Deadlock — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
Deadlock is #5 on Steam with a 24h peak of 200,271; sampled player count unavailable. Latest official patch in our feed: Minor Update - 10-14-2026 (Oct 15, 2026). As of Oct 22, 2026.
Latest official update
Shh... This Won't Hurt a Bit.
It's hard to know if that chill in the air is from the approaching fall breeze, or from the withering glare of Nurse Harrow, who now joins us on the streets of Manhattan. To some, her practices may seem unorthodox, her patients at the Marble Hill Possession Ward cannot say that…
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Data from Steam · Last updated Oct 22, 2026 · Refreshed daily
- Steam rank
- #5
- 24h peak
- 200K
- Steam weekly chart change
- No change
Weekly change is vs last week on Steam's chart. History below compares exact dates in our recorded snapshots.
Latest updates & patch notes
14 English-language official updates in the last 90 days.
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News Steam · Official
Shh... This Won't Hurt a Bit.
It's hard to know if that chill in the air is from the approaching fall breeze, or from the withering glare of Nurse Harrow, who now joins us on the streets of Manhattan. To some, her practices may seem unorthodox, her patients at the Marble Hill Possession Ward cannot say that…
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News Steam · Official
Paint the Town
Brush in hand, Violet approaches the ritual with the same precision she does her art, wielding Living Ink that both empowers her bullets, and draws mere inspiration into reality. When entering Flow State, her ink glides easily, weaving towards danger to deal damage, or away from…
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Patch Steam · Official
Minor Update - 10-14-2026
Radiant Regeneration: Spirit scaling reduced from 0.04 to 0.035 - Baba: Spirit Resistance scaling reduced from 0.12 to 0.1 - Baba: Now has -7% Base Bullet Resistance - Baba: Threadsap - Spirit reduction on enemies now ends when Baba dies - Baba: Threadsap - Cooldown increased…
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News Steam · Official
Fairfax Industries Employee Spotlight
Today, Fairfax Industries is proud to introduce their most valuable salesman: Deadman Danny. Wielding a rocket launcher and flying high above the streets of New York (courtesy of the Chimera Mk1 - the latest and greatest in self-adhered aviation technology), Danny rains his…
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News Steam · Official
Make Your Move.
Solomon remains calm and collected when facing a new challenger, so when the Patrons come calling, he approaches the city as if it's one giant chessboard. With Setup Bishop he advances, planting his loyal damage dealers ahead of him and sliding them across the streets with ease…
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Mind the Birds!
It was a close contest, but today we find New York's notorious pigeon lady leaving her favorite perch in Central Park and joining the fight on the city streets. Tourists in the park might not think much of ol' Baba sitting on her bench - sipping tea and talking to her birds -…
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Patch Steam · Official
Minor Update - 10-05-2026
Fixed bugs that were causing troopers to walk too slowly in lane- Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Fixed some bugs with bouncing targeting- Rat King: Scrap Grenade - Damage increased from 65 to 70- Rat King: Scrap Grenade - T2 Damage increased from 65 to 70- Rat King: Rat Swarm - Base…
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Listen up, Crumbums! Your King is here.
Out of the sewers and into the streets, the rightful King of the Rats is here at last. Rodent-hating citizens of Manhattan won't be prepared to see his Scrap Grenade bouncing down Broadway, nor for his Swarm of Rats biting at their heels. By donning his Royal Pestments, the Rat…
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News Steam · Official
City Never Sleeps
The Cursed Apple is ever changing, and these streets are nothing like you remember. A massive visual update to the map and neutrals, six new heroes, HUD updates, numerous quality-of-life additions, accessibility options, and more. Check out everything that's new at: We also…
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Patch Steam · Official
Minor Update - 09-16-2026
Unstable Rift comeback resist max values now scale over the course of the game. Previously the max values were 35%. Now it is 10% + 1% per minute (around ~20% for the first one), with an upper limit of 40% at 30 minutes.- Removed a fixed amount of extra bonus souls you would get…
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Patch Steam · Official
Minor Update - 08-22-2026
