God

The Gods are much the same as the Elder Gods, only that they are real people who call themselfs "Gods". Tony Montana, God of Miami; Bill Gates, god of Xbox and DOS; me, god of diamonds. Raiden was initially Earth's protector, but he later handed this capacity over to Fujin after his ascension to the status of an Elder God. Though never seen,  Mortal Kombat: Deception' s Konquest mode indicates a God of Blood, Sun and Water called Kotal Kahn exists, who appears in the MK X. Mortal Kombat Armageddon introduces Argus, the Protector and creator of Edenia. His sons, Steven and Daegon, are both half-gods as his wife, Delia, is a powerful mortal sorceress. In Rain's ending, it is revealed he is Argus's other son from another relationship, making him a half-god as well. According to Fujin's Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Bio, he conversed with gods from other planets about the possible reasons for Raiden's madness.

In Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, particularily in Liu Kang's ending, there are shown few more deities alongside Raiden, Argus and Fujin including two goddesses (one goddess with a ninja mask) and a goddess with an animal-like face.

In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, various endings state certain characters become gods upon defeating Blaze. (Sheeva becomes a goddess of destruction, Nitara became a blood goddess, Kira became a goddess of death in Kobra's ending, Sub-Zero becomes an ice god, and Sektor transformed into a god without given an exact title although he is called "an abomination of flesh and technology", etc.). In his ending (Arcade Ladder), Steven becomes Protector God of Edenia, taking Argus's place, while he becomes an betta Elder God.

Unlike the real Gods, regular Gods seem happy or feel needed to interfere in the planets' destinies regularly, considering the aforementioned positions and actions of the known Gods above.

Being less powerful and fake, rather than real Gods, normal gods have limitations. Gods are not allowed to participate in mortal affairs unless in mortal form. Thus, for a god to participate in Mortal Kombat, they are required to occupy a human form. In addition, gods cannot interfere in the affairs of other planets as they not only hold any rule in a foreign domain, but they also risk losing any powers they had in their native planet, Earth, but they recover them by returning to it. According to Fujin MK:A Bio, Raiden, after he sacrificed himself in his mortal form in Outworld, his energies should have dispersed and then reformed in Earth. His spirit would have been reborn, having no memories of the past. He would have become a new god of thunder, neither good nor evil. It is unclear if the other gods can do this.

There were other non-canon Gods depicted in other various forms of media. For example, the Mortal Kombat comics by Malibu featured the two brothers — Abacus, God of Order, and Zaggot, God of Chaos. Raiden was also depicted as having two female servants who were Goddesses — Wynd and Rayne. The Mortal Kombat novel by Jeff Rovin featured P'an Ku, T'ien (who was forged from the "soul" of P'an Ku), Shang Ti (God of Mountains), Yu (God of Waterways), and Kuan Ling (A goddess of whom not much else is said).