Valorant adds official in-game replay system with patch 11.06

Riot Games has added a long‑requested replay system to Valorant with the release of patch 11.06 on September 16, 2025, enabling PC players to download and watch replays of recent matches inside the game client. The update, announced in Riot's patch notes, also included a major ban wave removing bot accounts and set a timetable for other forthcoming changes across the competitive scene.

The new replay tools let players download match recordings from the match details or career pages for Unrated, Competitive, Swiftplay and Premier games played on the current live patch. Once downloaded, users can view first person perspectives for all 10 players, enable player outlines, use a third person observer camera and jump freely in space and time. Riot said the system is designed to avoid impacting game performance.

Despite those capabilities, Riot and community reporting stressed several important limitations. Replays are only available for matches in which the downloader participated, cannot be downloaded for storage outside the client, and are tied to the live patch. Patch notes and followups explain that replays from a previous patch become inaccessible once an update goes live, and...