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How to get into Deadlock: Steam friend invites, requirements and first settings. A step-by-step guide to getting access to Valve's game.
Deadlock is in limited early development access: the game has a Steam page, but there is no Play button without an invite. Access spreads through the friend system — any player who already owns Deadlock can invite their Steam friends.
Invites are sent from inside the game client: ask a friend to open Deadlock, go to the social menu and send an invite to your Steam account. The game appears in your library within minutes.
Communities are the most reliable route: the official game forum, the r/DeadlockTheGame subreddit and Deadlock Discord servers where players regularly hand out invites. Beware of key sellers: Deadlock keys do not exist — access is granted only by invite to a specific account.
Once invited, the game downloads from Steam as usual.
Play the tutorial — it explains souls, lanes and movement.
Tune your mouse sensitivity and movement binds: dashes and slides should sit under comfortable keys.
Read our beginner guide and pick your first heroes from the live tier list — your first matches will go much smoother.