When a new game is started, players can choose one of six different world types: lagoon, coastal, classic, flatland, desert, and arctic.

Players can choose whether to make their online worlds privately or publicly accessible.

During online play, players can decide who can build in their worlds, and have the option to kick or ban people from their server.

Another change from the original game is the addition of enemies including zombies, dragons, and demons.

CastleMiner Warfare is a 2013 video game that was released for digital download on Windows PCs.

In a September 2011 comparison video of the first three Minecraft-inspired titles released on Xbox Live Indie Games (which include CastleMiner, FortressCraft and Total Miner), Mike B. of video gaming-focused vlog Big Fat Fony Report said that CastleMiner was his least-favorite of the three titles, saying that the game lacked polish and didn't seem complete enough to be released.

He states near the end of his review, "In [his] experience, every Minecraft clone on the Xbox 360 is a deliberate cash-in, but at least the lot of them know that entertainment equals cash.