r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Axis251 • Feb 24 '26

Discussion A tweet that has me thinking.

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I don’t know if Riot can copy what valve has created with Deadlock. The atmosphere and setting so what I think makes deadlock so enjoyable. Yes the gameplay is amazing and the moba aspects are great but I just don’t think riot will even try to copy valve and make a deadlock clone. What is all y’all’s thoughts.

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u/_NotMitetechno_ Feb 24 '26

I don't think riot would make a deadlock clone unless they could massively simplify it and garuntee profit - even then I don't think it would happen. I think rn valve is probably the only studio on earth that could make deadlock, not in terms of actual ability but purely in the sense that deadlock is an insanely risky game and valve has humungous runaway with steam that enables it to take huge risks - not to mention having lower staff numbers than most.

Deadlock has a horrific barrier to entry in terms of onboarding new players and hero shooters are oversaturated and highly competitive - both of these kind of combine to an very risky product (add to f2p as well - you'd struggle to make money out of the gate).

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u/IVDAMKE_ Feb 24 '26

Yep, considering how many other games Riot spins up then shuts down because theyve not met expectations id be surprised if they tried to tackle a deadlock style game.

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u/TudasNicht Feb 25 '26

Valve literally stopped more games than Riot, where does that make sense.

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u/012_Dice Lash Feb 25 '26

that just means valve have a capacity to keep pushing out more and more new ideas even with all the shutdowns

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u/IVDAMKE_ Feb 25 '26

??? outside of artifact what?