<i>I think the primary reason very few people play Minetest is because of marketing and piss poor default gameplay.</i><p>I agree. &quot;Vanilla&quot; Minetest <i>needs</i> monsters, villages, villagers, fortresses, more ores, more items, etc. in order to compete with &quot;vanilla&quot; Minecraft.<p>It&#x27;s so very close to being a Minecraft killer...but there seems to be strong resistance to adding more to the base game.<p>Unfortunately, right now, every query about vanilla Minetest being a little &quot;barren&quot; results in replies like, &quot;Install some mods.&quot; <i>sigh</i>