Its unique blend of strategic gameplay and fast-paced action sets Deadlock apart. It offers a fresh twist on traditional third-person view MOBA mechanics that enhance player immersion and tactical awareness.
Deadlock is similar to popular games such as Overwatch, Dota 2, or League of Legends. The Blix team explored the online of a new game from Valve and compared it to other games on Steam.
Highlights
- Deadlock Online Review
We’ve written about Deadlock before, so you might find this article, Deadlock Massive Update: Balance and Matchmaking Changes, and Deadlock Meta Breakdown: Hero Win Rates and Pick Rates, useful.
Deadlock Online Stats
Deadlock Charts
After Valve lifted all restrictions on Deadlock information distribution on August 24, the new shooter began to gain popularity rapidly. On August 29, it had already gathered more than 100,000 players, keeping this mark for the whole of September.
On August 28, Deadlock’s online peak on Steam was 98.5 thousand players. At the same time, Overwatch 2 had the maximum number of players in the history of the game, only 75 thousand.
Overwatch 2 Charts
Of course, comparing Valve’s new project with CS2 or Dota 2, you will not be able to find positive sides, as in these games online, every day exceeds online Deadlock about 6-10 times, at least.
CS2 Charts
Dota 2 Charts
However, Deadlock will still take its toll, as it took its first 100,000 online in just a few months. What will happen next—time will tell.
In the first month of the fall, a record was also set online – on September 2, the game had 171,490 people. The best September after that was September 8, when the peak online was 163,803 players. Since then, Deadlock has only been losing online.
Lately, the game’s online continues to drop. For October, the record figure was 102,409 players. On October 7, only a little over 86 thousand people were online. And on the eighth, online dropped another five thousand to reach 81 thousand users online. However, it’s too early to conclude as the game is in the closed testing stage.
Now Dealock is on the 17th line of Steam Charts by SteamDB and has already bypassed games such as Call of Duty, Team Fortress 2, Once Human, Diablo IV, ELDEN RING, HELLDIVERS 2, and others.
Steam Charts by SteamDB
Community Reaction
Although the game does not exist, as it is still undergoing closed testing and the release date has not been announced, the community has already managed to form some opinions about Deadlock. Although the opinions about the game are positive, criticism still exists, which is unsurprising given that the product is still developing.
