Years after his creation and studio Mojang to Microsoft for an impressive $2.5 billion, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson has, in his words, “basically announced minecraft 2.”
The casual announcement came via X after Markus posted a poll asking fans what they would like him to work on. The options included carrying on working on a “traditional roguelike” with “tile-based first-person” gameplay, or whether he should ditch that idea in favour of a Minecraft successor.
I basically announced minecraft 2.
I thought that maybe people ACTUALLY do want me to make another game that’s super similar to the first one, and I’m loving working on games again.
I don’t super duper care exactly which game I make first (or even if I make more), but I do know…
— notch (@notch) January 3, 2025
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Replying to a fan after the poll was done, Notch provided a lengthy tweet revealing that a spiritual follow-up to Minecraft is in the works.
“I basically announced minecraft 2,” Notch told the user. “I thought that maybe people ACTUALLY do want me to make another game that’s super similar to the first one, and I’m loving working on games again.”
“I don’t super duper care exactly which game I make first (or even if I make more), but I do know I’m making one, so I figured I’d absolutely be willing to give it an honest shot in the form of a spiritual successor to minecraft and put up a poll about it.”
Notch goes on to say we wants to be “clear and honest about it” because spiritual successors “are usually kind of…you know…washed up.” Notch admits that he’s a bit afraid his new game will end up being exactly that.
Notch, of course, hasn’t released a game since he sold Mojang to Microsoft over a decade ago, despite creating a new studio. That sale is also the reason the new game cannot be called Minecraft 2.
While the new game will essentially be Minecraft 2, Notch does make i very clear that he won’t be stepping on Mojang’s toes: “so I also intend to do this in a way that in no way tried to sneakily infringe on the incredible work the Mojang team is doing and that Microsoft is successfully doing the microsoft shittification about.”