It is a spin-off of the sandbox video game Minecraft and was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in May 2020.

[1] Minecraft Dungeons received positive reviews, with most critics deeming the game fun and charming, and praising its visuals and music.

However, its simple gameplay and use of procedural generation were met with a more mixed reception, with its short story and lack of depth criticized.

[4] Players explore procedurally generated and hand crafted dungeons filled with randomly-generated monsters and also deal with traps, puzzles, bosses and finding treasure.

Now known as the "Arch-Illager", he sought vengeance on all those who wronged him and subjugated numerous villages with his newly acquired army, composed of creatures such as redstone golems and other Illagers.

Ultimately, the players face the Arch-Illager in his castle and, once defeated, the orb takes its true form as the Heart of Ender boss.

There are six expansion packs that continue the story of the game: Dungeons is developed by Mojang Studios for Xbox One, Windows 10, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch using Unreal Engine 4.

For example, after adding in multiplayer features, the development team realized that these changes made the game more fun.

[12] One of the primary challenges the development team faced was figuring out how to adapt the gameplay of dungeon crawl games like Diablo into the world of Minecraft.

[16] The decision to not allow building or crafting, a staple of the original Minecraft, was also made in order to focus on the core dungeon-crawling experience.

[22][23] After the initial release, the game was supported with several downloadable content (DLC) expansions packs that each added new dungeons, weapons, items and artifacts.

[25] It was followed by Creeping Winter on September 8, 2020,[26] Howling Peaks on December 9, 2020,[27] Flames of the Nether on February 24, 2021,[28] Hidden Depths on May 26, 2021,[29] and Echoing Void on July 28, 2021.

[33] Officially licensed from Mojang and Microsoft, it was created by developer Play Mechanix and entertainment company Raw Thrills.