Minecraft board games: 6 to play off-screen

Last checked 9 November 2026

Quick answer: For a 5-year-old, Minecraft: Builders & Biomes Junior is a co-op skill game. Minecraft Labyrinth and Heroes of the Village start at 7, and Minecraft Explorers is a small co-op card game from 8 that also plays solo. Digging Down is a co-op card game from 9, and Minecraft: Builders & Biomes is the proper strategy game for 10 and up.

If there's a Minecraft fan in the house, a Minecraft board game is an easy way to get them off the screen for an evening. The good news is they're not just the video game's pictures stuck on any old game. All six here are Ravensburger's official ones, and they range from a gentle co-op for 5-year-olds to a proper strategy game that adults will enjoy too. They're in order of age, youngest first. Four of the six are co-ops (everyone plays on the same side, against the game), which helps if your kids don't take losing well. Ages and player counts come from Ravensburger's own pages and rulebooks.

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1. Minecraft: Builders & Biomes Junior

A co-op Minecraft game for younger kids. Find animals, lift blocks with the pickaxe and shovel without dropping them in the lava, and fill the farm before the monsters block every path.

Players

2 to 4 players

Age

5+

Play time

about 20 minutes

Our teaching rating

Very easy to teach

Why it suits this: The one for the youngest fans, from age 5. It's a co-op for 2 to 4 players: you find animals and lift blocks with the pickaxe and shovel without dropping them in the lava, and you all win if you fill the farm before monsters block every path. About 20 minutes, and very easy to teach.

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Details last checked 27 October 2026.

2. Minecraft Labyrinth

Max J. Kobbert's sliding-maze classic with Minecraft mobs and items. Push a tile to shift the corridors, then race through the gaps to find the things on your cards.

Players

2 to 4 players

Age

7+

Play time

20 to 30 minutes

Our teaching rating

Very easy to teach

Why it suits this: Max J. Kobbert's classic sliding maze with Minecraft mobs and items. Push the spare tile in to shift a whole row, then walk as far as the new paths let you. It's 2 to 4 players aged 7 and up, 20 to 30 minutes, and grown-ups can play it on equal terms with kids, which is why Labyrinth has lasted so long.

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Details last checked 9 November 2026.

3. Minecraft: Heroes of the Village

A co-op Minecraft family game. Explore biomes, draw blocks from the bag and rebuild the village together, with pet abilities to help, before the Illager raid arrives.

Players

2 to 4 players

Age

7+

Our teaching rating

Easy to teach

Why it suits this: A co-op family game for 2 to 4 players aged 7 and up. You explore biomes, draw blocks from the bag, fight mobs with the dice and rebuild the village before the Illager raid arrives. Each pet (the dog, fox or panda) has its own ability, which kids love. If you win, you all win.

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Details last checked 9 November 2026.

4. Minecraft Explorers

Matthew Dunstan's small-box co-op Minecraft card game. Share out action points, explore landscapes for treasure and keep the mobs from overrunning you. Plays solo too.

Players

1 to 4 players

Age

8+

Play time

about 30 minutes

Our teaching rating

Easy to teach

Why it suits this: A small box, and the cheapest way in. It's a co-op card game for 1 to 4 players aged 8 and up, about 30 minutes, so it works solo too. You share out action points to explore landscapes and find treasure, and a new mob turns up every turn. Matthew Dunstan designed it, and it makes a good stocking filler.

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Details last checked 9 November 2026.

5. Minecraft: Digging Down

A co-op Minecraft card game. Dig through the cave, light it with torches and use swords and pickaxes on ores, lava and monsters. Find the diamonds before the torches run out. Three levels.

Players

2 to 4 players

Age

9+

Play time

30 to 45 minutes

Our teaching rating

Takes a little explaining

Why it suits this: A co-op card game for 2 to 4 players aged 9 and up, 30 to 45 minutes. You dig down through a cave together, using torches, swords and pickaxes, and have to find the diamonds before the torches run out. It has three levels, so it gets harder as they get better.

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Details last checked 27 October 2026.

6. Minecraft: Builders & Biomes

Ulrich Blum's Minecraft strategy game. Mine wooden blocks from a big cube, build structures in different biomes and beat mobs for experience over three scoring rounds.

Players

2 to 4 players

Age

10+

Our teaching rating

Takes a little explaining

Why it suits this: The grown-up one, for 2 to 4 players aged 10 and up, designed by Ulrich Blum. It's competitive: you mine wooden blocks from a big cube, build structures in different biomes and beat mobs for experience points over three scoring rounds. It's the one here that adults will happily play without the kids, though it takes a little explaining first time.

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Details last checked 9 November 2026.