Radiant Regeneration: Heal on cast reduced from 70 to 65- Restorative Locket: Spirit Resistance reduced from 10% to 8%- Celeste: Dazzling Trick cooldown increased from 32s to 34s- Celeste: Dazzling Trick T2 barrier rescaled from "+80 and +0.7 scaling" to "+70 and +0.76"-…
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Minor Update - 08-12-2026
Apollo: Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25% - Apollo: Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration" - Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s - Apollo: Fixed Itani Lo Sahn…
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Minor Update - 07-28-2026
Stamina bucket 3 heroes (slowest) have their ground dash time increased from 0.7s to 0.72s and air dash time from 0.49s to 0.51s- The Orb Spawners in base that give 10 souls on hit now split to nearby players on expire- Fixed the party member / team mate audio volume slider for…
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Minor Update - 07-09-2026
Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m)- Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m- Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25%- Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s- Urn talking sound…
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Minor Update - 07-01-2026
Shiv: Alt Fire ammo cost reduced from 5 to 4- Shiv: Weapon now has fixed pellet spread- Shiv: Slice and Dice is now back to doing spirit damage and reducing Spirit Resistance from enemies- Shiv: Slice and Dice damage increased from 60 to 75- Shiv: Killing Blow T3 reduced from…
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Minor Update - 06-30-2026
King of the Hill objective has been rethemed and renamed to "Unstable Rift"- Unstable Rift no longer requires an Urn delivery to trigger the start of the event. It now has a variable start time of +/- 1 minute. There is a global announcement 25s before it spawns. 60s before that…
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Minor Update - 06-11-2026
Urn give up time reduced from 75s to 60s- Urn bounty reduced by 10% (unreduced for trailing team)- Breakables health permanent bonus reduced from 15/25/35 to 15/20/30 for level 1/2/3- Kill comeback bounty values increased by 8%- Street Brawl: All ability and item range/radius…
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Minor Update - 06-04-2026
Urn mechanics have been reworked. Primary details:- Delivering the urn now starts a king of the hill style capture point, rather than using melee to flip the urn back and forth.- Both teams can progress at the same time, but the urn will only be fully claimed once there is only…
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Minor Update - 05-31-2026
Apollo: Disengaging Sigil T2 increased from +20% Fire Rate to +30%- Apollo: Flawless Advance T1 heal from 30+0.75 to 35+1.0- Apollo: Flawless Advance T2 increased from -10s Cooldown to -12s- Apollo: Itani Lo Sahn damage increased from 190 to 200- Apollo: Itani Lo Sahn spirit…
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Minor Update - 05-28-2026
Urn spawn time and interval changed from 10/15/20/25/etc to 12/18/24/30/etc- Urn timer now gets frozen with Frozen Shelter- Urn no longer provides the +35% Bullet and Spirit Resist aura for the behind team when it is being carried or dropped. The aura is now only active when it…
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Last 14 days on Steam
Tracked since Aug 13, 2026 · best observed rank #5 (Oct 11, 2026) · 65 recorded days.
As of . 27 of the last 30 days recorded.
Rank changes compare with our own dated snapshots: the 7-day figure is vs our snapshot 7 days ago. Steam’s weekly chart comparison uses a separate source.
- Rank vs yesterday
- Unchanged
- Rank vs 7 days ago
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- Rank vs 30 days ago
- Up 15 places
- 30-day best peak
- 303,347
- 30-day average peak
- 167,580
| Date (UTC) | Rank | 24h peak |
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| #5 | 200,271 | |
| #5 | 219,417 | |
| #5 | 257,061 | |
| #5 | 255,488 | |
| #5 | 303,347 | |
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| #5 | 212,979 | |
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| #5 | 214,397 | |
| #5 | 220,575 | |
| #5 | 209,869 | |
| #6 | 262,145 | |
| #6 | 153,370 | |
27 peak samples in the 30-day average. Missing, excluded and unobserved days are not counted; chart absence does not prove zero players.
In the news (12)
Third-party reporting, separate from official developer announcements.
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PC Gamer
110 million votes later Nurse Harrow has finally made it into Deadlock, with special thanks to a particularly dedicated player who 'cast exactly 1,000 votes for her'
Deadlock's most recent round of hero voting amid the City Never Sleeps release has finally come to an end. First we had the one and only Rat King, then Baba, Solomon, Deadman Danny, Violet, and finally, Nurse Harrow, a support with some unorthodox methods... Read more.
