Riot Games Terms of Service

This is Riot Games' Terms of Service — the legal agreement you accept when you play League of Legends, VALORANT, or any other Riot game, covering how you can use their games and what rights you give up. The most important thing to know is that any real money you spend on Riot Points or virtual items can be lost permanently if Riot suspends or terminates your account, and Riot can change or remove virtual items at any time without compensation. If you disagree with mandatory arbitration, you have 30 days from account creation to opt out by sending written notice to Riot Games' legal team.

This document constitutes the binding Terms of Service governing access to and use of Riot Games' suite of products and services, including games, websites, and client software, and is predicated on user acceptance via continued use or account creation. The agreement imposes significant obligations on users including compliance with a Code of Conduct, restrictions on account sharing and commercial exploitation, and mandatory use of Riot's anti-cheat software (Vanguard), while Riot retains broad rights to suspend or terminate accounts without refund of purchased virtual currency or content. Notable deviations from industry standard include the deployment of kernel-level anti-cheat software (Vanguard) that operates at boot and the explicit retention of rights to alter, remove, or discontinue virtual items and currency without compensation, creating unusual financial risk for users who have purchased in-game content. The document engages COPPA (users under 13 are prohibited), CCPA (California consumer data rights), GDPR (EU/EEA user data processing), and the FTC Act Section 5 governing unfair or deceptive trade practices, particularly with respect to virtual currency and loot box disclosures. Material compliance considerations include the adequacy of parental consent mechanisms for minors, the lawful basis for kernel-level data collection via Vanguard, and the enforceability of the binding arbitration and class action waiver clauses under applicable state and federal law.