Top 5 Minecraft Server Minigames

Mitch Smith
Shockbyte
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4 min readOct 29, 2018
Fortnite Battle Royale recreated in Minecraft.

Minecraft is one of the most popular video games all of all time and almost 10 years after release still hitting record numbers of players — in 2018, Minecraft hit 91 million active players with over 154 million copies sold across all platforms.

The reason Minecraft has held it’s unbelievable popularity for so long is due to a combination of the high level of customizability and modifications that can be applied to the game, as well as the ability to play on online multiplayer servers with mods and minigames.

You can start your own multiplayer Minecraft minigame server with any of the minigames in this article at Shockbyte.com

#5 Build Wars

The TARDIS from Doctor Who, built in Minecraft Build Wars.

Build Wars is a creative minigame in which a group of players are tasked with a building a randomly specified object or structure. After building time limit is up, the players will rate each other’s creations to determine who’s build was the best — the player with the most points for their creation wins. Build Wars is often played with a group of 6 or more.

#4 Skyblock

Skyblock is a minigame in which the player is spawned in a small floating island with one tree, some dirt, and a few items in the chest that they will need to survive. The main goals for each player to achieve in his island includes food production, island expansion, and defense from the mobs at night. Skyblock can be played alone or with friends.

Install Skyblock in one-click on your own multiplayer Minecraft server from Shockbyte.com.

#3 Block Hunt

Block Hunt is a multiplayer minigame where a group of players is divided into two teams. The hiders, and the seekers. Hiders have the ability to disguise themselves as various blocks and blend in with their environment. The goal of the seekers is to find and kill all the hiders before the time runs out. Block Hunt can be played with a group of 4 or more players.

#2 SkyWars

SkyWars is a minigame similar to Battle Royale games like Fortnite, but set high in the sky. Each player is spawned in their own floating island with a chest containing random pieces of armor, tools, and weapons. Players must outlast the other players and avoid falling into the infinite abyss that lies below. SkyWars is often played with a group of 6 or more.

#1 Survival Games

Based on the Hunger Games film series, Survival Games is the all-time most popular Minecraft minigame. The Surival Games plugin allows players or “tributes” to compete in a last man standing deathmatch. The player starts with no items but can find various weapons and pieces of armor around the map. The last player standing wins. Survival games is often played with a group of 8 or more.

Survival Games is very similar to the Battle Royale game mode in popular games such as Fortnite Battle Royale and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

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Start your own Minecraft minigame server

You can start your own Minecraft minigame server with a Minecraft server host such as Shockbyte. Shockbyte offers a one-click plugin installer, allowing you to easily install any of the minigames in this article on your server in a single click.

Finding a good host for your Minecraft server is very important to ensure that your server’s performance is up to par. Shockbyte provides powerful Minecraft servers at a low cost, which makes it the perfect choice for your server. Shockbyte supports both Minecraft PC and Bedrock Edition servers.

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