Mineplay.io is a free browser-based version of Minecraft. It runs on Eaglercraft, a port of the game that works entirely inside your web browser. No downloads, no account, no installation – you load the page and you play.

Yes. No trial, no paywall, no premium tier. The whole game, including multiplayer, is free to use.

No. Pick a username in-game and you're in. We don't collect emails, we don't ask for passwords, and there's nothing to sign up for.

No. Mineplay.io runs Eaglercraft, which is a separate fan-made port that recreates the Minecraft experience in a web browser. It's not made by or affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft, and you won't find official Java or Bedrock servers through it. What you get is Minecraft-style gameplay – blocks, crafting, survival, multiplayer – running in places where regular Minecraft can't.

Pretty much anything with a modern browser. Windows PCs, MacBooks, Chromebooks, Linux laptops, iPhones, iPads, Android phones, Android tablets. If your device opened this page, it can run the game.

Yes. Chromebooks are the most common device our players use. No special setup required – the standard browser on any school or personal Chromebook handles it.

Yes. Touch controls auto-enable on mobile. For best performance, use Chrome on Android or Safari on iOS, and rotate to landscape.

Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave – all work. Chrome and Edge tend to give the best framerate because of how they handle the rendering pipeline, but the difference is small on most devices.

In most cases, yes. Mineplay.io doesn't require any installed software, uses standard web traffic, and runs entirely in the browser – which means there's nothing for most school content filters to flag at the application level. Network-level blocks can vary school to school, though.

We can't recommend ways around your school's network policy – that's between you and your IT department. What we can say is that we keep the site accessible as consistently as possible. Bookmark the homepage so you always land on the working URL.

IT departments see network traffic, so yes, technically they can see that you loaded mineplay.io, the same way they could see any other site. Whether that matters depends on your school's policy. Use your judgment.

That's a question for your school, not us. What we can tell you is that the game is built to load and play quickly – so if you do have a free window, you're not wasting it waiting for a download.

Yes. Singleplayer worlds save to your browser's local storage as you play. Close the tab, come back tomorrow, your world is still there – as long as you're on the same device and haven't cleared your browser data.

Any singleplayer worlds saved in local storage get wiped. This is why we recommend exporting important worlds from the in-game menu. Exported worlds are downloaded as files you can re-import later.

Yes. Export the world from the in-game menu, transfer the file (email it to yourself, drop it in Google Drive, whatever works), then import it on the new device.

Not directly. Eaglercraft uses its own world format, so Java-edition world files aren't compatible. If you want to recreate a Java build, you'll need to rebuild it in an Eaglercraft world.

Three ways: All of you join the same public server from the in-game server browser One person hosts a session and shares the link – the others join through that link If one of you runs an Eaglercraft-compatible server, everyone joins by pasting the server address

No. Those servers run on the official Minecraft protocol, and Eaglercraft uses a different one. You can only join Eaglercraft-compatible servers. There are plenty of them in the in-game browser.

Not built into Mineplay.io. Use Discord or whatever voice app you and your friends already use.

Yes. There's no download, no installer, and nothing runs outside your browser. We don't collect personal information – no email, no account, nothing. The game runs client-side, which means your device is doing the work and we're not sitting on a pile of your data.

We use basic analytics to understand how the site is used (page loads, rough traffic patterns) – the same kind of thing almost every website uses. We don't link that to personal identities because we don't have any. There's no signup, so there's nothing to collect.

No. The game runs in your browser sandbox, just like any other website. Nothing is downloaded or executed on your system outside the browser itself.

The game itself is Minecraft-style gameplay, which is age-appropriate for most kids. The thing to supervise is multiplayer – public servers are run by third parties, and chat in multiplayer can include other players you don't know. If you're a parent, singleplayer is the safer default.

Lower the render distance in video settings. 4–6 chunks is the sweet spot for Chromebooks and older laptops. Also close other browser tabs and background apps. Minecraft in a browser still wants RAM.

Hard refresh (Ctrl+F5 or Cmd+Shift+R). If that fails, clear your browser cache for mineplay.io and try again. If it still won't load, try a different browser to rule out an extension causing the issue.

Click inside the game window first. Browsers block audio until the user has interacted with the page – it's a browser rule, not something we control.

Click inside the game window. If it still won't lock, check that pointer lock is allowed for mineplay.io in your browser's site settings.

You don't. Just reload the page – you're always on the latest version automatically.

On the changelog page. Every update with a summary of what changed.