The biggest difference right now, frankly, is that Minecraft has been around for 15 years and Hytale just entered early ...
One major element of multiplayer in Hytale is that, in most cases, when the host of a world goes offline, the world can't be accessed by anyone else. This means you can only play on a friend's world ...
Hytale is an adventure game that "blends the freedom of a sandbox with the momentum of an RPG." The game is set in a ...