Deadlock Was 90% Dead. Now It's Bigger Than Ever

Deadlock peaked at 171,000 players in 2024, lost 90% of them by June 2025, and just set a new record of 228,086. It's still invite-only. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI_rFYDxONA SOURCES SteamDB (Steam group), Deadlock peaks at 228k players, 29 Sep 2026: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamDB/announcements/detail/4240788773955802684 Esports News UK (Hannah Marie ZT), Deadlock player count drops 90%, 5 Jun 2025: https://esports-news.co.uk/2025/06/05/deadlock-player-count-drops-90-percent/ PC Gamer, Valve spent 2025 ripping apart Deadlock and putting it back together, 9 Jan 2026: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/state-of-deadlock-2026/ Dexerto (Jeremy Gan), How many people play Deadlock? Player count in 2026: https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/how-many-people-play-deadlock-player-count-2867201/ Every source for the full video: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ro-Ppn_QwvCP9WiWx26HRxmx4q8R1iLJ CLIPS Used under fair use, for commentary. Credited on screen. Blau, Deadlock is going to fail...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TswO-TYOe1A AverageJonas, Is Deadlock DYING??: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATflcoElg48 FOOTAGE AND MUSIC Deadlock art and screenshots from Valve. Articles shown with their outlets and dates on screen. Deadlock main menu theme (Valve), used under Valve's video policy: https://store.steampowered.com/video_policy #Shorts #deadlock #valve