Can I Run Mortal Kombat 1?
Mortal Kombat 1 is an action game from NetherRealm Studios, released in 2023. Warner Bros. Games published it. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. There are 50 achievements to chase. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. Steam gates it behind an age check at 18. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Two players can share one screen on a single machine, which is rare enough now to be worth noting. Metacritic places it at 82. Over 33 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. The game ships for Windows alone. Cloud saves are enabled.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600 | AMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 or Ryzen™ 5 2600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce® GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or Intel® Arc™ A750 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 140 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce® GTX 2080 Ti or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT or Intel® Arc™ A770 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 140 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Mortal Kombat 1 places its action in a horror setting, and the player works through one on one arenas. The view is in three dimensions. The publisher supplies 16 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Mortal Kombat 1 is demanding
Demand in Mortal Kombat 1 is ordinary. The publisher has Nvidia GeForce GTX 2080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or Intel Arc A770 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Mortal Kombat 1 scales hard with the hardware you give it. Mortal Kombat 1 calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Installation is large at roughly 140 GB, and an SSD is specified rather than suggested. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. Mortal Kombat 1 needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Mortal Kombat 1?
Free up space before installing Mortal Kombat 1: it needs roughly 140 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, Nvidia GeForce® GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or Intel® Arc™ A750 and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Mortal Kombat 1 needs about 140 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 0.97x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.55x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.24x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Mortal Kombat 1's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Mortal Kombat 1?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Mortal Kombat 1?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-6600 | AMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 or Ryzen™ 5 2600; GPU: Nvidia GeForce® GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or Intel® Arc™ A750; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit.
How much storage does Mortal Kombat 1 need?
Mortal Kombat 1 needs about 140 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Mortal Kombat 1?
The RTX 3060 runs Mortal Kombat 1 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Mortal Kombat 1?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Mortal Kombat 1 is the GPU.