Mortal Kombat 1 Sales Top 6.2 Million Units - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 August 2025 / 12,388 Views
Ed Boon, the co-creator of the Mortal Kombat franchise and chief creative officer of NetherRealm Studios, has announced Mortal Kombat 1 has sold over 6.2 million units.
This figure is up from from five million units sold as of January 21, 2025.
"Let's start with MK1," said Boon. "With over 6.2 million games sold, we're still committed to refining MK1 to be our most balanced game."
Mortal Kombat 1 released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in September 2023.
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MK X sold over 12 million
MK 11 sold over 15 million
MMK 1 has a long way to go
MK has a massive casual playerbase, a lot of people just play it as a "fun game"
I haven't purchased MK 1 or 11. I bought X and played it for a few hours did some fatalities and was done with it. I did play a bit of 11 on PS+ though.
A great point, even based on these sales it shows this is true. I think prehaps what I'm more surprised at is SF's low sales. Maybe that "the competitive game" is actually off-putting.
SFV is also a PS4 and PC exclusive, and Capcom stupidly started it off with a strategy where it was barebones on content at launch with a slow rollout of content over time. Content that should have been there at launch.
Just recently picked it up on a steam. It's loaded with content now, really great game. About to pick up MK1 definitive edition in a few minutes. Edit: got it
I wish we could get another Shaolin Monks, one of the best and most intense Co-op beat-em-up Games.
I guess that's more than SF6 or Tekken 8 sold?
Bandai Namco said Tekken had sold over 3 millions in February
Capcom said that SF6 had sold over 5 million copies in June
So yeah, this MK game has sold more than the other two
Yeah, but Mortal Kombat 1 has been cheaper during sales and has sold the entire package (full game with DLC) for under $30. Hence, they have been more aggressive at stimulating sales.
Safe bet that MK1 also had the bigger budget.
Huh i read somewhere a time ago mk1 did verry poorly,i guess that whas not the truth
Very poorly is relative. The last two sold double+ that. So its probably profitable, but nowhere near the total of its previous ones.
mortal kombat is very different. they have front loaded sales especially the recent ones. clearly the sales were poor relative to expectations if they had to drop support and cancel further dlc plans.
Mortal Kombat X had a steady upwards climb, and MK11 had some very long legs. It was a regular feature of the Nintendo's eShop best-selling games list, which is no small feat. MK1, OTOH, was definitely front-loaded.
But without those seasons, it isn't going to get there. And it isn't getting more seasons because the higher-ups don't believe it has the sales potential. It's tracking well below MK11 (which was extraordinarily successful) and even MKX, despite getting a stronger start out of the gate than either of them.
Also not sure of how much the budget for Mortal Kombat compares to SF or Tekken. I'd say that, for sure, a MK game costs more to produce than a SF game.
the sales should be higher
Sales aren't abysmal, but the discounts have been very aggressive (under $30 for game and DLC). And based on trends, this might have the biggest budget of the series.
This game objectively under performed.
