For fighter info, seeSteve (SSBU).

Steve
Isometric renders of Steve and Alex fromMinecraft.
Universe	Minecraft
Debut	Minecraft (2009, technical debut; 2011, official debut, Steve; 2014, Alex)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Just Dance 2025 Edition (2025; via update)
Console/platform of origin	Microsoft Windows Apple Mac OS X Linux
Species	Human
Gender	Sexless[1]; considered male (Steve) and female (Alex)[2]
Place of origin	Overworld
Created by	Markus Persson (Steve) Jens Bergensten (Alex)
Article on Wikipedia	Steve (Minecraft)

Steve (スティーブ,Steve) is the name used to refer to the default skin of the main character inMinecraft.Alex (アレックス,Alex) is the name used to refer to the default skin for the slim player model, added toMinecraft in 2014.

Origin[edit]

Steve is the default skin of the Player inMinecraft. The name Steve was invented by developer Markus "Notch" Persson as a joke and was often formatted as "Steve?" prior to being formally adopted as the default name of the avatar.^[3] Before this, the name "Mr. Minecraft" was used for a guest role inSuper Meat Boy. The character of Steve, along with the rest of theMinecraft world, is intended to be gender-neutral so as to avoid forcing the player to make decisions about gender.^[1] Despite this, as Steve has a traditionally "masculine" appearance and name, a feminine alternative named Alex was introduced in 2014; choosing Alex adjusts the model's arm proportions to be thinner, which is officially referred to as a "slim" model. In August 2022, Steve and Alex received an update on their model, now fitting with Jasper Boerstra's modern design ofMinecraft. The changes include folded sleeves for both characters, smoother skin, hair, and clothes textures, and the return of Steve's unused beard from its long-outdated texture in 2009. During Minecraft Live 2022, seven more default characters were added to the game alongside Steve and Alex (namely Zuri, Sunny, Noor, Makena, Kai, Efe, and Ari), granting a total of nine default skins to choose from.

InJava Edition, it is possible to customize the avatar's appearance with a template (allowing for entirely player-made appearances), while other versions of the game offer skin packs and mash-up packs (mostly based on public domain characters, other gaming properties such asFallout,Banjo-Kazooie, andMario, and non-gaming media such asThe Simpsons,Adventure Time, andStranger Things). Within the limited lore of the game, Steve and Alex are indicated to simply be vessels of the actual player's manifestation in theMinecraft world, having no other discernable personality or role. Most of Steve and Alex's abilities come from tools. Unarmed, they are capable of walking, running, jumping, crawling, punching, and crafting small items (on a two-by-two grid). These abilities are augmented by the tools they create (usually on a Crafting Table, which utilizes a three-by-three grid). As a sandbox game,Minecraft has a variety of options available to the player depending on their playstyle: mining, building, farming, hunting, and adventuring are only a few.

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

As a playable character[edit]

Steve and Alex as they appear inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.

On October 1st, 2020, Steve was revealed to be the fighter included inChallenger Pack 7, with more information revealed two days later, prior to Minecraft Live 2020. His appearance and animation are nearly indiscernible from his iteration inMinecraft, with the ability to place blocks, mine for materials, and use items from within the game. In hisFinal Smash,House of Boom, Steve uses a giant piston which smashes players into a stronghold filled with TNT, with Creepers detonating the explosives. Alex, aZombie, and anEnderman also each appear asalternate costumes of Steve.

As a costume[edit]

A set of Diamond Armor as a Mii Swordfighter costume.

The Diamond Armor that players can craft and wear appears as a DLCMii Swordfighter costume. The costume additionally wields a diamond sword, which is longer than inMinecraft in order to fit the proportions of the Mii Swordfighter's sword.

In the trailer, several Mii Swordfighters are seen fighting aRathalos, mirroring a multi-player fight against the Ender Dragon.

Spirits[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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  Steve wearing diamond armor inMinecraft.

Names in other languages[edit]

Steve[edit]

Language	Name
Japanese	スティーブ,Steve
English	Steve
French	Steve
German	Steve
Spanish	Steve
Italian	Steve
Chinese (Simplified)	史蒂夫,Steve
Chinese (Traditional)	史提夫,Steve
Korean	스티브,Steve
Dutch	Steve
Russian	Стив

Alex[edit]

Language	Name
Japanese	アレックス,Alex
English	Alex
French	Alex
German	Alex
Spanish	Alex
Italian	Alex
Chinese (Simplified)	艾莉克斯,Alex
Chinese (Traditional)	愛莉克斯,Alex
Korean	알렉스,Alex
Dutch	Alex
Russian	Алекс

Trivia[edit]

Steve's beardless design.

• Steve is the fifth fighter inSmash to originate from outside of Japan, having been created by Swedish developerMojang Studios. The first four areDiddy Kong,King K. Rool, andBanjo &Kazooie, who were created byRare in the United Kingdom, andDark Samus, who was created byRetro Studios in the United States.
  • Steve is the first playable character created outside of Japan to not have had any involvement from Nintendo in his conception.
  • Being created in Sweden, Steve is the first non-Japanese fighter to originate from a non-Anglophone country.
  • Steve is also one of few playable characters to belong to a non-Japanese company,Microsoft, with the others being Banjo, Kazooie (both also from Microsoft), andSora (fromDisney).
• Steve is the first fighter inSmash history to come from an originally indie (independent-developed) game.
  • Although Mojang Studios has been a part of Microsoft since 2014, Steve was introduced toMinecraft in 2009, when the company was known as "Mojang Specifications" and was fully independent.
• Steve is the second playable character inSmash to have debuted on a home computer platform, followingSolid Snake.
• Steve is the only character in the entire series to not have anyidle poses.
• Steve's default design inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate is almost entirely taken from a long-outdated texture of the character only featured in very early versions ofMinecraft, with his beard (often confused for a smile) being removed in September 2009, only four months into development. Despite this, Steve continued to sport the beard in merchandise and promotional material (includingUltimate) in the years following, culminating in the beard's official re-addition, nearly 13 years later, as part of a redesign of Steve'sJava Edition in-game texture in August 2022.
  • Minecraft creator Markus Perssons originally designed the "Steve" texture for a short-lived game project, known only as "Zombie Town", developed for the 2009Java 4K Game Programming Contest.^[4]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Article on theMinecraft Wiki.
  • Steve
  • Alex

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