How to add friends in Minecraft Java (Image via Mojang Studios) Minecraft has been rising in popularity for over 15 years with millions of players worldwide.

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If you're on PC, the process to download and play Minecraft becomes slightly more complicated. For starters, you need to determine what edition of Minecraft you want to play: Bedrock or Java.