Valorant is dying (2026 - REAL, data)

With the rises of CS2 lately and the fact that riot main focus is on making money from skins without fixing any real issue, I don't see Valorant can live thru 3 years. People would switch up to other game or quit entirely.

val is def in the worst state its been ranked and vct wise but the player count is still surprisingly good
https://tracker.gg/valorant/population?period=all

Valorant will always thrive in asia as long as CS2 and Fortnite kept neglecting asia as a region. Not every asian country able to speak & understand mongolian/mandarin to have any form of future in CS.

this is def the least popular its been since 2021 at least in the west its hard to know just how big it is in china from the outside. i think its a contribution of the game is getting older, ranked is shit, pro meta is stale, players like tenz leaving the game but its still got awhile left in the tank i just dont see it rivaling cs which it was built to do.