Key takeaways
- The performance of Mortal Kombat 1 on PC hs seems to have tanked for many players after the release of the game's latest update.
- Some players are experiencing large frame rate drops despite high-end specs, while others report slow gameplay.
- Fixes now include a fresh install, though there are hopes that NetherRealm will actually fix the issues going forward.
Mortal Kombat 1 may be overshadowed by the likes of Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and now Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, but developer NetherRealm Studios is keeping up regardless. It has been releasing DLC and new characters for the title while ensuring that updates go out regularly for balance, but if updates for PC continue to be as bad as the game's latest, Netherrealm may not have much of an audience on the platform. long
According to many fans on social media, Mortal Kombat 1 has been suffering from pretty bad performance issues since the release of the game's latest update, which added the recently announced Khaos Reigns DLC. A Twitter user named Cerebral NetherRealm was one of the first to start calling out the shocking performance, sharing a video of the game dropping to less than 10fps.

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To make matters worse, Syribral claims that they are running the game with a rig that exceeds the recommended specs, making it a problem with the game itself rather than a hardware issue. Another Twitter user called Thethiny Syribral then backs up the claim that the game's latest update tanked its performance on PC, claiming that the update's attempt at file compression and a new file layout are the main reasons for the problems displayed in the video.
Mortal Kombat 1 fans are unhappy with PC performance after the latest update
You may find other fans of the title complaining about similar issues, including one called SithDestroyerOT, who claims his game drops to around 40fps even when running at 4080 Super. Concerns about performance have started to make their way to the game's Steam page, as you can find many negative reviews of the game being broken and unplayable.
It's worth noting that these experiences don't seem universal, at least not enough for them to make the entire Mortal Kombat community start grabbing their pitchforks. For example, a Twitter user called RainCola claims that they haven't experienced the same frame rate issues as everyone else, and questions whether this might be a problem specific to AMD CPUs.
Regardless, this is an issue that seems to be affecting a fairly large portion of the game's PC audience, and there will soon be calls for NetherRealm to do something about it. Right now, it seems like the best way to try and get around the issues is to do a fresh install, but it's not exactly ideal to have to delete your game and reinstall when an update is pushed out. Here's hoping that NetherRealm doesn't overthink and fix the issues.

Mortal Kombat 1 reboots the universe of the popular fighting game, after Liu Kang changed the events of Mortal Kombat 11. It features a wide range of fighters, an expanded story, and an all-new Kameo fighter system.