Official Minecraft demo releases available to try for free include:
- The PC Gamer Minecraft Demo - a limited version of Minecraft Beta 1.3. You can play on a world for up to 100 minutes.
- Minecraft Classic - the first development version of Minecraft available in both Singleplayer and Multiplayer.
- Minecraft 4k - a very limited version of Minecraft developed for the Java 4K in less than 4 kilobytes.
- As of Minecraft weekly snapshot 12w16a (and stable release 1.3), the game contains a demo mode for users who have not purchased it yet and would like to try out the game first.