Minecraft: Pi Edition
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Mojang Studios | |
| Release dates | |
| Linux | February 11, 2013 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Genres | Sandbox |
| Art styles | Voxel art |
| Series | Minecraft |
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| Minecraft | |
|---|---|
| Minecraft: Java Edition | 2011 |
| Minecraft: Pi Edition | 2013 |
| Minecraft: Story Mode (series) | |
| Minecraft: Education Edition | 2016 |
| Minecraft: Bedrock Edition | 2016 |
| Minecraft Dungeons | 2020 |
| Minecraft Legends | 2023 |
Minecraft: Pi Edition is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person sandbox game in the Minecraft series. It is a cut down version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition (now called Minecraft: Bedrock Edition) v0.6.1 alpha developed for the Raspberry Pi. It was intended as an educational tool for novice programmers and contains a revised feature set and support for multiple programming languages.
Minecraft: Pi Edition never received any subsequent updates because the original team has stopped supporting it.
In August 2021, when Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye was released to the public, Minecraft: Pi Edition was officially removed from both the Games Folder and the Recommended Software page because Bullseye dropped support for the graphics API that Minecraft: Pi Edition depended upon.[2] The game is still playable by using a previous version of the operating system.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | |
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Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Freeware | The game is completely free to own in its entirety. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | The game does not contain microtransactions. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Linux |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Linux |
Video
- This game has no video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Frame generation | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
- This game has no input settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | [3] | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
- This game has no audio.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
| Crossplay | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
- No port information; you can edit this page to add it.
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | OpenGL ES 1 | It only links against OpenGL ES 2 despite requiring OpenGL ES 1. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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| Linux | As of May 2021, the game cannot be run on ARM64 builds of Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntu MATE because it requires the ARMHF version of the libraspberrypi0 package, and it doesn't accept the package's ARM64 version.[4][5] This also prevents it from running on non-Raspberry Pi hardware. |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiplayer | RakNet |
System requirements
| Linux | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | Raspberry Pi OS 7 (Wheezy) | |||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
References
- ↑ Is Minecraft: Pi Edition no longer being developed or will there still be updates? - last accessed on 2025-12-31
- ↑ raspbian - Bullseye: E: Unable to locate package minecraft-pi - Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange - last accessed on 2025-12-31
- ↑ Change the default keyboard keys. - last accessed on 2020-12-02
- ↑ Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 2020-12-02
- ↑ Raspberry Pi OS (64 bit) beta test version - last accessed on 2020-12-02