About Mortal Kombat 1
It’s In Our Blood! Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. New Origins Reflecting Fire God Liu Kang’s vision of perfection, Mortal Kombat 1’s brand new universe is familiar, yet radically altered. Invasions Invasions is a dynamic single player campaign with a variety of distinct challenges. With built in progression and RPG mechanics, mixed with MK1’s incredible fighting action, Invasions provides deep, and engaging challenges, and a ton of rewards along the way. Kameos Kameos dramatically enhance every fight, assisting teammates with their own Special Moves, Throws and defensive Breakers.
- • Kameo assist fighter system
- • Cinematic story mode
- • Invasions seasonal PvE mode
- • Classic tower and online ranked
- • DC and movie guest DLC seasons
- • Steam Achievements
- • Full controller support
- • Steam Trading Cards
- • Steam Cloud
- • Remote Play Together
- • HDR available
- • Family Sharing
Storyline
After defeating Kronika and Shang Tsung, Fire God Liu Kang uses Kronika's Hourglass to recreate the universe before relinquishing control of it to Geras to become Earthrealm's protector. Over time, he forms a tenuous alliance with Outworld under the auspices of continuing the Mortal Kombat tournaments. In the present, Shang Tsung, now a powerless Outworlder, struggles to make a living selling quack medicine until he is approached by a mysterious individual named "Damashi", who reveals to him that he has the potential to become a sorcerer and that unseen forces have been working against him. Meanwhile, Liu Kang recruits farmhands Kung Lao and Raiden, financially struggling Hollywood actor Johnny Cage, and former yakuza gangster Kenshi Takahashi to compete in the latest tournament, with Raiden eventually being named Earthrealm's champion and winning the tournament. After learning from Geras that Shang Tsung has regained his abilities and is serving as an advisor to Outworld's Empress Sindel, Liu Kang tasks Kenshi, Kung Lao, and Johnny with investigating Shang Tsung's activities. They travel to Outworld's wastelands, where they encounter Tarkatans, victims of the Tarkat virus outbreak, and witness Shang Tsung extracting bone marrow from the Tarkatans' leader Baraka. The Earthrealmers intervene, though Shang Tsung escapes to his laboratory. With Baraka's aid, the group locates the lab and stops Shang Tsung from seemingly infecting Outworld's crown princess, Mileena, with the Tarkat virus. However, Mileena attacks them, blinding Kenshi before Shang Tsung injects her with a serum to control her Tarkat symptoms. Her sister, Princess Kitana, and General Shao arrive to capture the Earthrealmers. Shang Tsung misleads them before convening with his ally and fellow sorcerer Quan Chi. The Earthrealmers and Baraka are taken to the Flesh Pits, but escape with help of Reptile, a shapeshifting outcast, and encounter Ashrah, a Netherrealm Demoness in search of absolution, who reveals that Quan Chi is building devices capable of stealing souls on a massive scale. Though Quan Chi uses several souls to create Ermac, the group defeats them and destroys one of the soul stealers…
Gameplay
Mortal Kombat 1 features a story mode, online multiplayer with rollback netcode, and offline gameplay, as well as cross-play and cross-progression, a first in the series. However, cross-play and cross-progression are unavailable at launch on Nintendo Switch, though cross-play support was added on February 27, 2024, while the King of the Hill online mode will support cross-play in the future. The game introduces a feature called Kameo Fighters, who provide assistance to the player during fights in a similar fashion to the tag assist fighters of the Towers of Time mode in Mortal Kombat 11. These characters are separate from the main roster and are chosen before each fight. Fatal Blows, first introduced in Mortal Kombat 11, make a return. Like before, these can be triggered when a player's health drops below 30%, but this time they have the player and his Kameo Fighter delivering an attack in tandem. Additionally, the most significant attacks performed during the Fatal Blow are highlighted with effects like those seen in Mortal Kombat X's X-Ray moves. Also returning is the airborne combo system seen in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and the action spin-off Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. For single-player, the game features the return of the plot-driven Story Mode and the traditional form of Towers mode from the previous games, while introducing the addition of the seasonal Invasions mode, an online mode combining fighting mechanics with board game and role-playing game elements. The players are tasked with moving around the board while completing various challenges on each space they move to, earning rewards such as skins, in-game currency, or concept art for completing the challenges. Each Invasion season lasts around six weeks and has its own board and theme. For multiplayer, the versus modes include Local mode to play a match on the same console, Online mode to play against opponents all over the world, and Tournament mode to host a tournament with a unified rule set for the matches. Returning as an additional finishing move in a free update released alongside the Khaos Reigns expansion DLC is Animalities, first introduced in Mortal Kombat 3 and its updates Ultimate…
Multiplayer
Supports: Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Remote Play Together.
Offline play
Full single-player campaign available offline on PC.
- Developer
- NetherRealm Studios
- Publisher
- Warner Bros. Games
- Release
- 19 Sept 2023
- Price
- $69.99
- Modes
- single-player, multiplayer, online, co-op
- Age rating
- M
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
More details
- Metacritic score
- 82
- Steam achievements
- 50 achievements
Screenshots
System requirements
PC — minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-6600 | AMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 or Ryzen™ 5 2600
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce® GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or Intel® Arc™ A750
- Storage
- 140 GB available space
PC — recommended
- OS
- Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce® GTX 2080 Ti or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT or Intel® Arc™ A770
- Storage
- 140 GB available space
