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Mortal Kombat X
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 68% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 61,092
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 61,428 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 8.3h for positive, 14.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (67.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (73)
story milestone ending side
- It's a Gusher Spill 1,000 pints of blood 100%
- Pledge Yourself Reach level 5 in any faction 98%
- FINISH HIM Perform 1 Fatality in a match 96%
- Jumping Bean Jump 30 times in 1 match 80%
- Blanche Advantage Hit someone with the old lady Level Interaction 76%
- Hit the Dojo Enter Practice mode 75%
- Moving Up Reach personal level 10 in XP 73%
- Tower Kompetitor Complete a single Tower 60%
- Brutal End Perform 1 Brutality 58%
- Terrifying Encounter Confront a beast within the Krypt 51%
- A New Beginning Complete 50% of Story Mode 45%
- Inner Strength Win 1 complete online match 40%
- Statistical Advantage View Kombat Kard 40%
- There is a Ruler Complete 100% of Story Mode 36%
- Time Out Win a match by time out 35%
- Back It Up Equip a new Background image 26%
- Real Icon Equip a new Icon 26%
- So Bored Equip a new Border 26%
- Luck be a Lady Play 7 complete Test Your Luck matches 23%
- That's How You Do It Complete Tutorial 20%
- Can't Stop This Win an Invasion 1v1 fight 16%
- Almighty Complete a Test Your Might Tower 13%
- Stay Back Play an Invasion Boss fight 13%
- Throwback Perform a Klassic Fatality in a Klassic skin 12%
- Need a Doctor Perform every character's X-Ray 12%
- Giving Respect Give Respect points in a King of the hill match 11%
- Going The Distance Complete the Klassic Tower with one of the Kombat Pack 2 characters 11%
- Straight Power Perform 100 Fatalities in matches 10%
- Good to be King Win 1 complete Klassic King of the hill match 9.0%
- Return Kustomer Play 100 complete online matches 9.0%
- Faction Champion Reach level 50 in any faction 8.0%
- INVASION Complete an Invasion Tower 7.7%
- Dark Future Perform 50 Brutalities 7.5%
- Keep it Secret Find a secret fight in the Living Towers 7.1%
- All the Pieces Equip a Background, Icon and Border set 6.5%
- Tower Master Complete 10 Living Towers 6.3%
- Unstoppable Play 200 complete online matches 5.7%
- Trolling Duck 30 times during Fatality sequence 5.6%
- Not Dead Yet See all Test Your Might deaths 5.4%
- A Kontender Complete 1 Tower Battle 5.2%
- Only a Real Master Beat an opponent while they still have 90% health and you have 10% or less health remaining 4.6%
- Bill of Goods Win 1 complete match in Survivor King of the Hill 4.1%
- BUDDY!!! Send a Tower Challenge to a friend 4.1%
- Hara Kiri Kill yourself with Kotal Kahn for 1 round and win the match 4.1%
- Jump Ship Become a member of every faction 3.8%
- I'm number 1 Win 1 Tower Battle 3.8%
- Royalty Win 5 complete Klassic King of the hill matches 3.8%
- Fox Finish Win the match with your opponent stepping on Caltrops 3.7%
- Bloody Good Time Perform a Fatality in a match with every character 3.5%
- All I Do Is Win Jump back and forth over your opponent 5 times during the Fatality sequence and perform a Fatality 3.1%
- Disco Create a sun ray with Kotal Kahn and perform a flip stance 5 times while in the ray 3.1%
- The Grinder Win a match after connecting all attacks from Leatherface's Berserker Stance in the Klassic Tower 3.1%
- Elder God Reach personal level 65 in XP 2.9%
- Tower Warrior Complete a Tower with every character 2.9%
- Hug It Out Throw 5 Face Huggers during a match with Alien in the Klassic Tower 2.8%
- Robots Rule Win 5 complete matches with each Robot Type 2.8%
- Tower God Complete 50 Living Towers 2.8%
- Well Rounded Play every character variation 2.8%
- Dropping Fools Reach a 10 complete game win streak in Ranked 1v1 matches 2.7%
- Challenge Accepted Win a single Tower Challenge 2.5%
- Getting Tipsy Perform Bo' Rai Cho's Drinking special 10 times during a match in the Klassic Tower 2.5%
- Knockout Perform a 10 hit combo with every character 2.5%
- Master Win a single complete match with every character variation 2.5%
- No Loyalty Reach level 50 in all factions 2.5%
- The Kollector Unlock 50 Kustom Kombat Modifiers 2.5%
- The Kraken Perform the Kove Stage Fatality with Triborg in the Klassic Tower 2.5%
- What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Still Alive Perform a Stage Brutality with Alien in the Klassic Tower 2.5%
- Where It All Started Perform the Pit Stage Fatality with Leatherface in the Klassic Tower 2.5%
- DIE WILL YOU Deal 1,000 total hits during Invasion Boss fights 2.4%
- Dance The Night Away Flip Stance 10 times with a Kombat Pack 2 character during a Fatality sequence in an Online match 2.4%
- Juggernaut Win 5 Tower Battles 2.4%
- Respected Fighter Earn 1,000 Respect points 2.4%
- Lands-Down Don't perform a Kombo over 4 hits with Bo' Rai Cho and win a complete Online Ranked 1v1 match 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.