# Dota Underlords

> Valve's Dota Underlords peaked at 202,334 concurrent Steam players in June 2019.

- Owner: Valve
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2019-06-13
- Peak date: 2019-06-23
- Spread Score: 49 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Pairing

## Summary

Valve revealed Dota Underlords on June 13, 2019, playable for Dota 2 Battle Pass owners. Twitch channels and Reddit picked it up within days, a free beta reached Steam and mobile on June 20, and it peaked at 202,334 concurrent Steam players on June 23.

## Timeline

- 2019-06-13 — Valve (Open web) — Valve revealed Dota Underlords and made it playable for Dota 2 Battle Pass owners.
- 2019-06-13 — PC Gamer (Press) — PC Gamer covered the reveal as Valve's version of Auto Chess.
- 2019-06-13 — r/Games users (Reddit) — An r/Games thread shared the announcement; one commenter had never played Auto Chess before.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/dota-underlords

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Dota Underlords.” Case HIS-00461. Spread Score v1.2: 49/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00461