Minecraft‘s business model falls into the “different” category. It spent a short time in development, and released to the public soon after it was playable. Mojang began selling its Alpha version, and it has gained immense popularity while still in beta. The official release is scheduled for November.

Developer Mojang finds this process works for them, so their next game, Scrolls, will be released to the public in a similar fashion.

“With our new game, Scrolls, we’ll follow the same formula as Minecraft,” Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan told Gamasutra. “That means we’ll release the game very early, as soon as it’s playable in some capacity.”