Despite being in an invite-only early access phase, Deadlock has gained significant popularity and is a competitive contender in player activity charts. It has reached a concurrent player peak of 171,490 according to SteamDB, and this success does not appear to be slowing down.
These stats are incredible, even more so when we consider that the game is accessed only through an invite. Well, getting an invite is not that hard, as people who have access can just invite their friends on Steam, granting entry into the game. This does not mean that the success is not impressive, though.
It was also announced that Deadlock would receive an anti-cheat update. With this anti-cheat, if a player is found cheating in a match, a decision can be taken by other players in the same lobby to turn this cheater’s character into a frog before receiving a ban. An example of this was shown by a user on X.
While these developments are great for Deadlock, the Counter-Strike community has been criticizing Valve, the developer behind Deadlock. The community is claiming that Valve is not giving CS2 the attention it needs, pointing out that they have not been delivering major updates for it recently. This lack of major updates was also observed on September 27th, CS2’s first anniversary.
