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/8Lith8 Seven Feb 24 '26

You think they can‘t but they will find a way, Riot would never skip out on copying a popular Game.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Success is important though. Since League, all of their games except Valorant have been COLOSSAL flops. And I genuinely think Valorant only got as lucky as it did because it came out during the peak of the pandemic, but that's just my personal hot take on it.

They have a whole ass MMO they're working on and yeah all those recent games are just absolutely worthless, I don't think Riot are gonna be risk-taking on any other game development any time soon.

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u/MLP_Rambo Feb 24 '26

Tft is actually their second biggest game and revenue generator after league. It is one of the most popular mobile games in the entire china region.

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u/falconmtg Feb 25 '26

Valorant is making them the most money now. TFT might very well be second, yes. League has been falling off as you could easily see with all the recent monetization controversies.