Riot Games is well aware of the comparisons that people sometimes draw between Valorant and rival shooters CS:GO and Overwatch, but the team believes "that's a surface-level comparison to make."
Valorant has been out on PC for four years now, offering players a blend of tactical shooter action with hero shooter-like elements thanks to its playable Agents and their unique abilities. With that description alone, you can see why some would argue that it sits somewhere in the middle of Blizzard and Valve's own offerings, and in an interview GamesRadar+, Riot Games' director of production and product lead for Valorant, Arnar Hrafn Gylfason, admits "it's not the first time I've heard that."
