12 Facts About Valorant

Valorant is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter developed and published by Riot Games, for Microsoft Windows.

Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series of tactical shooters, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving.

Valorant is a team-based first-person hero shooter set in the near future.

Valorant Points is an in-game currency that can only be purchased with real currency within the game client.

Valorant was developed and published by Riot Games, the studio behind League of Legends.

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Valorant was developed with two main focuses: making tactical shooters and e-sports more accessible to new players, and creating a game that would attract a large competitive scene, while solving many of the points of criticism voiced by professional players from games in the genre.

In interviews leading up to the game's launch, game director Joe Ziegler and producer Anna Donlon said that Valorant was made for people playing their first tactical shooter just as much as it was for professional players, and that accessibility of the game was a large priority.

Riot chose to develop Valorant using Unreal Engine 4, which the development team said would allow it to focus on gameplay and optimizations rather than spending time on core systems.

Valorant was teased under a tentative title Project A in October 2019.

Valorant has been compared to Valve's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with both games having two teams of five attempting to plant a bomb, and Blizzard Entertainment's class-based shooter Overwatch, as both games have multiple classes and characters catering to various playstyles.

Austen Goslin of Polygon praised the beta of Valorant describing it as refined and "one of the most fun tactical shooters I've played".

Valorant has received criticism for its toxic, male-dominated voice communication system.