{"id":1316775,"date":"2025-09-08T02:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/JvmU9PcdcHdcLTBuiAYDEf"},"modified":"2025-09-08T02:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:35:53","slug":"with-silksong-in-our-hands-steams-new-reigning-wishlist-kings-are-both-kind-of-basket-cases-the-partially-released-deadlock-and-lawsuit-lightning-rod-subnautica-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/with-silksong-in-our-hands-steams-new-reigning-wishlist-kings-are-both-kind-of-basket-cases-the-partially-released-deadlock-and-lawsuit-lightning-rod-subnautica-2\/","title":{"rendered":"With Silksong in our hands, Steam&#8217;s new reigning wishlist kings are both kind of basket cases: The partially-released Deadlock and lawsuit lightning rod Subnautica 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Just as prior wishlist chart-toppers The Day Before (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-day-before-was-an-even-bigger-disaster-than-you-thought-devs-reportedly-made-to-pay-fines-for-bad-work-learned-it-was-an-mmo-from-the-trailers-and-no-ones-sure-where-the-bosses-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">lol<\/a>), Manor Lords, and (briefly) Stray gave way to Hollow Knight: Silksong&#8217;s long reign, so too has Team Cherry&#8217;s platformer passed the torch to a new contender. Subnautica 2 is now the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/search\/?filter=popularwishlist\" target=\"_blank\">most wishlisted game on Steam<\/a>, followed by Valve&#8217;s MOBA-shooter Deadlock. Slots three through five are taken up by Battlefield 6, Borderlands 4, and Light No Fire.<\/p>\n<p>Steam&#8217;s publicly available data isn&#8217;t the end-all, be-all of the hobby\u2060\u2014not the least because it doesn&#8217;t account for other storefronts or console players\u2060\u2014but it is useful for divining trends and getting a snapshot of the current gaming scene.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s kind of weird that the two most desired PC games of the moment are such basket cases, right? They boast pre-release anti-hype cycles to give the long Silksong silence a run for its money, yet we apparently can&#8217;t get enough of them.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with Deadlock: Given the fact that it&#8217;s an honest-to-god new Valve game, it&#8217;s shocking it hasn&#8217;t just clinched number one by default. But it&#8217;s a kookster: The second most wishlisted game on Steam is already being played for free by tens of thousands of people\u2060\u2014about 45k at the time of writing, according to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1422450\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\">SteamDB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The game is not out, but we&#8217;re already at a point where <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/moba\/if-youre-like-me-and-fell-off-valves-other-moba-deadlock-these-last-few-months-of-updates-are-worth-coming-back-for\/\" target=\"_blank\">lapsed players can have discussions<\/a> about whether or not to come back to it. Before Deadlock&#8217;s playtest broke containment, it became the gaming story of the moment despite Valve pretending it didn&#8217;t even exist.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of Summer 2024 (this thing&#8217;s been around for over a year!), screenshots, gameplay footage, and even datamined information was leaking out of the then-secret playtest like a sieve. Valve <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/valves-deadlock-has-finally-been-announced-and-its-as-much-a-moba-as-it-is-a-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">finally &#8220;announced&#8221; the game<\/a>\u2060\u2014really just acknowledged it\u2060\u2014last August, and the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/moba\/deadlock-playtest-how-to-get-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">vast proliferation of invites<\/a> to the invite-only game has effectively soft-launched it.<\/p>\n<p>That might be the most confounding fact of all: Valve <em>invented<\/em> the early access model, but won&#8217;t brand its own, effectively early access game as such. If I&#8217;m being honest, I kind of love the chaos of it all, even as I wish the studio would finally tackle a singleplayer game again.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"subnautica-subpoena-6\">Subnautica subpoena<\/h2>\n<p>The number one wishlisted Subnautica 2 has a more familiar, but also troubling story: A <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/subnautica-studio-leadership-gutted-by-krafton-which-outright-says-that-subnautica-2-needs-renewed-energy-and-momentum\/\" target=\"_blank\">falling out and legal clash<\/a> between senior creative and managerial staff behind the game, one that doesn&#8217;t seem likely to resolve in time for Subnautica 2&#8217;s projected 2026 early access release.<\/p>\n<p>Studio Unknown Worlds was acquired by publisher Krafton in 2021, and a sequel to the developer&#8217;s beloved underwater survival sim, Subnautica, was slated to launch in early access this year. In July, Krafton replaced the senior leadership of the studio: CEO Ted Gill, designer Charlie Cleveland, and co-founder Max McGuire.