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Deadlock

Deadlock public release: Dec 2027Not announced: our best guess from Valve's Sep 29, 2026 development note and press estimates.

Best guess

Valve gives no date: its Steam page says "To be announced" and access is limited to friend invites. Its Sep 29, 2026 City Never Sleeps post lists work still to do before full release (progression, hero and Hideout customization, the Mid-Boss, Guardians and Walkers, hero remodels), its big updates have come about eight months apart, and Beebom's Oct 1, 2026 estimate is "late 2027 or early 2028", so we count to the end of 2027. Valve on Steam

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Painted young woman with long dark hair and a beret, wearing a red apron over a white shirt, sweeping a brush that leaves a wide purple streak, papers flying, beside the word Violet.

Painted thin pale man with long black hair, a scarred bare torso and bolts at his neck giving off green sparks, in shadow beside the word Victor in cream letters.

Painted bearded man in black with a white clerical collar, a cross on his chest and belts of pouches, holding a heavy gun topped by a lit candle, a rosary hanging down, beside the word Venator.

Painted young man in a burgundy hotel uniform with gold buttons and a peaked cap, one hand raised palm out and the other holding a ring of keys, on an orange background beside the words The Doorman.

Painted older man with white hair and beard in a pale coat and green striped scarf, hands around a glowing chess king above a board of pieces, a halo of light behind him, beside the word Solomon.

Painted young woman with long white hair, a crescent pendant and a brown jacket, in front of a huge red circle with the silhouette of a snarling wolf's head, beside the word Silver.

Painted tiny figure in a blue hooded robe with big glowing eyes, hanging from a lamp and holding a candle in a saucer, a small dark creature with a lantern face beside it, a crescent moon and night city behind, and the word Rem.

A dim, brownish street at night: a tall shadowy figure in a long yellow-green coat with a dark hood and two glowing eyes, a lit storefront behind, and a cream circular emblem with an eye in the lower right.

Painted large rat with a long snout, a ragged cape and a spiky crown made of scrap, sitting on a pile of trash and holding a slice of pizza, beside the words Rat King.

A dark panel titled Updated Ranks showing eleven ornate badges in rows, from a brown one through stone, iron, bronze, silver, gold, platinum and diamond styles to purple, gold and pale blue winged badges, each with a name under it.

Six tall painted portraits side by side: a woman with a bob haircut, a long-faced bunny-eared figure, a red-haired young woman in round glasses, a man in a bellhop's cap, a hooded man and a grinning man in a black cap.

Two views side by side of red brick buildings with fire-escape style ironwork, a vertical green sign reading Hex Jazz Records, a white skyscraper in the distance and tall black spiked metal frames on the roofs.

Painted young woman with curly red hair, round glasses and a green turtleneck holding a stack of books, the top one open with green ghostly shapes and crystals bursting out, beside the word Paige.

Six tall painted portraits side by side: a dark-haired man in red, a woman with lilac hair and a star, a pale woman with white hair buns, a small hooded creature with glowing eyes, a white-haired young man and a bearded man in a priest's collar.

White outline plan on black of a symmetrical base with stairs and corridors around a central octagon holding a red dot, labeled Shop and New Exits, with Base Update written below.

A circular hall with a coffered dome and arched windows, bathed in blue light; at its center a giant white robed figure spreads its arms above a glowing crystal on a round base, with blue banners of light streaming to the sides.

Painted woman with auburn hair in a white nurse's cap and pale coat, holding up a syringe with an orange glow and smoke curling around her, a doctor's bag at her side, beside the words Nurse Harrow.

Left, a gray top-down map marked Neutrals Update with white and red triangles and several labeled Roof; right, a game view of a hero in a long coat with an hourglass on their back facing three hunched creatures with pumpkin-like heads on a rooftop circle, a minimap in the corner.

Third-person view of a woman with a black umbrella and a red bag in a large room with green glowing crystals around her, tall arched windows onto a city at dusk, bookshelves, a portrait and a lit fireplace.

Wide painted city scene in three parts: a stone bridge tower against the sun on the left, a great triumphal arch with a Broadway sign and a glowing blue line through it in the middle, and a sunny park with autumn trees and towers on the right.

Looking along a cracked stone path beside a church wall, gravestones on sandy ground to the right, black spiked railings in the foreground and lit lamps and city towers in the distance.

Inside a dark Gothic hall with tall arches, a huge black-robed shape with antlers and yellow eyes holds out glowing golden hands over a fiery, twisted statue on a circular dais; ornate golden rings glow on pedestals left and right.

A game menu with a grid of hero portraits at the left and a painted pale woman with a high white hairdo, a fur stole and a glowing green hand at the right, the name Lady Geist written beside her over three green labels.

A cream title reading Shop Rework with Major Update beneath it, under a green starburst badge showing a drum with musical notes, over a dim background tiled with round item icons.

Six painted portraits in a row: a woman in a white nurse's cap, a grinning skeleton in a flying helmet and goggles giving a thumbs up, an old woman in round glasses holding a teacup, a bearded man in a striped scarf with a chess piece, a rat in a crown of junk, and a dark-haired young woman in a red apron.

Painted woman with white hair in two buns and a long green-trimmed coat, green spectral hands and small grinning skull creatures around her on a yellow-green background, beside the word Graves.

Painted man with a sharp grin under a dark cap and hood, one hand raised with long blood-red claws, on a red and black background beside the word Drifter in jagged letters.

Painted grinning skeleton with a leather flying helmet and red goggles in a yellow jacket, giving a big thumbs up in front of an exploding rocket pack, beside the words Deadman Danny.

Wide teal and dark green painted artwork: two huge silhouettes loom over a city, one with antlers raising a fist, the other the Statue of Liberty's crowned head and torch; across the middle a wheel-shaped emblem with an eye and the word DEADLOCK in cream serif capitals.

The words City Never Sleeps in big 3D letters, each filled with small painted city scenes, above six portrait cards of new heroes in a row, against a gray night skyline.

Painted woman with curled lilac hair and a dark jacket with stars, sparks of blue light around her raised hand and a white star overhead, beside the word Celeste in ornate letters.

Painted figure with long ears and a dark muzzle in a ragged black jacket and chains, lifting a bat studded with nails over his shoulder, pink light behind, the word Billy in black cut-out letters.

A game menu: at the left a grid of small character portraits headed Create Roster above a Play button; at the right a painted woman with a bob haircut and blue coat holding a red umbrella, the name Mina in large cream letters and three red labels under it.

Painted old woman with a green face, round glasses and a red headscarf on a green bench, holding a teacup, with pink pigeons flying and perched around her, beside the word Baba.

Painted man with slicked dark hair in a red military-style coat holding a rapier out in a lunge, red slashes of light across a dark background, beside the word Apollo.

Two side-by-side renders of the same big bearded man in a dark blue coat with a white fur collar, a large spiked gauntlet and a gun, the left one darker and labeled Previous, the right one brighter and labeled New.

A white spreadsheet with two blocks of columns headed Old and New, listing Souls Required, Souls Delta, Reward (AP or Unlock) and AP So Far, with some rows highlighted green, blue and yellow.