This application discloses a virtual object control method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: displaying a target virtual role that interacts with a current virtual role in a virtual scene; displaying, when an interactive operation triggered by the current virtual role meets an interaction condition, at least one virtual object at an interaction key location associated with the interactive operation in the virtual scene; controlling, when a target virtual object of the at least one virtual object is in an activated state, the target virtual object in response to a control operation on the target virtual object to move according to a moving track indicated by the control operation; and updating a role status of the target virtual role in response to hitting the target virtual role by the target virtual object.