Massive Valve leak reveals unannounced MOBA Deadlock already has over 10k players
Charts from SteamDB confirm that Deadlock, a multiplayer title Valve has yet to announce, has peaked at over 10,000 concurrent players during playtesting periods.
This info comes from SteamDB itself, a database that keeps track of how many people are playing a certain title at any given time, amongst other Steam-related data.
Deadlock’s existence has been known for a while, dating back toleaks in May 2024, when full gameplay was posted online that Valve has yet to take down.
LEAK:Gameplay of Valve’s upcoming 6v6 4-Lane 3rd-Person Shooter MOBA—“Deadlock,” formerly “Neon Prime.”19+ heroes are currently playable in the Closed BETA.pic.twitter.com/GKG8FCUZVU
Additionally, formerSmite pros discussed the gamejust weeks later, in June, claiming that they were targeted for a very limited playtest at the time.
According to SteamDB’s charts, that playtest is not so limited anymore. As of July 29, 2025, the number of active players in the test began to balloon, gaining traction until it broke the 12k mark on August 10.
Deadlock, a game that has not been yet announced had 12,000 concurrent players yesterady.pic.twitter.com/0SAUFIPdzs
Players in the comments on the tweet claim it’s a lot easier to get in now, with people being able to add friends purely based on whether they’ve got them added as friends on Steam. The playtest was much smaller before that point, peaking at around 1-2k in the game’s earliest recorded player counts.
This player count puts Deadlock ahead of other multiplayer games likeConcord, with the open Beta for that title peaking at 2.3k concurrents on Steam.
Another tweet showed a message with a disclaimer that reads as follows: “Deadlock is still early in development, with a lot of temporary art and experimental gameplay. Do not share anything about the game with anyone.”
Clearly, players haven’t been abiding by these rules. Simply searching Deadlock on Twitter brings up several leaked screenshots from people just showing that they’vegotten into the gameand offering to bring others in.
How many people play Deadlock? Player count in 2025
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Hmu guys if you want Deadlock invite (I sent to a few in my friend list already so check it up)pic.twitter.com/2AlcXzjmPF
And, while Valve has yet to announce Deadlock officially, the cat is essentially out of the bag if all these leaked images and data are indicative of what the game looks like.
Additionally, it’s been leaked that Valve may beworking on Half-Life 3, making it clear that Valve has been working on new games for a while even if none have been officially revealed.
