Strategy · August 31, 2017

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (2017)

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The Cylons have rebelled! Four years of war and a steep price in human lives have not been enough to unlock a deadly stalemate. The Colonials have countered all of the Cylon’s offensives so far, but no decisive victory was achieved. The deadlock is suddenly broken by a surprise attack from the Cylons and the brutal annihilation of the Colonial Fleet High Command on Picon. The fate of mankind is now resting on the shoulders of Rear-Admiral Lucinda Cain. The secret, cunning plan she has conceived could turn the tide of the war forever… THE GAME BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Deadlock™ takes you into the heart of the First Cylon War, to fight epic 3D battles that will test your tactical prowess. Take control of the Colonial Fleet from the bridge of the mobile shipyard, Daidalos, and free the Twelve Colonies from the Cylon threat. Build your fleets, protect the Quorum alliance and prepare to dig deeper into the conspiracies of this heroic conflict. Command the Colonial Fleet Design and build fleets of powerful capital ships. Recruit officers to protect the Twelve Colonies. From the Manticore corvette to the mighty Jupiter class Battlestar, you won’t be short on firepower. Legendary Names Continue the legacy of Battlestar Galactica™ with new characters and familiar faces, in an original story set during the First Cylon War. Launch Viper squadrons and Raptor scouts and jump the Galactica in to dominate the battlefield. An authentic Battlestar Galactica™ experience awaits. WEGO 3D Tactical Battles Intense tactical space battles in full 3D. Give commands to your fleet of capital ships and watch the explosive results play out in pause-able real-time across beautiful environments. War Room Politics From the bridge of the Daidalos shipyard you will command all the Colonial Fleet. Build up your forces and jump them across the quaternary solar system of Cyrannus. Keep the Colonies safe and the Quorum of Twelve unified, lest the alliance break and introduce a new age of Cylon dominance. The Cylon Threat Prepare to face relentless opposition. Defend against squadrons of Cylon Raiders and missile salvos from Basestars. Trust in your marines to fight off Centurion boarding parties, while your firewalls slow down the hacking attacks of the Wardriver electronic fighters. Unlock blueprints for new ships, munitions and squadrons to help defeat your tireless foe. Join Forces Experience Battlestar multiplayer like never before! Outwit your opponent in fierce 1-v-1 fleet battles. Review Your Battles Review your battles from a cinematic point of view with the AutoCam replay, and then export them to YouTube with our in-game tool! NEW UPDATES - Season One Finale announcement! Since its release Battlestar Galactica Deadlock has been constantly improved and expanded through DLCs and free updates alike. The developers have added plenty new features and content to the original game. The release of Sin and Sacrifice marked the conclusion of Season One, and we decided to show and recap all that had been added until that point. Click on the link below to have a look!

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 189
  • Space · 123
  • Sci-fi · 97
  • Turn-Based · 78
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 69
  • Turn-Based Tactics · 68
  • Singleplayer · 64
  • War · 60
  • Simulation · 58
  • Turn-Based Combat · 53
  • Multiplayer · 52
  • Tactical · 47
  • Replay Value · 43
  • Atmospheric · 30
  • 4X · 29

Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.5k Steam reviewsTop 73% in Strategy
Positive rating84% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 64%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 79 — top 68% of Strategy titles
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 86% for session depth among Strategy

Peer Strategy titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

84%Mostly Positive · 3.5k reviews

2.9k positive · 554 negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.2/10

Curator recommendations

2.6k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Here’s the epic Battlestar Galactica strategy game you always wanted” Polygon “We Finally Got A Good Battlestar Galactica Game” Kotaku “There wasn’t a single engagement in Deadlock that didn’t put me on edge. Each scrap I was lucky enough to emerge from in one piece left me battered, bruised, and usually having lost expensive ships I’d spent my very limited resources building. But in precisely that way, it’s a successful adaptation of the BSG universe.” PC Gamer

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Russian

Strategy releases from 2017

6 Strategy titles launched in 2017 — top 5 by review volume.

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

Achievements

26

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 31, 2017
DeveloperBlack Lab Games
PublisherSlitherine Ltd.
Base priceFree-to-play
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
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