Deadlock surpasses Team Fortress 2’s all-time concurrent player count peak as it adds a chess wizard
Valve’s multiplayer game Deadlock has recorded more concurrent players on Steam than Team Fortress 2’s all-time peak, as a new update adds a chess-themed character. The milestone highlights growing interest in Deadlock, which remains in development and is accessible by invitation.
The article reports that Deadlock reached a peak of 171,490 simultaneous players, topping Team Fortress 2’s record of 167,211. The update introduces Victor, a wizard who uses chess-themed abilities, alongside other changes; the figures are Steam player counts and do not include players on other platforms.
- Deadlock peaked at 171,490 concurrent Steam players.
- That exceeds Team Fortress 2’s all-time peak of 167,211.
- A chess-themed wizard named Victor arrived in an update.
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Valve is a video game company, and Steam is its online shop and playing platform for PC games. Deadlock is a team-based multiplayer game from Valve that is still being developed and can be accessed by invitation.
Team Fortress 2 is another Valve multiplayer game, released in 2007, in which teams of characters compete using different abilities. Comparing the games’ peak numbers on Steam gives a measure of how many people were playing at the same time, though it does not count players on other platforms.
Deadlock’s growth matters as a sign of interest in a game that has not yet had a full public release. Its development and invitation-only access mean the player numbers may change as Valve updates the game and opens it to more people.