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{{disambig2|the Minecraft character|other uses|Steve (disambiguation)}}
{{redirect|Alex|other uses|Alex (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Character General
|name         = Steve
|image        = {{tabber|title1=Steve|content1=[[File:Steve.png|200px]]|title2=Alex|content2=[[File:Alex.png|200px]]}}
|caption      = [[File:MinecraftSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Isometric renders of Steve and Alex from ''{{s|wikipedia|Minecraft}}''.
|universe     = {{uv|Minecraft}}
|games        = ''[[Ultimate]]''
|firstgame    = ''{{s|wikipedia|Minecraft}}'' (2009, technical debut; 2011, official debut, Steve; 2014, Alex)
|lastappearance = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds}}'' (2025, via DLC)
|console      = Microsoft Windows<br>Apple Mac OS X<br>Linux
|species      = Human
|gender       = Sexless<ref name="gender">{{cite web|title=Notch: Minecraft occupies a genderless world, even for that guy|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012-07-29-notch-minecraft-occupies-a-genderless-world-even-for-that-guy.html|last=Conditt|first=Jessica|date=July 29, 2012|work=Engadget|accessdate=October 1, 2020}}</ref>; considered male (Steve) and female (Alex)<ref>The player model is intended to be sexless, and skins allow the player to appear as anything regardless of gender. In the context of ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', Steve and Alex are referred to with masculine and feminine pronouns, respectively.</ref>
|placeoforigin= Overworld
|creator      = {{s|wikipedia|Markus Persson}} (Steve)<br>{{s|wikipedia|Jens Bergensten}} (Alex)
|interwiki = wikipedia
|interwikiname = Wikipedia
|interwikipage = Steve (Minecraft) 
}}
'''Steve''' ({{ja|スティーブ|Sutību}}, ''Steve'') is the name used to refer to the default skin of the main character in {{uv|Minecraft}}. '''Alex''' ({{ja|アレックス|Arekkusu}}, ''Alex'') is the name used to refer to the default skin for the slim player model, added to ''Minecraft'' in 2014.

==Origin==
Steve is the default skin of the Player in {{uv|Minecraft}}. 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.<ref>{{cite web|title= "I honestly have no idea. And I tend to always put a question mark after his name (Steve?), you know. :D"|url= https://twitter.com/notch/status/6825860292157440|author= Notch|date= November 22, 2010|accessdate=October 1, 2020}}</ref> Before this, the name "Mr. Minecraft" was used for a guest role in ''Super Meat Boy.'' Steve's face was inspired by the unnamed player character model from ''{{iw|wikipedia|Quake|video game}}''<ref>https://x.com/notch/status/1530639838172663812 "That's my understanding as well. Oh and steve's face was inspired by the quake character skin.

I'm not sure why that's so funny to me." – @notch</ref>. The character of Steve, along with the rest of the ''Minecraft'' world, is intended to be gender-neutral so as to avoid forcing the player to make decisions about gender.<ref name="gender"/> 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 of ''Minecraft''. 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.

In ''Java 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 as {{uvm3|Fallout}}, {{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}}, {{uv|Final Fantasy}}, {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}}, and {{uv|Mario}}, and non-gaming media such as ''{{iw|wikipedia|The Simpsons}}'', ''{{iw|wikipedia|Adventure Time}}'', ''{{iw|wikipedia|Stranger Things}}'', and ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dragon Ball Z}}''). Within the limited lore of the game, Steve and Alex are indicated to simply be vessels of the actual player's manifestation in the ''Minecraft'' 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.

==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''==
===As a playable character===
{{Main|Steve (SSBU)}}
[[File:Fighter-steve-alex.png|thumb|left|200px|Steve and Alex as they appear in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]]
On October 1st, 2020, Steve was revealed to be the fighter included in [[Downloadable content (SSBU)|Challenger Pack 7]], with more information revealed two days later, prior to Minecraft Live 2020. His appearance and animation are nearly indiscernible from his iteration in ''Minecraft'', with the ability to place blocks, mine for materials, and use items from within the game. In his [[Final Smash]], [[House of Boom]], Steve uses a giant piston which smashes players into a stronghold filled with TNT, with Creepers detonating the explosives. Alex, a [[Zombie]], and an [[Enderman]] also each appear as {{SSBU|alternate costume}}s of Steve.
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===As a costume===
[[File:Diamond Armor Mii Costume SSBU.jpg|thumb|left|A set of Diamond Armor as a Mii Swordfighter costume.]]
The Diamond Armor that players can craft and wear appears as a DLC {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}} costume. The costume additionally wields a diamond sword, which is longer than in ''Minecraft'' in order to fit the proportions of the Mii Swordfighter's sword.

