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Mortal Kombat11

NetherRealm Studios · Warner Bros. Games · 2019-04-23

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Franchise: Mortal Kombat · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 23, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 19, 2019 (Google Stadia), Nov 17, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Nov 17, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 23, 2019 (Xbox One)

Mortal Kombat is back and better than ever in the next evolution of the iconic franchise.

1,201
playing now
88%
positive of 116k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (319 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

1,201 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Mortal Kombat 11 is a 2019 fighting game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the eleventh main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise and a sequel to Mortal Kombat X (2015). The game was announced at The Game Awards 2018 and was released in North America and Europe on April 23, 2019, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One—with the exception of Europe's Switch version which was released on May 10, 2019. It was released on Stadia on November 19, 2019.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,201 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,954 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~619/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.9M–7.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 116,014 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$4.18-92%
GameBillet$4.30-91%
Gamesplanet$4.34-91%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.75-90%
Humble Store$4.99-90%
WinGameStore$4.99-90%
Microsoft Store$4.99-90%
GamersGate$5.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 121 of 148 observed days · $1.69 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.8k2.8k20192026Week of 2019-04-01: 2,828 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,638 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 487 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,593 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,561 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,280 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 847 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,624 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,967 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,513 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,668 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,179 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,007 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,231 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,190 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,380 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,445 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,223 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,381 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,031 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 975 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,086 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,395 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,370 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,419 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,969 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,140 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,253 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,082 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.0k9202026-08-06 21:00 — 1,419 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,044 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,622 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,509 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,189 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,776 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,713 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,295 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,827 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,749 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 967 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,535 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,261 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 920 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,537 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,273 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 946 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,501 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,664 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 925 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,155 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,391 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,088 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,259 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,378 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 939 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,004 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,514 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 1,201 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$2.492018-12-072026-08-302018-12-07 — best price $47.992019-05-16 — best price $54.162019-09-03 — best price $59.992019-11-25 — best price $29.992020-01-13 — best price $53.452020-03-09 — best price $59.992020-06-25 — best price $19.992020-10-20 — best price $39.992021-01-20 — best price $49.992021-04-03 — best price $39.982021-07-01 — best price $40.932021-10-11 — best price $42.392021-12-23 — best price $9.992022-02-28 — best price $9.992022-05-17 — best price $9.992022-08-02 — best price $9.992022-10-11 — best price $39.892022-12-21 — best price $6.452023-03-22 — best price $9.992023-05-30 — best price $43.522023-08-21 — best price $3.732023-12-24 — best price $3.992024-02-26 — best price $44.482024-04-29 — best price $4.412024-07-12 — best price $43.522024-10-28 — best price $3.792025-02-17 — best price $49.992025-05-07 — best price $12.492025-08-07 — best price $49.992025-11-04 — best price $45.992026-02-02 — best price $39.892026-04-06 — best price $41.472026-06-30 — best price $4.402026-08-23 — best price $4.462026-08-30 — best price $4.18
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k3922026-05-29 — 1,171 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1,050 pageviews2026-06-04 — 851 pageviews2026-06-07 — 892 pageviews2026-06-10 — 826 pageviews2026-06-13 — 790 pageviews2026-06-16 — 643 pageviews2026-06-19 — 696 pageviews2026-06-22 — 656 pageviews2026-06-25 — 619 pageviews2026-06-28 — 669 pageviews2026-07-01 — 446 pageviews2026-07-04 — 633 pageviews2026-07-07 — 486 pageviews2026-07-10 — 484 pageviews2026-07-13 — 466 pageviews2026-07-16 — 443 pageviews2026-07-19 — 502 pageviews2026-07-22 — 436 pageviews2026-07-25 — 798 pageviews2026-07-28 — 725 pageviews2026-07-31 — 596 pageviews2026-08-03 — 644 pageviews2026-08-06 — 511 pageviews2026-08-09 — 659 pageviews2026-08-12 — 516 pageviews2026-08-15 — 546 pageviews2026-08-18 — 411 pageviews2026-08-21 — 396 pageviews2026-08-24 — 440 pageviews2026-08-26 — 422 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.3k62026-08-27 05:34 — 1,539 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 205 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 348 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 292 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 2,320 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 40 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
36.8%
earned "Thank You For Being A Fan"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesCustom Volume Controls27 DLC

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

GoreBloodActionMatureViolentFighting2D FighterStory RichAtmosphericCompetitive

Census log

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

Recent updates

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