Insanely popular Minecraft headed to the tiny Raspberry Pi computer

One of the big questions about the cheap and humble Raspberry Pi computer is what you can run on it. Game maker Mojang has answered that question by announcing it will launch a version of its insanely popular Minecraft game on the “microcomputer” platform.

The $25 Raspberry Pi is a wallet-sized computer that is aimed at people who are learning programming or just want a small, basic computer. Mojang has ported a version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition to the platform, and it will be a free download.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.