Valorant's player database is huge and is continually expanding.
Released in June 2020, Valorant has become one of the most popular first-person shooters around. Due to its great and unique gameplay, graphics, and content, the number of players is soaring to new heights and keeps expanding too. Perhaps Valorant can make its claim on the most popular FPS in 2023.
While other FPS games struggle to capture players in the first few months of their release, Valorant didn't. Taking many players from Riot's other titles such as League of Legends and Wild Rift means they had a good foundation for development.
How many people play Valorant?
The table below shows statistics for Valorant players each month. Hitting higher than 15,000,000 is a brilliant achievement for a game in the first month of release. However, keeping this number high over this much time proves that the game is still growing in popularity.
The increase in popularity can be attributed to many things. Valorant is always releasing new content, such as new game modes, which make the game feel fresh.
Updated maps and new agents, prevent the game from becoming stale, especially in competitive play. This makes players excited about trying the game out. At the same time, it also retains the interest of old players.
The major success of the Valorant esports scene, the VCT, is also one of the reasons. In 2022, the game had 1,474,361 daily active players recorded, which is something that Riot Games can be proud of.
Popularity can sometimes be hard to keep up with in a world where games are released every second. However, with Riot Games' hard work and constant patches for the game, it feels like this Valorant will be relevant for a very long time.
Comparisons to other FPS games
Despite the hype and high statistics for Valorant, it doesn't quite compare to CS:GO. Statistics are most probably higher for CS:GO due to the length of time that it has been released and the loyal fanbase that it holds.
Game | Average Monthly Players |
|---|---|
Valorant | 22,000,000 |
CS:GO | 35,000,000 |
Fortnite | 240,501,169 |
Overwatch 2 | 1,892,200 |
Held against other similar games such as Overwatch 2, it has more than double the monthly players. Although the stats look low for Valorant when in this table, the viewership on Twitch is extremely high. The average number of viewers on Twitch.tv hits 142,813. That is double the number for CS:GO and Fortnite.