Valorant (stylized as VALORANT) is a free-to-play shooter developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows . First revealed under the code name Project A in October 2019, the game began a beta period with limited access on April 7, 2020, followed by an official release on June 2, 2020. The development of the game began in 2014.

The game was announced on March 1, 2020, with a YouTube video called " The Round ". The restricted beta was released on April 7, 2020. In order to get a chance to get a beta access key, players had to sign up with a Riot Games account as well as the Twitch streaming platform and watch relevant channels. from the platform. This beta version ended on May 28, 2020, with the game being fully released on June 2, 2020.