Minecraftis officially the best-selling video game of all time, so it was really only a matter of time before the franchise started to branch out. Apparently, developer Mojang agrees because an upcoming board game based onMinecraftwas announced today calledMinecraft: Builders & Biomes,which releases Jul 12, 2025.
The news came out during MineCon, an online live stream celebration of all thingsMinecrafthosted jointly between Mojang and Microsoft. While Microsoft put a good deal of focus on another upcomingMinecrafttitle—this one an augmented reality mobile title similar toPokémon Go—calledMinecraft Earth, it did explain a few things aboutBuilders & Biomes.
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Minecraft: Builders & Biomesis a tabletop game from Ravensburger, the German company also behind hit games such asVillainousandLabyrinth.Builders & Biomeswill borrow elements from the original; according to the game’s press release, it “lets you explore the Overworld, mine rare resources, build fabulous structures, and collect weapons to defeat the mobs lurking around every corner.” Players are on a quest to score experience points for the structures they build and largest connected biomes on their player boards, which are comprised of forest, desert, mountain, or snowy tundra spaces. Once the game’s resource cube is totally depleted, the game ends, and whichever player has amassed the most points, wins.
This will be the first strategy board game inMinecraft’s more than 10-year history, and Ravensburger has stated thatBuilders & Biomeswas developed in conjunction with Mojang to bring the digital experience to life. The board game is already available for pre-order, with a set release date rapidly approaching. In the meantime, Mojang and Microsoft have also revealedcurrent plans to update the digitalMinecraft, so there’s plenty to keep busy with until then.
It seems likeMinecraftwill be playable in pretty much any form before too long, as today’s MineCon focus was mainly set onBuilders & BiomesandMinecraft Earth. Besides all that,cooperative-RPGMinecraft: Dungeonsis also in development, set to arrive in 2020, and aMinecraftmovie is even in the works with a release date in 2022.
Needless to say, fans of the rapidly evolving franchise have plenty to look forward to, all while the original game continues to draw in amassive amount of active playerseach month.
Minecraftis available to play on most platforms, whileBuilders & Biomesreleases on August 02, 2025.
