While it doesn’t really count as ‘free’, if you have an Xbox Game Pass subscription, you can download Minecraft at no additional cost. Commands and cheats (Image credit: Mojang) ...

In short: don't expect Minecraft to go free-to-play any time soon. “Yeah, it doesn't really work with the way we built it," explained Ingela Garneij, executive producer of Minecraft Vanilla.

Telltale and Micrsoft have made the first episode of Minecraft: Story Mode available for free, providing that a) you have Windows 10, and b) you download it from Microsoft's store.