The player is restricted from changing Trust Player Permissions.

The player is restricted from changing Cheats and World Options parts off.

The player is restricted to Survival mode.

The player isn't able to change Global Resources and Add-ons.

On the PlayStation 4, split-screen multiplayer is possible.

The player isn't able to play Multiplayer, including LAN multiplayer.

The time limit is 90 minutes of real-time.

There are also trial versions for Windows and the PlayStation 4. However, restrictions from Java Edition, along with some new ones still apply for example, some blocks and items are removed, including barriers and command blocks (all types). On 20 December 2018 a Minecraft trial version for Android titled Minecraft Trial was released in 2019. However, the number causes several problems such as zombies and creepers behaving passively to players.

It is possible to gain (almost) unlimited time in the demo by changing the in-game time to extreme negative values (past the minimum 64-bit integer limit, which is -9223372036854655508).

Changing the in-game time forcibly with commands or external programs such as an NBT editor can reset the timer.

Resetting the demo world also resets the demo timer. After the time runs out, players can still navigate through the world, but not interact with it.

The game time is limited to five in-game days (1 hour and 40 minutes real-time or 100 minutes total).

Multiplayer servers are inaccessible, although LAN multiplayer is allowed, with the limitation that only 1 demo account is allowed on a server (this is because the default Minecraft name ('Player') cannot be changed).

Cheats can be unlocked and other game modes can be accessible by using Open to LAN.

The game is locked to Survival mode and cheats are off by default.

This means that the player Spawn, Seed, and Generated structures are always the same.

The demo map is preset and always generates with the same seed: -343522682, corresponding to the text seed North Carolina.

The following restrictions apply when playing the game in demo mode: While Demo Mode does not expire, it comes with certain restrictions as its sole purpose is to allow new players to try out Minecraft. It allows players to play on a single world for a 100-minute (5 in-game days) period before the map is locked and required to be reset.

Demo Mode functionally serves to allow the players to try out the game before deciding to buy Minecraft.

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