There are many video games that show battles and wars, but Mortal Kombat is considered one of the best.
Here’s a full list of Mortal Kombat games in release order and the timeline they follow.
Mortal Kombat game release order
First released in 1992, the protagonist of the series is Johnny Cage.
He’s an actor and her action inspired by Jean-Claude Van Damme, where she became a staunch warrior in a game set in a fictional universe of 18 realms.
The warriors must defend their realm from being taken over by other extraterrestrial forces, so they start fighting them through the game depicting some graphic details of their death.
The last game released was Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate in 2020, and now fans are gearing up for the release of Mortal Kombat 12, scheduled for April 2023 and available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.
Here is the full list of games in release order.
- Mortal Kombat (1992)
- Mortal Kombat II (1993)
- Mortal Kombat 3 (1995)
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995)
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy (1996)
- Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (1997)
- Mortal Kombat 4 (1997)
- Mortal Kombat Gold (1999)
- Mortal Kombat: Special Forces (2000)
- Mortal Kombat Advance (2001)
- Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002)
- Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition (2003)
- Mortal Combat: Deception (2004)
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (2005)
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (2006)
- Mortal Kombat: Unchained (2006)
- Mortal Kombat Collection (2008)
- Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe (2008)
- Mortal Kombat (2011)
- Mortal Kombat Arcade Collection (2011)
- Mortal Kombat Mobile (2015)
- Mortal Kombat X (2015)
- Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
- Mortal Kombat: Aftermath (2020)
- Mortal Kombat: Ultimate (2020)
mortal kombat timeline
Above is the full list of Mortal Kombat games, including spinoffs.
You can play them in that order or in the order I’ll show you below.
This order is chronological and follows the timeline of the game.
The timeline order is as follows:
- Mortal Kombat Myth: Sub-Zero (1997)
- Mortal Kombat: Special Forces (2000)
- Mortal Kombat (1992)
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (2005)
- Mortal Kombat II (1993)
- Mortal Kombat 3 (1995)
- Mortal Komba 4 (1997)
- Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (2002)
- Mortal Kombat: Deception (2004)
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (2006)
- Mortal Kombat (2011)
- Mortal Kombat X (2015)
- Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
- Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate (2020)
- Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath (2020)
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe is a spin-off game that’s somewhere in the timeline but doesn’t contribute much to the whole story of Mortal Kombat.
After Raiden’s army defeats Shao Kahn, they fall somewhere between Mortal Kombat 4 and Armageddon.
Similar to other spinoff games not mentioned in this timeline.
They fit on the timeline but don’t really contribute.