After four months, hundreds of leaked gameplay videos, and everybody you know having played it, Valve finally admitted Deadlock exists

Ever since the first leaks about Deadlock came out in May, Valve’s next game has been in a bit of a weird limbo: It has hundreds of gameplay videos in the wild, a public subreddit, and a peak player count of over 44,000 thanks to invites getting passed out like candy⁠—including to Steam tracking website, SteamDB. But the studio itself refused to acknowledge the game’s existence until today. Deadlock has a Steam store page, and we’re finally allowed to talk about it and share clips, as if that stopped anyone before.

The Deadlock store page is extremely bare bones⁠—you’re better off checking the game out on YouTube if you want any idea of what it’s about⁠—but it’s something. There’s a teaser video, some extremely low-resolution key art, and a ton of reminders that Deadlock is a work in progress. “Deadlock is a multiplayer game in early development,” reads its topline description. “Early Development Build: Deadlock is still in early development stages with lots of temporary art and experimental gameplay.” You can’t even wishlist it yet.