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Minetest

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  • Latest Version

    Minetest 5.15.1 LATEST

  • Review by

    Jack Taylor

  • Operating System

    Windows 8 (64-bit) / Windows 10 (64-bit) / Windows 11

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  • Author / Product

    The Minetest Team / External Link

  • Filename

    luanti-5.15.1-win64.zip

Minetest is a free and open-source alternative to the popular multiplayer sandbox simulation title Minecraft, offering users access to creative gameplay features such as exploration, resource gathering, crafting, the building of structures, and an untold amount of emerging gameplay options that can appear during free flow online gameplay.

The game mimics a wide variety of features present in the original Minecraft title, only here, players are able to enjoy the world of Minetest for free, without the restrictions placed by distant dev teams.

Like the original title, Minetest can be played in multiple gameplay modes, and can be experienced in both offline solo and online play.

Main features

It was built from the ground up by the open-source focused Minetest Team of developers who have strived to provide a robust alternative to Minecraft without compromising on any gameplay element this influential game was introduced to the market in now distant 2011.

The voxel game includes both free-flowing exploration mode, survival mode, online cooperative game, and support for truly enormous maps that are 62,000 × 62,000 × 62,000 blocks in size. The functionality and visual presentation of the game can easily be enhanced with a wide array of community-created mods (such as high-quality texture packs).

As of early 2025, Minetest features an online library of over 2400 community source mods that are focused on game elements such as UI, combat, inventory management, game economy, sounds and music, online play, weapons, armors, the introduction of new minigames, and much more.

The open-source development approach has enabled players to take direct control over all aspects of this title, with built-in support for LUA API, several map generators, and access to the full open-source database.

PROS
  • Multiplayer functionality
  • Stunning game graphics
  • Lively and vivid color palettes
  • Soothing and calming gameplay experience
CONS
  • Multiplayer interactions may result in glitches
  • Absence of animals in the game
  • Repetitive gameplay mechanics
  • Limited interactions with in-game elements
Overall

Minetest is 100% FREE and can be played on all modern versions of Windows OS. Due to its simple visual style and optimized rendering, it can easily be enjoyed even on PCs with aging components, including old laptops.

Download Minetest Latest Version
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What's new in this version:

Client / Audiovisuals:
- Fix crash when closing the game while the settings menu was open
- Formspec styling: positive borderwidths values do work now
- Formspec: Fix highlighting elements that cannot be focused
- Improved render-related error handling
- Fix OpenGL compatibility check to re-enable dynamic shadows on macOS
- Attempt to work around rendering issues related to array textures
- Due to lack of input from affected people, the root cause is yet unknown. If you were (or still are) affected by this bug, please submit a full report on GitHub, Issue 16896. Also include your hardware details and known working array_texture_max setting values.

Misc / Maintenance#:
- Skip (failing) unittest when the devtest game is missing
- Improve Phosh integration

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