Deadlock added an old jamaican guy whose kit is a complex combination of actual chess moves that shoot you and it immediately surpassed TF2's all time peak player count a game that turns 20 next year. Yoshifrog cannot be stopped

Deadlock set a new Steam concurrent peak of 228,208, according to SteamDB. The invite-only beta is at 184,122 players right now. The 24-hour peak and the all-time peak are the same number, 228,208, hit 23 hours ago. SteamDB had it third for a stretch, behind Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2, so Valve briefly held the top three spots on its own platform. WARDOGS has since passed it. The climb lines up with the “The City Never Sleeps” update and the addition of the Rat King. The game is still not openly available.

Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps update is live. Valve is adding six heroes, including Rat King, Nurse Harrow, and Deadman Danny. The three lanes and four districts got a full visual pass. More than 10,000 new voice lines shipped with a player to listen through them. The game is still invite-only.

Deadlock is officially back. Valve just dropped the massive “City Never Sleeps” update, adding: -six new heroes -major visual overhaul of the map and neutral units -HUD improvements Players immediately came flooding back. Deadlock pushed past its previous 171,490-player all-time peak on Steam, reaching more than 220,000 concurrent players after the update. Not bad for a game that’s still technically in development.