Minecraft

Minecraft

Developers
	Mojang
Engines
	LWJGL
Release dates
	November 18, 2011
macOS	November 18, 2011
	November 18, 2011
iOS	August 16, 2011
iPadOS	August 16, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	93
IGDB	84
Resources
	PCGamingWiki
	Codeweavers
	WineHQ

macOS Compatibility

Method	Rating	Notes
Native	Perfect	Java version can be compiled for native ARM, see #Native.
Rosetta 2	Perfect	Java version runs well via Rosetta 2.
iOS/iPadOS App	Perfect	Mobile (Bedrock) can be sideloaded.
Compatibility layer
CrossOver	Unplayable	Minecraft Bedrock is a Windows Store App, so it can't run through Crossover.
Wine	Unknown
Virtualization
Parallels	Perfect	Bedrock version playable after using latest Windows Insider Preview build of Windows 10 ARM.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Choice of Java or Bedrock Edition.
App Store		Mobile versions connect to Bedrock servers.

See PCGamingWiki for Windows and/or Linux availability.

Native

Project	URL	Description
M1Craft	https://github.com/ezfe/m1craft	Automatic launching with minimal configuration. Doesn't support Optifine.
ManyMC	https://github.com/MinecraftMachina/ManyMC	Fork of MultiMC that allows you to manually setup Apple Silicon
Lunar Client	https://www.lunarclient.com
Optifine in MultiMC	https://github.com/mhossein1384/MC-Optifine-1.18

Use m1-multimc-hack wrapperor Lunar Client. And for Optifine in multimc try MC-Optifine-1.18.