So far we have no official information on Valve's purported upcoming hero shooter named Deadlock. Yet, somehow, 16,000 people are actively playing it as we write this article. More than half of those players have started playing within the last 24 hours, meaning the game is quickly getting into the hands of more and more players, presumably for some sort of alpha or beta test.
The VR spin-off ended on a cliffhanger, and I need to know what happens next.
Information about Deadlock's player count comes by way of SteamDB. The website, which is dedicated to tracking all things Steam, including concurrent player counts, as well as updates or changes to existing or new applications and packages, has been keeping an eyeball on Deadlock.
Per the website, the game began sprouting up in May, with a peak of just over 1,200 players. However, in recent weeks, its visibility has been slowly increasing before exploding over the weekend. Indeed, over the last 30 days, the game has experienced a 500 percent increase in players.
The all-time peak for the game, as of this writing, is just under 17,000 players. Just 24 hours ago, that peak was 12,000. Like we said,...
