Mortal Kombat X similar games & best alternatives

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Mortal Kombat X

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2015

Should you play it?

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

What works

  • High skill ceiling and balanced gameplay
  • Rich character roster with variations
  • Immersive cinematic story mode
  • Interactive arenas and krypt exploration
  • Strong competitive multiplayer modes

Things to keep in mind

  • Initial pc version had bugs and poor optimization
  • Online multiplayer can be unstable or dead on pc
  • Story mode is relatively short and sometimes cheesy
  • Some characters locked behind dlc
  • Keyboard controls less comfortable than gamepad

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Injustice™ 2

  • Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition

  • Chivalry 2

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Mortal Kombat 1

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION

More intimate

Games that feels like Mortal Kombat X but with more focus on close relationships

  • Gears 5

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Borderlands 2

Less competitive

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

  • DYNASTY WARRIORS 7: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • Dead Space™ 2

  • REMNANT II®

  • Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition

Less dominating

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

  • Batman™: Arkham Origins

  • Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Resident Evil Revelations

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

  • Hellpoint

Less social

Games that feels like Mortal Kombat X but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • SAMURAI SHODOWN

  • Mortal Kombat 11

  • Killer Instinct

  • SOULCALIBUR VI

  • TEKKEN 7

  • FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Injustice™ 2

  • Mortal Kombat 11

  • Mortal Kombat 1

  • Batman™: Arkham Origins

  • Mortal Kombat

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Mortal Kombat X. 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 X. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mortal Kombat X: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026