The popular open-world game Minecraft has reached the milestone of 200 million game copies sold, according to figures from Microsoft on Monday. That is 24 million more than in September last year when the number was still at 176 million copies sold.

In Minecraft, players can explore a virtual world and express themselves creatively by building blocks with designs. The game celebrated its 11-year anniversary on Sunday and is still hugely popular. The number of monthly active players is still growing. Currently, the game has 126 million monthly active players. In September there were still 112 million.

During the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, Minecraft saw the game's number of new players increase by 25 percent, The Verge writes In addition, multiplayer sessions gained popularity: the number of multiplayer sessions increased by 40 percent.

Milestone for Minecraft: 200 million game copies sold