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Mortal Kombat 1

NetherRealm Studios · Warner Bros. Games · 2023-09-19

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Franchise: Mortal Kombat · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Sep 14, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities!

1,234
playing now
72%
positive of 49k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
212
twitch viewers (latest)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (101 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

1,234 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Mortal Kombat 1 is a 2023 fighting game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games. It is the twelfth main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise, and serves as its second reboot after 2011's Mortal Kombat. The game takes place after the events of 2019's Mortal Kombat 11, and is set in a new timeline created by Liu Kang during his ending in 11's Aftermath expansion. In this new timeline, Liu Kang assembles a clique of fighters to participate in the latest Mortal Kombat tournament in Outworld while contending with an alliance formed by Titan Shang Tsung. In the follow-up expansion, Khaos Reigns, Liu Kang and his allies must contend with Titan Havik.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,234 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,455 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~807/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 984k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 49,196 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$8.88-82%
Gamesplanet$9.47-81%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.75-80%
WinGameStore$9.99-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99-80%
Humble Store$13.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.68 at IndieGala Store (2026-04-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 132 of 138 observed days · $4.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.0k5.0k20232026Week of 2023-09-01: 5,017 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,590 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,329 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 927 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,386 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 670 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,142 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 427 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 667 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 950 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,112 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 102 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.0k7172026-08-06 22:00 — 1,555 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 897 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1,461 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1,643 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1,004 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,720 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1,752 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1,062 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1,778 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 1,713 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 806 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1,385 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1,440 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 734 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1,296 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1,340 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 743 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1,500 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1,531 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 777 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 967 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1,296 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1,067 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1,041 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1,323 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 976 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 756 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,337 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,234 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$4.752023-05-192026-08-302023-05-19 — best price $57.392023-07-01 — best price $69.992023-08-31 — best price $64.542023-09-26 — best price $59.482023-11-03 — best price $62.982023-11-30 — best price $69.992023-12-28 — best price $32.272024-01-31 — best price $38.252024-02-24 — best price $41.992024-03-20 — best price $36.492024-04-19 — best price $31.992024-05-04 — best price $60.822024-06-07 — best price $67.452024-07-12 — best price $60.822024-08-12 — best price $62.992024-11-02 — best price $35.002024-12-16 — best price $20.692025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-03-22 — best price $60.892025-04-08 — best price $69.992025-06-23 — best price $49.992025-07-17 — best price $16.492025-08-21 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $12.492025-11-19 — best price $48.492025-12-11 — best price $9.992026-02-04 — best price $49.992026-03-04 — best price $40.492026-04-05 — best price $49.992026-05-08 — best price $9.992026-06-03 — best price $10.002026-07-09 — best price $49.992026-08-07 — best price $48.522026-08-23 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $8.88
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.3k6802026-05-29 — 2,153 pageviews2026-06-01 — 2,089 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,577 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,629 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,523 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,605 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,146 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,271 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,270 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,067 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,253 pageviews2026-07-01 — 920 pageviews2026-07-04 — 950 pageviews2026-07-07 — 812 pageviews2026-07-10 — 729 pageviews2026-07-13 — 769 pageviews2026-07-16 — 753 pageviews2026-07-19 — 823 pageviews2026-07-22 — 727 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,679 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,347 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1,128 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1,203 pageviews2026-08-06 — 926 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,128 pageviews2026-08-12 — 772 pageviews2026-08-15 — 848 pageviews2026-08-18 — 759 pageviews2026-08-21 — 784 pageviews2026-08-24 — 794 pageviews2026-08-26 — 741 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.7k162026-08-27 05:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 466 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 169 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 89 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 734 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 123 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 334 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 216 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 188 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 184 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 163 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 284 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 158 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 176 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 173 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 151 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 212 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
61.2%
earned "Titan"
17.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards28 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)69,6959%51
Xbox Series (Xbox)21,7334%50
Steam (Steam)14,4854%50
Switch (Nintendo)4260%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvP2.5DGoreBloodActionArcadeViolentFighting2D FighterStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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