Mini-games are one of the most popular ways to enjoy Minecraft multiplayer today, and there are almost as many varieties of games and servers as there are players. From Spleef to Survival Games, Racers and Extreme Parkour, where do you even start? Let us help you out with that! Today, we take a look at the current top 5 mini-game servers on the official Minecraft Forum Server List!
#1 - DiamondFire
Perhaps the most unique server on this list, Diamondfire has no built-in minigames. Instead, players use a series of tools in-game - like coded blocks, scripts, and more - and literally build their own minigames! If low-level programming isn't your thing, there are already tons of games made by players on the server, just waiting to be played. Definitely worth a look, whether you're interested in creating minigames, or just playing some new ones!
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Player-made mini-games
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Build, code, test, and play with others right on the server, using ordinary Minecraft objects, and basic coding
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Lots of games to play already built, for anyone not interested in developing games
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Friendly, welcoming staff and players
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Frequently populated
#2 - CathalCraft
Cathal includes a number of minigames, but combines this concept with other activities too, up to and including Towns! Both staff and community are very welcoming and helpful; if you're craving a more laid back experience, drop by on Cathal.
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Friendly, welcoming community and staff
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More than just minigames – server community has other activities too, once you have played as much as you like
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Includes Towns
#3 - Hypixel Network
This server hardly needs introduction. Loads of games to choose from, a highly active, populated community, and easy-to-learn systems for navigation and play make it an obvious choice for a solid mini-games server.
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Tons of games to choose from
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Intuitive systems for learning about, joining, and playing games
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Frequently populated
#4 - Avicus Network
What jumps out the most on Avicus is the number of minigames they have which are unique to the server, and there are quite a few! The layout is easy on the eyes, and it is very easy to navigate around on Avicus. Definitely worth a look!
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Nice minigames, including a few I haven't seen elsewhere
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Good layout, easy to navigate the server, nice to look at
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Reasonably active community
#5 - Year4000
What it may lack in friendliness, it more than makes up in the minigames! Fairly easy to jump right into, Year4000 is a great place for players looking for high-energy, competitive environments. Think you can survive here? Only one way to find out!
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Games reasonably well-scripted, worked well without major bugs or issues
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Community active, highly competitive.
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Plenty of games to challenge your reflexes and patience!
Be sure to check out the Minecraft Forum Server List at any time for all of your server needs!
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Posted Feb 15, 2016I approve of this post, being a popular MC youtuber on a server in a nutshell.
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Posted Feb 12, 2016Surprised Mineplex wasn't number 1, always thought it was the top server.
Gonna check out diamondfire, seems interesting.
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Posted Feb 12, 2016Actually, very surprisingly, Mineplex isn't on the Minecraft Forum Server List.
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Posted Feb 14, 2016I think Mineplex is super popular but I've never really been able to get into it.
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Posted Feb 15, 2016Same here, it's the Pay2Win that killed it for me, personally.
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Posted Feb 23, 2016what the... There is NO Pay2Win on mineplex, when did you play last time? don't you know about the new EULA???
there is literally no pay2win on any good server now, mineplex being one of them, don't say stuff that you don't even know about, please.....
and before the EULA, it was the same on every other server, so shut up please.
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Posted Feb 23, 2016Every premium class (which may I remind you premium costs real money) in the server is better than the free ones, in the smash bros. like minigame, snake, etc.
The snake one is blatantly obvious too.
And yes, this is with EULA and everything in place.
So don't say stuff that you don't even know about, please.
Unless a change happened a few months ago, which I highly doubt, the premium classes are still outright better than the free ones.
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Posted Nov 6, 2016Mineplex always claims to be, but in roughly two years playing both Mineplex and Hypixel - and playing MC since 2010 - I've only seen Mineplex have more players than Hypixel.. 2 times. And one of those times, when Hypixel had a few less thousand on than normal, they made a post on their website about setting a new player record. And then there's the fact that Mineplex has pretty much no unique games, just remakes of other servers' games. Although, by this point, some of them do seem unique, since their original server has died.
