Great graphics and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The graphics and facial animations look incredibly lifelike”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Mortal Kombat 11
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%NetherRealm Studios, QLOC, Shiver2019Fighting · Action · Arcade
The verdict
A gorgeous, content-rich fighter with a cinematic story, deep customization and brutal fatalities. Skip it if you mainly want online play: desync, connection failures and sweaty matchmaking are common.
Great for
Fans of cinematic story, gory fatalities, customization and local play or co-op with friends
Main risk
Online features fail to connect or desync, leaving you with only offline content
What players love
Brutal, satisfying fatalities and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Gory fatalities brutal mechanics and the most satisfying fighting game out there”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Cinematic story mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The story mode feels like a high-budget Hollywood action movie.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Huge content and deep customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Decent roster of characters and tons of ways for customizing each and every one of them, both mechanically and visually.”
Steam review · 110.7 h played ↗
Fun with friends and local play
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“super fun with friends, especially with people who don’t play fighting games that much”
Steam review · 42.5 h played ↗
Good optimization and runs on weak hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“The optimization is stellar, even on older hardware, the game runs flawlessly on High settings.”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Online desync and server connection failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“don't even bother playing online 90% of the matches you play will desync.”
Steam review · 37.7 h played ↗
Unfair matchmaking and sweaty online players
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Bad matchmaking, i play vs basement dwellers that play all day and i am beginner”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Paywalled DLC characters and monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“It's appalling to see almost half of the fighters grayed out behind a paywall.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Weak or frustrating story
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“the writing is just so bad.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Towers of Time grind, modifiers and RNG unlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“The Grind: You have to play for 1000 hours just to unlock a skin.”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗
Huge 100+ GB install size
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“There is no reason for a 2d fighter game to be 116gb!”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support
Minimum
OS64-bit Windows 7 / Windows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-750, 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200, 3.1 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 670 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 1050 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7950 or AMD® Radeon™ R9 270
Recommended
OS64-bit Windows 7 / Windows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300, 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300, 3.5GHz or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400, 3.2 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 780 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 1060-6GB / AMD® Radeon™ R9 290 or RX 570
OS64-bit Windows 7 / Windows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-750, 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200, 3.1 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 670 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 1050 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7950 or AMD® Radeon™ R9 270
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