Among Us

Among Us is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American

game studio Innersloth. The game was inspired by the party game Mafia and the science fiction
horror film The Thing. The game allows for cross-platform play, first being released
on iOS and Android devices in June 2018 and on Windows later that year in November. The game
was then ported to the Nintendo Switch in December 2020, and on PlayStation 4, PlayStation
5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in December 2021. While the game was initially released in 2018 to
little mainstream attention, it received a massive influx of popularity in 2020 due to many well-
known Twitch streamers and YouTubers playing it. A separate VR version of the game, Among Us VR,
will be released for Meta Quest 2, SteamVR, and PlayStation VR, developed by Schell Games.

Among Us takes place in a space-themed setting where players look like colorful armless
cartoon astronauts; however, since the release of "The Skeld" spaceship, three other maps have
been added in later years: the skyscraper "MIRA HQ", the "Polus" planetary station, and
"The Airship" (based on Infiltrating the Airship from the Henry Stickmin series, also developed by
Innersloth). Each player takes on one of two roles—most are Crewmates, but a small number
play Impostors—which does not alter their appearance. Players suspected of being Impostors may
be eliminated via a plurality vote of the remaining players, which any player may initiate by
reporting a dead body or calling for an Emergency Meeting (except during a crisis). The goal of the
Crewmates is to identify the Impostors, eliminate them, and complete tasks around the map; the
goal of the Impostor(s) is to covertly sabotage the mission either by killing the Crewmates before
they complete all their tasks or by triggering a disaster that cannot be resolved.