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New Deadlock hero Violet is a map-manipulating menace with powerful movement tech
Valve shows its creativity once again with new Deadlock hero Violet, a painter capable of altering the battlefield with quick brush strokes. Read the full story on PCGamesN: New Deadlock hero Violet is a map-manipulating menace with powerful movement tech
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PCGamesN
Valve just brought back the TF2 glory days with its new Deadlock hero
New Deadlock hero Deadman Danny is here, and he's a high-flying, rocket-jumping skeleton who nobody in the Cursed Apple seems to like. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Valve just brought back the TF2 glory days with its new Deadlock hero
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PC Gamer
Deadlock's City Never Sleeps update makes Valve's MOBA my favorite videogame setting in years
Deadlock isn't technically out yet—but it's pretty easy to get into, with invites to its beta being generously granted by Valve and obtainable in plenty of Discord communities if you don't have other mates who're into MOBA s. And boy howdy, have I not regretted a single one of…
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PC Gamer
Deadlock surpasses Team Fortress 2's all-time concurrent player count peak as it adds a chess wizard
Valve's latest MOBA might still technically be conducting an invite-only test, but it's nevertheless one of the most popular games of its ilk. Yesterday, right as the game added the latest in its current batch of six new democratically released heroes , its concurrent…
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PCGamesN
Valve's Gambit: Deadlock's chess-playing new hero is its riskiest yet, and it's working
New Deadlock hero Solomon is a chess master who turns his own team into pawns, and it's pushed the Valve MOBA to a new Steam player record. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Valve's Gambit: Deadlock's chess-playing new hero is its riskiest yet, and it's working
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PC Gamer
Don't worry, Valve: I've got your next Deadlock character concepts sorted
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PC Gamer
Deadlock isn't a MOBA or a third-person shooter anymore—City Never Sleeps has turned it into a horror game
Ignore the section tag for this article, because while Deadlock may technically have the DNA of a MOBA or a third-person shooter, it is actually a horror game, and a bloody scary one at that... Read more.
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PC Gamer
Deadlock is the king of MOBA character designs, and it's all thanks to Valve's embrace of New Yorkyness
The Cursed Apple, wherein Valve’s latest MOBA Deadlock takes place, is ‘an urban fantasy setting’ in the same way that Limp Bizkit is ‘an American rock band.’ Sure, the label is accurate, but Deadlock is unmistakably, crucially, and specifically New York the same way Fred Durst…
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PC Gamer
Deadlock's new hero Rat King has over 100 voice lines dedicated to throwing rats at you
Gaming's worst-kept secret Deadlock received a humongous update earlier this week, one that redecorated its entire town and added six new classes for players to sink their teeth into. On the subject of teeth, one of these classes is a tank called Rat King, a giant humanoid…
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PCGamesN
Deadlock's Rat King is Valve's monstrous answer to over a year of community jokes
Valve's new Deadlock hero is the Rat King, and his arrival marks the culmination of more than a year of players calling for the character. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Deadlock's Rat King is Valve's monstrous answer to over a year of community jokes
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PC Gamer
The Rat King has arrived
The votes are in—the first of Deadlock's six new heroes just dropped. The Rat King is here , and one of his abilities lets you throw a bunch of rats at people, like that Eminem meme ... Read more.
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Game overview
Deadlock is a multiplayer game in early development.
- Steam rank
- #5 ＝
- Peak (24h)
- 200K
- Genre
- Action
- Developer
- Valve
- Released
- To be announced
- Price
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Screenshots
About Deadlock
EARLY DEVELOPMENT BUILD Deadlock is still in early development stages with lots of temporary art and experimental gameplay. LIMITED ACCESS Access to Deadlock is currently limited to friend invites via our playtesters.
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: TBD Processor: TBD Graphics: TBD Sound Card: TBD
- Languages
- English * , French, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, German, Korean, Polish, Italian, Indonesian, Thai, Japanese * languages with…
Frequently asked questions
- Is Deadlock free to play?
- Pricing is unavailable in this snapshot; check the Steam store for current pricing.
- What is the latest Deadlock update?
- The most recent official update in our feed is "Shh... This Won't Hurt a Bit." (Oct 20, 2026), categorized as News. It's hard to know if that chill in the air is from the approaching fall breeze, or from the withering glare of Nurse Harrow, who now joins us on the streets of Manhattan. To some, her practices may seem unorthodox, her patients at the Marble Hill Possession Ward cannot say that…
- How many people play Deadlock?
- Deadlock is #5 on Steam with a 24h peak of 200,271; sampled player count unavailable. Latest official patch in our feed: Minor Update - 10-14-2026 (Oct 15, 2026). As of Oct 22, 2026.
- When was Deadlock released?
- Deadlock was released on To be announced by Valve.
- What kind of game is Deadlock?
- Deadlock is a Action game, featuring multi-player.
24-hour peak player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Oct 22, 2026). Official announcements and third-party reporting are labelled separately; follow the source links for full notes. Deadlock and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.