Mortal Kombat 11 similar games & best alternatives

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Mortal Kombat 11

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

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

What works

  • Engaging story mode with cinematic presentation
  • Deep and strategic combat mechanics
  • Extensive character customization and skins
  • Robust online multiplayer with ranked modes
  • High-quality graphics and sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Grinding for unlockables can be tedious
  • Online matchmaking can be frustrating
  • Story can be confusing or inconsistent
  • Large installation size and hardware demands
  • Some voice acting and character designs criticized

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ascend: Reborn

  • Killer Instinct

  • DOOM

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

  • GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

  • ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™

More social

Games that feels like Mortal Kombat 11 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • SAMURAI WARRIORS 4-II

  • Borderlands 3

  • Chivalry 2

  • Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition

  • Nioh: Complete Edition

Less competitive

Games that feels like Mortal Kombat 11 but with less competition against others

  • Shadow Warrior

  • God of War Ragnarök

  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

  • KIBORG

  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

  • DYNASTY WARRIORS 7: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition

Less dominating

Games that feels like Mortal Kombat 11 but with less domination over others

  • Lies of P

  • Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

  • Batman™: Arkham Origins

  • Devil May Cry 5

  • DOOM Eternal

  • SUCCUBUS

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Injustice™ 2

  • Mortal Kombat X

  • Mortal Kombat 1

  • Batman™: Arkham Origins

  • Mortal Kombat

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Mortal Kombat 11. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Mortal Kombat 11. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mortal Kombat 11: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Leadership, Cooperation.

Last update: 21/08/2026