Since her inclusion, the two have basically been given definitive genders as their roles were expanded to become one of the franchise's de facto mascots, appearing on merchandise and game update trailers.

Despite this, an alternate feminine model with the given name of Alex was introduced in 2014, who noticeably has thinner arms than Steve. Minecraft (as in his cameo in Super Meat Boy) as well as literally Steve? before the studio made it official without the question mark.Īccording to Notch, Steve was designed to be gender-neutral as to avoid the possibility of having the player feel pressured into deciding a sex for the character. The name quickly began to be adopted by the fanbase and eventually by Mojang Studios themselves, though other names were also thrown around prior such as Mr. Initially nameless, the character soon gained a moniker after franchise creator Markus 'Notch' Persson was asked by a fan on Twitter if he had one, to which he jokingly replied 'Steve?'.

Steve debuted as the default skin for the player's avatar in Minecraft.

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