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==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| official | https://playvalorant.com/ | Account | | | Windows }}
 
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{{ii}} Requires a Riot Games account.
  
 
==Game data==
 
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|fov notes                  = Locked at 103 degrees{{cn}}
 
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|hdr notes                  =  
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|mouse sensitivity        = true
 
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|mouse sensitivity notes  = Separate value for scoped view sensitivity
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
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|invert mouse y-axis      = true
 
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{{Audio
 
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|separate volume notes    = Master, Sound Effects, Voice-over, Video, All Music, Menu & Lobby Music and Agent Select Music
 
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|mute on focus lost      = false
 
|mute on focus lost      = false
|mute on focus lost notes =  
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|mute on focus lost notes = Only music can be toggled to mute when game focus is lost
 
|eax support              =  
 
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|interface = true
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = false
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|notes    =
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|fan      =
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = false
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|notes    =
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|fan      =
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = false
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|notes    =
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|fan      =
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{{L10n/switch
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = false
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|notes    =
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|fan      =
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = false
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|notes    =
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|fan      =
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|interface = true
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = false
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|interface = true
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|subtitles = false
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Valorant
Valorant cover
Developers
Riot Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows June 2, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 81
OpenCritic 82
IGDB 80
Taxonomy
Monetization Free-to-play
Microtransactions Cosmetic, Currency, Infinite spend, Unlock
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Art styles Stylized
Themes Sci-fi
Valorant on HowLongToBeat
Valorant on IGDB
Valorant on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

Official Discord server

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
Windows
Requires a Riot Games account.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\VALORANT\Saved\Config

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Pillarboxed.[1]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Locked at 103 degrees[citation needed]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x
Anti-aliasing (AA)
2x MSAA, 4x MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Disabled by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Color blind mode
Tritanopia, Deuteranopia and Protanopia
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Separate value for scoped view sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Sound Effects, Voice-over, Video, All Music, Menu & Lobby Music and Agent Select Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Only music can be toggled to mute when game focus is lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
French
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Thai
Turkish
Traditional Chinese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
10 Versus
128-tickrate servers

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Interface CEF3 Chromium
Anti-cheat Riot Vanguard Vanguard autostarts with Windows. While it can be disabled post-boot, it requires a reboot of the computer before allowing play again.[2]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 3000
1GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.

References

  1. Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2020-04-21
    Tested the game on a 3440x1440 monitor
  2. What is Vanguard? - last accessed on 21.04.2020