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Mortal Kombat X cover art

Mortal Kombat X

NetherRealm Studios · Warner Bros. Games · 2015-04-13

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Action

Franchise: Mortal Kombat · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 14, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Apr 13, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 14, 2015 (Xbox One)

Experience the Next Generation of the #1 Fighting Franchise. Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay.

Mortal Kombat X is an Action game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 60816 reviews).

225
playing now
86%
positive of 61k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (18 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (482 ratings)
50
Nexus mods (40k downloads)
4.53★
PlayStation Store rating (129,417 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 91% recommend · from 94 critics
25h
to beat · rushed 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

225 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Mortal Kombat X is a 2015 fighting game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the tenth main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise and a sequel to Mortal Kombat (2011), taking place 25 years later after the events of its predecessor. High Voltage Software developed the Windows version of the game, with Polish studio QLOC taking over the work on it shortly after the release of Kombat Pack 1.

Trailer

Mortal Kombat X trailer thumbnail

Mortal Kombat X | official trailer (2015)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 225 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,283 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~285/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61,047 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.16-84%
Fanatical$3.19-84%
IndieGala$3.39-83%
Gamesplanet$3.49-83%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
WinGameStore$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$3.99-80%
GamersGate$4.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at AllYouPlay (2019-08-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 118 of 142 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7951712026-09-15 11:00 — 327 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 594 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 434 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 425 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 795 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 423 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 171 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 517 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 571 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 334 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 432 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 422 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 178 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 439 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 730 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 266 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 412 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 565 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 391 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 447 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 760 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 395 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 225 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.8k234Apr 2015Aug 2026Apr 2015 — avg 5,824 · peak 13,649Aug 2015 — avg 931 · peak 1,806Dec 2015 — avg 772 · peak 1,993Apr 2016 — avg 482 · peak 1,076Aug 2016 — avg 325 · peak 621Dec 2016 — avg 732 · peak 2,848Apr 2017 — avg 611 · peak 1,285Aug 2017 — avg 566 · peak 1,002Dec 2017 — avg 676 · peak 1,854Apr 2018 — avg 657 · peak 1,576Aug 2018 — avg 535 · peak 967Dec 2018 — avg 1,040 · peak 2,865Apr 2019 — avg 942 · peak 2,134Aug 2019 — avg 354 · peak 700Dec 2019 — avg 442 · peak 1,146Apr 2020 — avg 343 · peak 659Aug 2020 — avg 274 · peak 490Dec 2020 — avg 435 · peak 1,093Apr 2021 — avg 458 · peak 1,167Aug 2021 — avg 288 · peak 530Dec 2021 — avg 409 · peak 961Apr 2022 — avg 310 · peak 645Aug 2022 — avg 270 · peak 508Dec 2022 — avg 332 · peak 936Apr 2023 — avg 290 · peak 635Aug 2023 — avg 482 · peak 942Dec 2023 — avg 398 · peak 883Apr 2024 — avg 274 · peak 628Aug 2024 — avg 293 · peak 569Dec 2024 — avg 341 · peak 811Apr 2025 — avg 492 · peak 1,192Aug 2025 — avg 513 · peak 1,002Dec 2025 — avg 567 · peak 1,139Apr 2026 — avg 409 · peak 767Aug 2026 — avg 482 · peak 1,069
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
69692026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 69 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 11 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 15 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$2.812015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $59.992015-05-15 — best price $30.062015-09-08 — best price $15.382016-01-20 — best price $59.992016-05-05 — best price $9.992016-09-09 — best price $8.872016-12-20 — best price $4.992017-04-02 — best price $4.792017-07-06 — best price $19.992017-10-24 — best price $19.992018-02-08 — best price $5.002018-05-21 — best price $19.992018-08-13 — best price $17.312018-10-27 — best price $19.992018-12-26 — best price $6.002019-03-29 — best price $18.992019-08-11 — best price $5.252019-11-23 — best price $6.802020-01-16 — best price $6.792020-04-02 — best price $19.992020-08-07 — best price $6.002021-01-01 — best price $16.792021-08-28 — best price $19.992022-01-04 — best price $16.882022-04-30 — best price $4.252022-09-30 — best price $16.052023-01-02 — best price $19.992023-05-06 — best price $4.252023-09-01 — best price $15.992024-01-15 — best price $4.192024-03-30 — best price $17.402024-06-26 — best price $4.992024-10-27 — best price $4.352025-03-22 — best price $15.952025-07-13 — best price $18.992025-11-30 — best price $19.992026-04-02 — best price $13.592026-07-22 — best price $3.392026-09-11 — best price $3.202026-10-11 — best price $3.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8192352026-05-31 — 819 pageviews2026-06-04 — 590 pageviews2026-06-08 — 646 pageviews2026-06-12 — 605 pageviews2026-06-16 — 423 pageviews2026-06-20 — 508 pageviews2026-06-24 — 479 pageviews2026-06-28 — 519 pageviews2026-07-02 — 362 pageviews2026-07-06 — 383 pageviews2026-07-10 — 368 pageviews2026-07-14 — 294 pageviews2026-07-18 — 333 pageviews2026-07-22 — 372 pageviews2026-07-26 — 634 pageviews2026-07-30 — 445 pageviews2026-08-03 — 413 pageviews2026-08-07 — 368 pageviews2026-08-11 — 341 pageviews2026-08-15 — 379 pageviews2026-08-19 — 277 pageviews2026-08-23 — 345 pageviews2026-08-27 — 296 pageviews2026-08-31 — 328 pageviews2026-09-04 — 327 pageviews2026-09-08 — 310 pageviews2026-09-12 — 302 pageviews2026-09-16 — 249 pageviews2026-09-20 — 281 pageviews2026-09-24 — 251 pageviews2026-09-28 — 242 pageviews2026-10-02 — 321 pageviews2026-10-06 — 260 pageviews2026-10-09 — 282 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11502026-09-30 21:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 30 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 32 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
68%
earned "It's a Gusher"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on Phone23 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 23 DLC released, first 2015-04-14, latest 2016-10-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)377,1241%74
Xbox One (Xbox)117,9941%73
Steam (Steam)60,8561%73

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

GoreBloodActionArcadeMatureViolentFighting2D FighterAtmosphericCompetitive

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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