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Posted Feb 13, 2016I like these servers, and I like the fact that I've never heard of 3/5 of them. That makes me want to check them out
Next time though, I would aim for smaller servers, but I like the way it is edited. Makes it seem simple, yet fun!
Good job! Can't wait to see the next one
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Posted Feb 14, 2016hey ,Atleast its better than Copy Paste Plugins minigame Server
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Posted Feb 13, 2016I'd love to see small servers that are just starting out.
Including ones like mine:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/servers/pc-servers/2614575-air-raiders-open-beta-factions-airships-ships
http://www.minecraftforum.net/servers/3319-air-raiders-open-beta
Combines Factions with working Airships, Ships, Submarines, Cannons and Torpedos!
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Posted Feb 13, 2016You're cheating.
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Posted Feb 13, 2016How?
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Posted Feb 13, 2016I second this, other than the self advertising I agree with this. Good smaller server looking to grow might need a hand.
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Posted Feb 13, 2016Is DiamondFire your new sponsor Sacheverell?
Dank memes aside, I feel like DiamondFire is the only one that seems interesting because of its #inovation.
I put a hashtag because that's probably the one word that DiamondFire's advertising uses the most :3
Anyways, DiamondFire looks interesting. I may check it out when I'm bored and don't want to play TF2.
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Posted Feb 13, 2016Cathalcraft's mini games are only Spleef, a small low-quality ice-golf. And an glass maze. So its basically ONLY a towny server.
(Average players 37 and none in minigames)
Diamond Fire has a good idea, but every mini-game i've played there has been broken or 10 blocks of dirt. And only one actually worked, and it was a pvp map in the "rts" section....
(Average players 90 maybe 10 afk)
Year 4000 : all reused minigames.
(average of 15 players, and half afk)
Avicus network : has a bunch of old re-used minigames. All of which i've seen before.
(average of 75 players, at most 20 in minigames when i was on)
Hypixel : well, we already know this is a good minigame server, this or mineplex should have been 1 and 2.
(average 30000+ afk's put into ghost lobby so no solid number)
In conclusion, the only two servers even worthwhile on this list are Diamondfire and Hypixel
This is my opinion, but, really - i don't see value in some of these
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Posted Nov 6, 2016Diamondfire's average quality has greatly improved, and there are some really unique minigames on here that I've never seen the likes of anywhere. And then also tons of Escapists and KitPvPs which seem to be where 85% of players who are ingame are. And also remakes of popular minigames from other servers, such as Quakecraft, that some say are better than the original.
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Posted Nov 6, 2016The content may have improved but not by much,it's still broken and unplayable. And remakes of other games are useless code that doesn't add to any gameplay.
Also, isn't it funny how you suddenly go to a post 9 months old just posted by me? I can enter profiles too
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Posted Nov 6, 2016Have you been on there recently? And for more than just one five-minute session. The games seen are typically the ones with players, and those vary tons within an hour. The worse games normally, but not always, have their playtime-booms last less long. You're right about game remakes, except often times it's just to do it. Diamondfire is honestly more of a minigame-making server than a minigame-playing server. And if you don't think they have good games.. Look at:
The Labyrinth by colbythe2nd
Warriors by FyreMC
Kahoot - again, more of a to-do-it than to-have-it-done game - by kNoapp
And I honestly don't know where you've seen me. I just did a search for this post, to see their rankings again, and looked through the comments and decided to reply to some things.
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Posted Feb 14, 2016I feel the exact same way but about Mineplex. From what I've seen that's wayyyy more "pay2win".
That aside, different people just like different servers. I think Mineplex is more geared towards people who are into fighting and stuff while Hypixel is a little bit more builder-friendly. I also like Hypixel better because even outside of the minigames there's maps to explore and stuff while Mineplex is fully oriented around the minigames. Just my opinion.
Also, there are wayyyyy worse minigame servers than Mineplex or Hypixel.