<\/p>\n<p>The ousted developers say <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/unknown-worlds-founders-lawsuit-accuses-krafton-of-a-months-long-campaign-to-delay-subnautica-2-so-it-wouldnt-have-to-pay-usd250m-earnout\/\" target=\"_blank\">they were terminated unfairly<\/a> in order to duck paying them a $250 million bonus, and that the game could have still launched in early access this year. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/krafton-fires-back-at-unknown-worlds-lawsuit-says-subnautica-2-was-at-risk-of-causing-irreversible-harm-to-the-entire-franchise-like-kerbal-space-program-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Krafton claims the trio dropped the ball<\/a>, that Subnautica 2 was far behind its agreed-upon early access launch milestones, and that going through with the planned release would have been disastrous.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Best of the best<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"QJ7JHgYv6WEL9dHitak4vS\" name=\"BG3 Dark Urge.png\" caption=\"\" alt=\"The Dark Urge, from Baldur's Gate 3, looks towards his accursed claws with self-disdain.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/with-silksong-in-our-hands-steams-new-reigning-wishlist-kings-are-both-kind-of-basket-cases-the-partially-released-deadlock-and-lawsuit-lightning-rod-subnautica-2.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Larian Studios)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: Upcoming releases<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: All-time favorites<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than anything, I&#8217;m just struck by the <em>anti-charisma<\/em> of these games and some of their immediate predecessors at the top of the list. A messy lawsuit for Subnautica and a messy not-launch for Deadlock. Silksong gave fans nothing but stony silence for years, and The Day Before seems to have gotten there <em>on accident<\/em>, much to the detriment of developer Amazing Seasun.<\/p>\n<p>Manor Lords and Stray, while having far less abnormal pre-launches, are still far from traditional blockbusters in character: A <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/city-builder\/city-builders-continue-to-dominate-steam-as-manor-lords-becomes-its-most-wishlisted-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">hardcore city builder<\/a> and a moody, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/steams-most-wishlisted-game-gets-knocked-over-by-a-cat\/\" target=\"_blank\">meditative indie platformer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Classico triple-A juggernauts like Borderlands 4 and Battlefield 6 can still make it up there, but that kind of pedigree and budgetary heft isn&#8217;t the guarantee of success and popularity it used to be. It&#8217;s of a piece with so many of the biggest games in recent years being surprises\u2060\u2014Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3, Balatro, Helldivers 2, REPO, Palworld\u2060\u2014and so many old guard publishers like EA and Ubisoft falling on hard times.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from just making a good game and hoping it catches on, nobody seems to have cracked the code for getting people excited about a new release these days. Most devs can&#8217;t just pull a Silksong and say absolutely nothing while a memetic legend spontaneously develops around their project.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/with-silksong-in-our-hands-steams-new-reigning-wishlist-kings-are-both-kind-of-basket-cases-the-partially-released-deadlock-and-lawsuit-lightning-rod-subnautica-2\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as prior wishlist chart-toppers The Day Before (lol), Manor Lords, and (briefly) Stray gave way to Hollow Knight: Silksong&#8217;s long reign, so too has Team Cherry&#8217;s platformer passed the torch to a new contender. Subnautica 2 is now the most wishlisted game on Steam, followed by Valve&#8217;s MOBA-shooter Deadlock. Slots three through five are taken up by Battlefield 6, Borderlands 4, and Light No Fire. Steam&#8217;s publicly available data isn&#8217;t the end-all, be-all of the hobby\u2060\u2014not the least because it doesn&#8217;t account for other storefronts or console players\u2060\u2014but it is useful for divining trends and getting a snapshot of the current gaming scene. It&#8217;s kind of weird that the two most desired PC games of the moment are such basket cases, right? They boast&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/with-silksong-in-our-hands-steams-new-reigning-wishlist-kings-are-both-kind-of-basket-cases-the-partially-released-deadlock-and-lawsuit-lightning-rod-subnautica-2\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1316776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1316775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>With Silksong in our hands, Steam&#039;s new reigning wishlist kings are both kind of basket cases: The partially-released Deadlock and lawsuit lightning rod Subnautica 2 | 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