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'Minecraft' now has 112 million Monthly Players

Fortnite may still get the most the spotlight However, it doesn't mean that it's hurting the other phenomenon. Microsoft's Helen Chiang told Business Insider in an interview that Minecraft currently has 112 million active players every month, which is an increase of 20 million compared to figures from October 2018. This includes players across all platforms, including those who play as part of an Xbox Game Pass, but that's still no small achievement for a game that's existed in various forms for a good decade.



Chiang said it partly due to the imaginative game’s evergreen status -- players "keep returning" to it. You might fire up Fortnite or other games that are in the spotlight, but there's a real possibility that you'll be back to building homes and tunnels in Minecraft after that.



Other factors are also likely to be crucial. In addition to its ubiquity across platforms, Minecraft's unwieldy graphics and basic mechanics make it easy to play on modestly-equipped devices such as a budget PC or a smartphone. MCNAMES You can spend a modest amount on hardware , and still get a quality experience.



Microsoft's goal is to keep the game relevant. The augmented reality of Minecraft Earth helps, as do ray-tracing and other efforts to improve the appearance. However, it's unclear whether this is enough. Roblox recently hit 100 million monthly users, and Fortnite may be on the verge of that (it has reported 78.3million players in August 2018). It's possible for other games to be able to capture the cultural zeitgeist.


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