For an open-world sandbox game released over a decade ago, Minecraft has amassed an incredible number of active players.

Now that you know how to play Snapshots in Minecraft Java Edition, head back over to our Minecraft hub for even more helpful information and news.

Click Play while hovering over the snapshot to run it. And those are all of the instructions you need to access the Minecraft beta snapshots.

You can play Minecraft solo, but it's much more fun with friends. Here's how to play multiplayer in Minecraft: Java Edition.

Mojang Studios recently released Minecraft Java snapshot 25w31a, in which they introduced a brand new type of debug screen and its settings.