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William D'Angelo
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Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time, has reached a new milestone of 350 million units sold as of April 2025. This is according to a report in the Guinness Book of Records. website.
This figure has increased from 300 million units sold as of October 2023 and 238 million units sold as of April 2021.
“The best-selling video game of all time is a true sandbox blockbuster. Mining craft (Mojang, 2011),” the post reads. “Led by the now iconic blue-shirted skin named Steve, this seemingly simple blockbuster has sold over 350 million units, developer Mojang confirmed in an official announcement. Minecraft Yearbook 2026registered April 2025.
“Mining craft began life as a free alpha version in May 2009 and then officially released version 1.0 in 2011. On October 15, 2023, it surpassed 300 million in sales, becoming the first video game to do so.”
Mining craft was first publicly released in May 2009, and the full version was released in November 2011. The game was released on almost all major platforms, including PC, iOS and Android in 2011, Xbox 360 in 2012, PlayStation 3 in 2013, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation Vita in 2014, Wii U in 2015, Nintendo Switch in May 2017, New Nintendo. 3DS in September 2017, PlayStation 5 in October 2024 and Xbox Series X|S in June 2025.
Eternal and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced by VGChartz in 2007. After several years of supporting the site, he was hired as a junior analyst in 2010, worked his way up to lead analyst in 2012, and took over equipment evaluation in 2017. He expanded his involvement in the gaming community by creating content himself. YouTube channel And Twitch channel. You can subscribe to the author on bluesky.
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