Deadlock Characters: Current Hero Roster and New Hero Status
The current Deadlock hero roster from Valve's official forum and playable announcements, plus the City Never Sleeps release status for Rat King, Baba, Solomon, Deadman Danny, Violet and Nurse Harrow.
Applies to: Valve's official hero forum and playable announcements, checked October 17, 2026
Quick answer
The current published roster contains 43 playable heroes. Rat King, Baba, Solomon, Deadman Danny and Violet have joined during City Never Sleeps. Valve says the sixth announced hero, Nurse Harrow, will become playable on October 20 at 2:00 p.m. PDT, so this page does not count her yet.
Current roster count
Valve's official forum and playable-hero announcements identify 43 current heroes as of October 17, 2026. The forum supplies the established roster, while Valve's newer playable announcement confirms Violet's addition.
Hero list
The names below preserve Valve's current spelling while sorting them alphabetically for lookup.
| A–K | L–R | S–Z |
|---|---|---|
| Abrams | Lady Geist | Seven |
| Apollo | Lash | Shiv |
| Baba | McGinnis | Silver |
| Bebop | Mina | Sinclair |
| Billy | Mirage | Solomon |
| Calico | Mo & Krill | Venator |
| Celeste | Paige | Victor |
| Deadman Danny | Paradox | Violet |
| The Doorman | Vindicta | |
| Drifter | Rat King | Viscous |
| Dynamo | Rem | Vyper |
| Graves | Warden | |
| Grey Talon | Wraith | |
| Haze | Yamato | |
| Holliday | ||
| Infernus | ||
| Ivy | ||
| Kelvin |
New hero status
City Never Sleeps announced six incoming heroes. Five are now playable. Nurse Harrow is the final scheduled addition and is not counted before her announced October 20 release.
| Hero | Current evidence | How this page counts it |
|---|---|---|
| Rat King | Playable announcement on October 2 and an official hero subforum | Included |
| Baba | Playable announcement on October 6 and an official hero subforum | Included |
| Solomon | Playable announcement on October 9 and an official hero subforum | Included |
| Deadman Danny | An official hero subforum is visible by October 16 | Included |
| Violet | Valve announced her as playable on October 16 | Included |
| Nurse Harrow | Valve scheduled her for October 20 at 2:00 p.m. PDT | Not yet included |
Name checks
Vyper and Violet are different playable heroes. Search results or fan lists that merge them will produce the wrong count.
Likewise, the forum spells the duo Mo & Krill and includes the article in The Doorman. This page keeps those forms rather than normalising them into fan shorthand.
How the list is maintained
- Count the named subforums in Valve's official Heroes section.
- Cross-check newly announced names against Valve's update posts.
- Add a hero only when Valve provides a playable announcement or equivalent current roster evidence.
- Recount after major updates or when a hero subforum appears, disappears or changes name.
Sources and review scope
- Valve — official Deadlock forum — names and count of current hero subforums.
- Valve — City Never Sleeps — six announced hero names and the update context.
- Valve — Deadlock Steam news — dated playable-hero announcements.
Checked October 17, 2026. The count combines Valve's established forum roster with its newer playable announcement for Violet. It excludes Nurse Harrow until her scheduled release and excludes datamined or community-rumoured heroes.
The source set was checked on October 16, 2026 against Valve's Steam listing, official Deadlock forum, City Never Sleeps page, changelog and Steam announcements; the live roster and news timeline were rechecked on October 17 after Violet became playable. Clearly labelled third-party sources are used only where Valve does not publish a complete beginner rules page or exhaustive interaction reference. Deadlock is still in development, so roster, rules, mechanics and access conditions must be rechecked after major updates.
Not independently play-tested. This is not a claim that every platform or game version was tested. Source review: Oct 17, 2026.
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