How to Download Valorant
Some of your friends have sent you to play Valorant , a first-person shooter video game developed by Riot Games, a US company famous above all for giving life to League of Legends . Without letting you repeat it twice, you gladly accepted their invitation and immediately tried to download the game in question to your computer. Unfortunately, however, without success, given your poor gaming experience on the computer.
That’s the way it is, am I right? Then let me help you out and tell you how to download Valorant . First of all, it will be my pleasure to tell you which devices are compatible with the game in question and the minimum requirements to be able to install it. Next, you will find the detailed procedure for downloading Valorant and all the instructions to install it on your computer.
If you agree and can’t wait to start playing, let’s not dwell further and see how to proceed. Make yourself comfortable, set aside five minutes of free time and dedicate yourself to reading the next paragraphs. By doing so, I assure you that you will be able to download and install Valorant and start playing with your friends. Happy reading and, above all, have fun!
Index
- Minimum requirements and compatible devices
- How to download Valorant for free
- How to download Valorant on PC
- How to download Valorant on Mac
- In case of problems
Minimum requirements and compatible devices
Before getting to the heart of this guide and explaining how to download Valorant , it may be useful to know which devices are compatible with the game in question and the minimum requirements to be able to download and install it.
At the time of writing this guide, Valorant is available exclusively for Windows PCs with the following minimum requirements .
- Operating system: Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10;
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400;
- Memory: 4 GB;
- Video card: Intel HD 400
- Free disk space: 8.5 GB.
To enhance your gaming experience, an Intel i3-4150 processor and a Geforce GT 730 video card are recommended , while an Intel Core i5-4460 processor and a GTX 1050 video card are required for high performance gaming (over 144 FPS) You .
How do you say? Would you like to download Valorant on PS4 ? In that case, I am sorry to tell you that, at the time of writing this guide, the game in question is not available for any video game console and not even in the form of an application for smartphones and tablets.
How to download Valorant for free
If you’re wondering if it’s possible to download Valorant for free , you’ll be glad to know the answer is yes . In fact, Riot Games has made the game in question available at no cost directly through its official website. How to get it? I’ll explain it to you right away!
How to download Valorant on PC
All you need to do to download Valorant on PC is to connect to the official website of the game and start the download of Riot Vanguard , the software needed to download and install the games developed by Riot Games on your computer.
To proceed, then connect to the official Valorant website , click on the Play now button and select the Create one option , to create a Riot account that will be useful for playing Valorant. Then enter your email address in the appropriate field, specify your date of birth, create a username and password to be associated with the account you are creating and press the arrow icon pointing to the right to complete the registration.
Once this is done, on the Download the game screen , press the Download button , to start the download of Riot Vanguard. When the download is complete, double-click the Install-valorant.exe file and press the Yes button , to allow the software to make changes to your computer.
In the new screen displayed, click on the Advanced Options item , press the folder icon and indicate the installation path you prefer, choosing the folder in which all the Riot Vanguard files and, consequently, Valorant will be collected. At this point, press the Install button and wait for the progress bar visible near the Installation item to reach 100%, indicating that the installation of Riot Vanguard is completed.
In the new window that opens, then select the Yes option , to allow Riot Vanguard to make changes to your computer and start downloading the Valorant installation files. At the bottom right, you can check the progress of the download, the remaining time and, by clicking on the Pause button , you can also pause the download.
As soon as the download is complete, restart your computer, start Riot Avanguard again , enter the data associated with the previously created Riot account in the Username and Password fields , put the check mark next to the option Keep me logged in and press on the arrow icon pointing right , to login. In the new screen that appears, click the Accept button , to accept the Valorant terms of use, and select the Play now option , to start the game in question.
At this point, all you have to do is choose the name to use in the game by entering it in the Enter Riot ID field , click on the Confirm button and follow the instructions shown on the screen, to learn the game commands and start playing.
How to download Valorant on Mac
As mentioned in the opening lines of this guide, it is not possible to download Valorant on Mac . However, if you don’t have a Windows PC available, you can consider installing Microsoft’s famous operating system on Mac using Boot Camp .
If you have never heard of it before, it will be useful to know that Boot Camp is a utility present “standard” on all Macs that allows you to install Windows quickly and easily, allowing the user to choose the operating system to boot.
To start Boot Camp, click on the Boot Camp Assistant option present in the Other folder of the Launchpad , press the Continue button and, in the new screen displayed, put the check mark next to the options Create a Windows 10 or later version installation disc , Download the latest Windows support software from Apple and Install Windows 10 or later .
Once this is done, click on the Continue button to start the configuration wizard and install Windows on your Mac. Subsequently, all you have to do is download Valorant from its official website, as I indicated in the paragraphs dedicated to downloading Valorant on PC Windows . To learn more, you can take a look at my guide dedicated to programs to use Windows on Mac , where I also told you about solutions that allow you to virtualize Windows on macOS, without creating new partitions or setting up dual-boot systems.
In case of problems
If you have followed the instructions I have given you in the previous paragraphs but, despite this, you have encountered problems that prevented you from downloading and installing Valorant on your computer, I recommend that you access the support section of the official website of the game, through the which you can groped to solve your problems in complete autonomy or request assistance.
To proceed, then connected to the official Valorant website , select the Support item in the top menu and choose the Support option again from the menu that opens. Now, locate the section Choose a category to receive assistance , click on the item Installation and technical support and, in the new page opened, select the topic of your interest (eg Valorant Crash Troubleshooting , Valorant Supported Resolutions , Get the registers in Valorant etc.).
If, on the other hand, you prefer to contact Valorant support directly, access the Support section again , click on the item Send a ticket in the top menu and, in the new screen displayed, select the option Technical problems: installation, patch, lag or crash via the drop-down menu Choose a request type .
At this point, if you have not already done so, click on the Login button , to log in with your Riot account, enter the subject of your request in the appropriate field and indicate the problem encountered and all the useful details to solve it through the menus at drop-down Select the technical problem you encountered , Where the problem occurred and When the problem started .
Finally, enter your message in the appropriate field and click on the Send button to open the ticket and request assistance from the Valorant staff. At any time, you can check the status of your tickets by selecting the My Tickets option in the top menu.