Hey guys, I've been trying for the last 8 hours to get Valorant to work for me on the steamdeck and I finally managed to do so!

I wanted to share it somewhere so people who are struggling could potentially fix theirs. The main issue I was facing when using Windows 11 was the requirement of secure boot needing to be enabled and it not wanting to enable despite trying every way of doing so.

I tried the following and it worked!

I installed latest version of WINDOWS 10(22H2)

I installed DirectX & C++ visuals (google search)

Update the drivers

Installed the "Steam deck Windows drivers" (I recommend watching the installation of these drivers as 2 are installed without a setup program, you can skip the rest of the video https://youtu.be/8wAM72WHw5Y?si=VyrPDhqAWKGfe_M3 )

(Re)install valorant

and thats it! Works perfectly fine and runs smooth. If you have the issue that the game only shows small in the bottom left corner, go to Valorant in-game settings go to video and change it to windowed fullscreen!

I hope this helps!

Thank you very much. It worked for me too. I have another question about these players who use different cheats. Is it possible to win against them honestly or should I also resort to using cheats?

Honestly, it all depends on your skill, but sometimes it becomes very difficult against such players, especially if they use powerful cheats. In some cases, it is also easier to use something like valorant skin changer to somehow equalize the chances. I can win if I also use cheats, there is no other way.