The Minecraft launcher and its alternatives are required to play the sandbox title, as the days of simply double-clicking the game's icon are long gone.

The Minecraft legacy launcher was once one of the most popular ways to download the sandbox title before the arrival of the new version called Minecraft launcher.

A new launcher for the PC version of Minecraft is now available, bringing with it an updated interface as well as security and stability upgrades, developer Mojang announced today.