Games like Mortal Kombat 1
Closest overall match: Mortal Kombat X (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Guilty Gear -Strive at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl at about 2 hours.
We compared Mortal Kombat 1 against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: 2D Fighter, Singleplayer and Remote Play Together.
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66%
1. Mortal Kombat X
Shares 2D Fighter, 2.5D, Blood, Mature and Violent and 5 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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65%
2. Guilty Gear -Strive
Shares 2D-файтинг, Shared/Split Screen PvP, 2D Fighter, Remote Play Together and 2.5D and 8 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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63%
3. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Shares 2D-файтинг, Shared/Split Screen PvP, 2D Fighter, Remote Play Together and Online PvP and 5 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; about 8h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 24%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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62%
4. MultiVersus
Shares 2D-файтинг, 2D Fighter, Remote Play Together, Online PvP and Character Customization and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 8h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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61%
5. Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Shares Shared/Split Screen PvP, 2D Fighter, Remote Play Together, Online PvP and PvP and 4 more tags; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
-
60%
6. Sifu
Shares Martial Arts, Souls-like, Blood and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher; about 7h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
-
59%
7. Chivalry 2
Shares Online PvP, Character Customization, In-App Purchases, 3D and PvP and 1 more tags; about 6h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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59%
8. DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Shares 2D Fighter, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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58%
9. Mortal Kombat 11
Shares Blood, Violent and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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58%
10. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Shares 2D Fighter, Split Screen, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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56%
11. SoulCalibur VI
Shares Character Customization, Split Screen, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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55%
12. BlazBlue: Central Fiction
Shares 2D Fighter, Cute, Split Screen, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Mortal Kombat 1?
On our similarity model, Mortal Kombat X is the closest match to Mortal Kombat 1 — shares 2D Fighter, 2.5D, Blood, Mature and Violent and 5 more tags; same developer.
Which game like Mortal Kombat 1 is rated highest?
Guilty Gear -Strive holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 99 players.
Are there games like Mortal Kombat 1 on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 6 games like Mortal Kombat 1 on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Mortal Kombat 1 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.