What is the name of Mortal Kombat: Deception’s puzzle minigame?

Mortal Kombat: Deception’s puzzle minigame is called Puzzle Kombat.

Puzzle Kombat is a competitive tile-matching mode in which miniature versions of Mortal Kombat characters battle while players clear falling blocks. It was included as an extra mode alongside Deception’s main fighting, Konquest, and Chess Kombat content.

The minigame draws inspiration from falling-block puzzle games, but it uses Mortal Kombat characters, arenas, and finishing-style effects to give the format a series-specific identity. Players can select fighters and compete by building combinations and sending obstacles to an opponent.

Puzzle Kombat is easy to confuse with Chess Kombat, another Deception mode. Chess Kombat combines board-game strategy with Mortal Kombat battles, whereas Puzzle Kombat is the title of the block-based puzzle mode.