Valorant is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter developed
and published by Riot Games, for Microsoft Windows. First
teased under the codename Project A in October 2019, the game began a
closed beta period with limited access on April 7, 2020, followed by an
official release on June 2, 2020.
Valorant is a team-based first-person hero shooter set in the near
future. Players play as one of a set of Agents, characters
designed based on several countries and cultures around the world. In
the main game mode, players are assigned to either the attacking or
defending team with each team having five players on it. Agents have
unique abilities, each requiring charges, as well as a unique ultimate
ability that requires charging through kills, deaths, orbs, or
objectives. Every player starts each round with a "classic" pistol and
one or more "signature ability" charges. Other weapons and ability
charges can be purchased using an in-game economic system that awards
money based on the outcome of the previous round, any kills the player
is responsible for, and any objectives completed. The game has an
assortment of weapons including secondary guns like sidearms and primary
guns like submachine guns, shotguns, machine guns, assault rifles and
sniper rifles. There are automatic and semi-automatic weapons that
each have a unique shooting pattern that has to be controlled by the
player to be able to shoot accurately. Different agents allow players
to find more ways to plant the Spike and style on enemies with
scrappers, strategists, and hunters of every description. It currently
offers 18 agents to choose from.