How to Play DLDE

Daily Deadlock guessing games. Each mode gives you different clues and rules.

Daily

A new puzzle each day for every mode.

Hard

Unlocks after you finish the normal version.

Endless

Unlimited random puzzles, separate from daily.

Game Modes

Classic

Compare heroes through attribute feedback.

Comparison grid with colors and arrows after each guess

The grid itself is the hint system — green, yellow, red, and arrows

Normal

Starter role reveal plus the full comparison grid.

Play Normal

Hard

Compare heroes with fewer attribute clues, no hints, 4 guesses

Play Hard

Trivia

Answer a Deadlock knowledge question.

One question, four answers — wrong choices fade out

No separate hints — the remaining answers are the puzzle

Normal

Standard daily question with 2 guesses and answer elimination.

Play Normal

Hard

Harder questions, 1 guess

Play Hard

Ability

Identify the hero from an ability icon.

An ability icon is shown

Wrong guesses reveal the ability name and description

Normal

Standard ability icon with progressive hints.

Play Normal

Hard

Blurred ability icon, no hints, 4 guesses

Play Hard

Item

Identify the item from its icon.

An item icon is shown

Wrong guesses reveal item tier and slot type

Normal

Standard item icon with tier and slot hints.

Play Normal

Hard

Desaturated blurred icon, no hints, 4 guesses

Play Hard

Emoji

Decode emoji clues into the right hero.

A set of emojis that describe one hero

Wrong guesses reveal hero role and form

Normal

Full emoji set with role and form hints as you miss.

Play Normal

Hard

Fewer emojis, no hints, 4 guesses

Play Hard

Splash

Guess the hero from a portrait crop.

A zoomed-in piece of a hero portrait

Each wrong guess zooms out, revealing more

Normal

Standard crop size with more image revealed after misses.

Play Normal

Hard

Tighter crop, no hints, 4 guesses

Play Hard

Quote

Read a lore excerpt and identify the hero.

A lore excerpt tied to one hero

Wrong guesses reveal hero role and form

Normal

Fuller excerpt with role and form hints after misses.

Play Normal

Hard

Lore excerpt, no hints, 4 guesses

Play Hard

Endless

Unlimited random puzzles

Pick any mode, get a random puzzle

Solve and jump straight into the next one