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While it provides a basic gameplay experience out of the box, it is best played
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with mods.
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Minetest Game is currently in maintenance-only mode, meaning it will not see new
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gameplay features or anything else that breaks compatibility (See
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Minetest Game is in perpetual maintenance-only mode, meaning it will not see new
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gameplay features or anything else that breaks compatibility (see
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[#2710](https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/issues/2710)).
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## Installation
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### ContentDB
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* Content > Browse Online Content
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* Search for Minetest Game
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* Search for "[Minetest Game](https://content.minetest.net/packages/Minetest/minetest_game/)"
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* Click Install
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### Manually
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- Unzip the archive, rename the folder to `minetest_game` and
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place it in .. `minetest/games/`
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place it in `.../minetest/games/`
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- GNU/Linux: If you use a system-wide installation place it in `~/.minetest/games/`.
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## Compatibility
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The Minetest Game GitHub `master` `HEAD` is generally compatible with the GitHub
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`master` `HEAD` of the Minetest engine.
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As of January 2024 Minetest Game follows a **rolling release** model with new changes being automatically
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published on ContentDB every day.
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Additionally, when the Minetest engine is tagged to be a certain version (e.g.
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`0.4.10`), Minetest Game is tagged with the version, too.
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There are no stable releases or tags, all existing ones are considered legacy.
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When stable releases are made, Minetest Game and the Minetest engine is packaged
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and made available at [www.minetest.net](https://www.minetest.net/downloads/).
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Minetest Game is always compatible to the latest stable release of the engine.
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Older releases may be supported too depending on circumstances.
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## Licensing
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