If there is one game in the PC gaming world that most people recognize, it’s VALORANT. Since its launch in June 2020, VALORANT esports has become one of the most popular and most watched esports worldwide. With so many VALORANT tournaments in 2025, you might wonder if the game is still as popular now.
Let’s take a look at how many people play VALORANT in 2025.
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Riot Games has not publicly released information about the VALORANT player count, number of active users, or total downloads.
According to Tracker.gg, the amount of VALORANT players is estimated 19,385,277 players played VALORANT in January 2025.
That is an incredibly high number for a free-to-play game still in its youth.
VALORANT isn’t exactly on a downward trend either. With over 5 million users playing the game daily, VALORANT is still one of the most popular shooting games on the market. This could be credited to the incredible gameplay as well as servers that have been placed by Riot Games around the world.
Riot Games hasn’t made clear how much money does VALORANT make annualy. They’re quiet on the earnings VALORANT has since its launch, although everyone knows VALORANT makes most of its revenue from skins, gun buddies, and skin bundles, which should be a lot according to how many people get skins in VALORANT. You can see them in every game.
Riot Games released a new skin bundle during VCT Champions 2023 consisting of a Vandal weapon skin, a knife, a player card, and a gun buddy. Bundles often contain some of the best skins in VALORANT. According to Riot Games, the VALORANT Champions 2023 bundle has collectively made over US$20 million in sales.
In addition, each VCT team, including the VCT 2024 Champions – Edward Gaming, received its own VCT bundle. Teams received their own classic skins, banners, gun buddies, and more. A percentage of the earnings went towards the teams. Amongst the popular are Sentinels, Fnatic, Paper Rex, G2, Karmine Corp, and Edward Gaming.
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It must be stated that VALORANT launches a new skin line nearly every 2 to 3 weeks. These skins might not generate as much revenue as the VALORANT Champions’ skins, as tournament-based skins are exclusive.
With new game modes, agents, and maps being released in various updates, it doesn’t seem like the popularity of VALORANT is slowing down anytime soon.
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