Is Minecraft a good or bad game to download?

I'm getting minecraft for Christmas and my mom thinks it'll get a virus so will it get a virus or no? And also is it a safe game to play cause my mom has a firewall

No, its one of the most well known indie games out there. It's been going strong for years now, and it even has console and mobile versions. It is a 100% safe game. As long as you get it legally (as in, buy it).

Download it, it's a good game I guess.

Its a great game but there's alot of websites were you can download it for free or buy some can give you a virus but some no

Make sure you are buying it from Minecraft.net. Otherwise it could be a virus, i doubt it, but it is always possible.

It's safe to download on their site. You'll find the download page in the sources, and you'll be playing in the demo mode if you just go on ahead and play it.

Minecraft is an amazing game. So far almost 13,000,000 people have bought the game, there's no virus, and it will work with the firewall. Happy mining!

As long as you buy and download it from the official Minecraft website, it will not have a virus.

No, minecraft does not have any malicious software integrated in it.

As long as you buy and download the game from the official website (and not one of the numerous dangerous sites that try to give it to you for "free"). The program itself is safe.

There are many mods available, and as long as you are downloading a well-known mod from the official forums, they too are safe.

Downloading shady mods from unsafe sites is always a bad idea.