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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

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.

648
playing now
86%
positive of 61k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51
twitch viewers (latest)
84/100
critic score (18 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (482 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

648 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 648 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,449 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~306/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60,707 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.35-83%
IndieGala$3.39-83%
Gamesplanet$3.49-83%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.90-80%
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 91 of 117 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 negativeWeek 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: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7532452026-08-06 21:00 — 650 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 344 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 421 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 742 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 432 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 421 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 730 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 471 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 488 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 729 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 301 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 394 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 579 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 286 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 386 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 537 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 310 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 395 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 713 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 397 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 312 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 513 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 589 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 334 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 515 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 518 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 245 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 525 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 596 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 648 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$2.812015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $3.392026-08-30 — best price $3.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8192772026-05-31 — 819 pageviews2026-06-03 — 685 pageviews2026-06-06 — 689 pageviews2026-06-09 — 611 pageviews2026-06-12 — 605 pageviews2026-06-15 — 459 pageviews2026-06-18 — 513 pageviews2026-06-21 — 504 pageviews2026-06-24 — 479 pageviews2026-06-27 — 446 pageviews2026-06-30 — 348 pageviews2026-07-03 — 401 pageviews2026-07-06 — 383 pageviews2026-07-09 — 359 pageviews2026-07-12 — 382 pageviews2026-07-15 — 333 pageviews2026-07-18 — 333 pageviews2026-07-21 — 332 pageviews2026-07-24 — 370 pageviews2026-07-27 — 538 pageviews2026-07-30 — 445 pageviews2026-08-02 — 486 pageviews2026-08-05 — 355 pageviews2026-08-08 — 416 pageviews2026-08-11 — 341 pageviews2026-08-14 — 324 pageviews2026-08-17 — 335 pageviews2026-08-20 — 339 pageviews2026-08-23 — 345 pageviews2026-08-26 — 322 pageviews2026-08-28 — 287 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5102026-08-29 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 51 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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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