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	1.19 and later are native with an ARM64 JDK/JRE. For 1.6.4 - 1.18.2, see #Native. Anything below 1.6.4 has severe issues due to not translating properly.
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. Xbox app is needed for logging in.
Multi-booting
Linux ARM	Perfect	Linux launcher for Minecraft Bedrock runs smoothly

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Java and Bedrock editions are included.
App Store		Mobile versions connect to Bedrock servers.

See PCGamingWiki for Windows and/or Linux availability.

Native

Using Prism Launcher, you can play any version of Minecraft natively from 1.6.4 to 1.18.2.

Assuming Homebrew is installed on your Mac, you can install Prism Launcher and openJDK 17 for versions 1.17 and later:

brew upgrade && brew install prismlauncher && brew install openjdk@17 && brew cleanup

For 1.6.4 - 1.16.5, download the Zulu 8 openJDK: https://www.azul.com/downloads/?version=java-8-lts&os=macos&architecture=arm-64-bit&package=jdk#zulu