Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition

Released: 5/11/2017

Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Explore randomly-generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in Creative Mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armour to fend off the dangerous mobs.

Critics

Metacritic

Score Breakdown

86.1

Critic Average

15 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

Metacritic User Score

21 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

N/A

Metacritic Disparity

+29.1

Combined Disparity

+29.1

Average of both sources

Review Timing

1 early (7%)12 launch window (80%)2 late (13%)

Review summary

Updated Jun 25, 2018

Based on 15 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 86.1/100. Critics score this game 29.1 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated

Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 15)

Autumn FishviaGameSkinny
Jun 25, 2018Late review
80/100View review
Metacritic 57/100 · +23.0 pts
Alex SeedhouseviaNintendo Insider
Sep 26, 2017Late review
90/100View review
Metacritic 57/100 · +33.0 pts
Alanah PearceviaIGN
Jun 7, 2017Launch window
95/100View review
Metacritic 57/100 · +38.0 pts
Kyle SudukisviaImpulsegamer
May 28, 2017Launch window
90/100View review
Metacritic 57/100 · +33.0 pts
Jordan BoydviaDualShockers
May 21, 2017Launch window
90/100View review
Metacritic 57/100 · +33.0 pts

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition

Released: 5/11/2017