In the trailer, several Mii Swordfighters are seen fighting a [[Rathalos]], mirroring a multi-player fight against the Ender Dragon.
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===Spirits===
<center>
<gallery>
SSBU spirit Steve.png|1,428. '''''Steve'''''
SSBU spirit Alex.png|1,429. '''Alex'''
</gallery>
</center>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Steve in diamond armor.png|Steve wearing diamond armor in ''Minecraft''.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Steve===
{{Langtable
|ja={{ja|スティーブ|Sutību}}, ''Steve''
|en=Steve
|fr=Steve
|de=Steve
|it=Steve
|es=Steve
|zh_tw={{rollover|史提夫|Shǐtífū|?}}, ''Steve''
|zh_cn={{rollover|史蒂夫|Shǐdìfū|?}}, ''Steve''
|ko={{rollover|스티브|Seutibeu|?}}, ''Steve''
|nl=Steve
|ru={{rollover|Стив|Stiv|?}}
}}

===Alex===
{{Langtable
|ja={{ja|アレックス|Arekkusu}}, ''Alex''
|en=Alex
|fr=Alex
|de=Alex
|it=Alex
|es=Alex
|zh_cn={{rollover|艾莉克斯|Àilìkèsī|?}}, ''Alex''
|zh_tw={{rollover|愛莉克斯|Àilìkèsī|?}}, ''Alex''
|ko={{rollover|알렉스|Allegseu|?}}, ''Alex''
|nl=Alex
|ru={{rollover|Алекс|Aleks|?}}
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:Steve Beardless.png|thumb|Steve's beardless design.]]
*Steve is the fifth fighter in ''Smash'' to originate from outside of Japan, having been created by Swedish developer [[Mojang Studios]]. The first four are [[Diddy Kong]], [[King K. Rool]], and [[Banjo]] & [[Kazooie]], who were created by [[Rare]] in the United Kingdom, and [[Dark Samus]], who was created by [[Retro 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), and [[Sora]] (from [[Disney]]).
*Steve is the first fighter in ''Smash'' history to come from an originally indie (independent-developed) game.
**Although Mojang Studios has been a part of Microsoft since 2014, Steve was introduced to ''Minecraft'' in 2009, when the company was known as "Mojang Specifications" and was fully independent.
*Steve is the second playable character in ''Smash'' to have debuted on a home computer platform, following [[Solid Snake]].
*Steve is the only character in the entire series to not have any [[idle poses]].
*Steve's default design in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' is almost entirely taken from a long-outdated texture of the character only featured in very early versions of ''Minecraft'', 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 (including ''Ultimate'') in the years following, culminating in the beard's official re-addition, nearly 13 years later, as part of a redesign of Steve's ''Java 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 2009 {{s|wikipedia|Java 4K Game Programming Contest}}.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ZombieTown_Video], The only known footage of the abandoned "Zombie Town" game.</ref>
*Steve is one of three third party playable characters to not speak at all, the others being [[Pac-Man]] and [[Mega Man]].
**Of these three, Steve is the only one to have never been voiced in a game, and in fact had not been portrayed vocally at all at the time of his DLC release for ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', though Steve would eventually be given a voice outside of gaming through a live-action portrayal by {{iw|wikipedia|Jack Black}} in ''{{iw|wikipedia|A Minecraft Movie}}''.
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==References==
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==External links==
*Article on the [https://minecraft.wiki/w/Player Minecraft Wiki].
**[https://minecraft.wiki/w/Steve Steve]
**[https://minecraft.wiki/w/Alex Alex]

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