Mortal Kombat similar games & best alternatives

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Mortal Kombat

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360 • 2011

Should you play it?

What works

  • Engaging and strategic combat system with kameo fighters
  • Cinematic and well-crafted story mode
  • Strong competitive online play with ranked matches
  • High-quality visuals and immersive gore effects
  • Regular updates and seasonal content

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive single-player modes like invasions
  • High barrier to entry for casual players
  • Limited cooperative multiplayer options
  • Presence of microtransactions and grind
  • Stiff character animations and controls

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

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  • UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

  • GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R

  • GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

  • TEKKEN 7

More social

Games that feels like Mortal Kombat but with more teamwork and cooperation

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Mortal Kombat 11

  • Mortal Kombat X

  • Injustice™ 2

  • Mortal Kombat 1

  • Batman™: Arkham Origins

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Mortal Kombat: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation.

Last update: 05/08/2026