I'm trying to learn blender also because I like the idea of actually having 3-d worlds that I can virtually walk through. It's definitely a bit intimidating/overwhelming but also has a very active user community and a lot of tutorials available on-line. I don't know how much you've looked into that but this is a good starting point:
https://www.blender.org/support/

A lot of tutorials seem focused on modeling, so you should find plenty of learning tools. but yeah: there's a LOT to that program.