Minecraft

Developer Mojang Publisher Mojang, Microsoft Studios Format Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Switch, Wii U, Xbox One Release 2009

Perhaps there’s only so much you can do with a block of dirt. Boot up Minecraft today, nine years on from the open-world survival sandbox’s public release, and little appears to have changed. Giant pixels of terrain – grassy plains, desert, swampland, tundra – stretch out into the distance, containing the occasional boxy tree or chicken. The UI is much the same as it’s always been. You’re still almost completely unguided, your purpose simple: to mine materials and craft new things with which to, well, mine more materials.