Support for Minecraft Dungeons ends as game hits 25 million players

Following the overwhelming success of Minecraft, we have seen the team at Mojang expand the IP outwards into other gaming genres. One such project was Minecraft Dungeons – a dungeon-crawling spin-off which released back in 2020. As the game sees its post-launch support ending, the team are celebrating Minecraft Dungeons’ more than 25 million players.

In a blog post published to their website, the team at Mojang announced that Minecraft Dungeons has surpassed 25 million players, saying: “Today, on the day of Minecraft Dungeons announcement five years ago, we’re proud to share that our little game has hit a milestone and passed 25 million unique players!”

Unfortunately, with the announcement of this milestone comes the revelation that Minecraft Dungeons’ post-launch support is ending, with the team at Mojang saying:

“However, every journey has an end. As 1.17 was Minecraft Dungeons’ final update, our team has now moved on to new projects that continue to explore experiences in the Minecraft universe. This means that there are no new features or content updates planned for the game. We do intend to continue bringing new experiences to the Minecraft universe and give our team the freedom to keep exploring the types of games they're passionate about – just as they did with Dungeons!”

Earlier this year we saw the release of Minecraft Legends – another spin-off which instead tackled the RTS genre. It is interesting to see the many different experiences that Mojang have been able to mould Minecraft into. It’ll be curious to see what they are working on next.

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