added to that, minecraft are just blocks in a solid position.Minecraft alpha was a buggy mess of half-assed features and practically no bug fixing.
It's an early access game. This particular business strategy is becoming very popular in indie development. Alphas that don't use this model aren't available at all.I'd just like to point out to Lecic that Starmade is not like most Alphas. In it's Alpha stage it is already on steam and has a much larger community than most other Alphas.