linux: If you use a system-wide installation place it in ~/.minetest/games/.

The Minetest engine can be found at GitHub.

For further information or help, see: Installing Mods.

Compatibility

As of January 2024 Minetest Game follows a rolling release model with new changes being automatically published on ContentDB every day.

There are no stable releases or tags, all existing ones are considered legacy.

Minetest Game is always compatible to the latest stable release of the engine. Older releases may be supported too depending on circumstances.

Licensing