Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson caused a bit of a stir over the weekend when he "," after the vast majority of respondents to a on X said that's what they want him to make. Not literally Minecraft 2, of course—he's not allowed to do that—but a "spiritual successor," similar to the original. He sounded completely serious about it at the time, but apparently he's now changed his mind.
"Talked to the fellas at the office," Persson earlier this week (via ). "Looks like we're making Levers and Chests! Tipping point was PC Gamer saying it seemed interesting, lol. Yeah I still love PC Gamer."
So if you were looking forward to Minecraft 2, well, sorry about that. But in our [[link]] defense, this wasn't entirely our doing. Persson didn't sound overly enthusiastic about doing another Minecraft-like in the poll that started all this business, saying that spiritual successors to popular games are often "washed up" and "tragic," and he repeated that sentiment in response to a user on X who said they felt "betrayed" by the decision to change direction.
"Trust me, the spiritual successor would be way less fun than the dungeon roguelike," he . "They're always kinda sad nostalgia dumps."
The dungeon roguelike in question is Levers and Chests, which Persson began teasing in 2024 alongside his new BitShift Entertainment studio. And frankly, I think it does look more interesting than a Minecraft Redux sort of thing—although to be fair, I say that as someone who's more than most anyway. Persson actually dropped a shout-out to one of my favorites of the genre, saying he hopes Levers and Chests "will be at least half as fun as ."
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As for Minecraft 2, "You'll have to ask Microsoft about that one," Persson , reminding everyone that the game has been for a decade now. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to happen, though—Minecraft is still a monster—and even if it does someday, Persson almost certainly won't be involved: He was excluded from celebrations of Minecraft's 10th anniversary in 2019 a reference to multiple transphobic and anti-feminist statements [[link]] made by Persson in the years following the sale of Mojang to Microsoft.