Among Us is an online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American game studio Innersloth and released on June 15, 2018. The game takes place in a space-themed setting, in which players each take on one of two roles, most being Crewmates, and a predetermined number being Impostors. The goal of the Crewmates is to identify the Im Postors, eliminate them, and complete tasks around the map; the Impostor’s goal is to covertly sabotage and kill the Crewmate before they complete all of their tasks. While initially released in 2018 to little mainstream attention, it received an influx of popularity in 2020 due to many well-known Twitch streamers and YouTubers playing it.
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Among Us is an online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American game studio Innersloth and released on June 15, 2018. The game takes place in a space-themed setting, in which players each take on one of two roles, most being Crewmates, and a predetermined number being Impostors. The goal of the Crewmates is to identify the Im Postors, eliminate them, and complete tasks around the map; the Impostor’s goal is to covertly sabotage and kill the Crewmate before they complete all of their tasks. While initially released in 2018 to little mainstream attention, it received an influx of popularity in 2020 due to many well-known Twitch streamers and YouTubers playing it. In response to the game’s popularity, Among Us 2 was announced in August 2020. However, the planned sequel was canceled a month later and the team shifted their focus to improving the original game. Among Us was inspired by the live party game Mafia, and was initially intended to be a mobile-only multiplayer game with a single map, but was later turned into a full-blown online game with three different maps and a variety of multiplayer options. It has inspired internet memes and achieved a large following online, and has become a popular video game on Twitch and other sites such as YouTube. It is available for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android, and can be played by up to ten players in a single-player campaign or up to 10 in a multiplayer game for four to 10 players.
It can also be played on the PC via the PC App Store or the Mac App Store and the PC Play Store, as well as the PC Store and Mac OS X through the Mac Play Store. It was released in June 2018, and is available in a number of countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, and South Korea, and the UK, with plans to expand to Europe and Australia in the future. In each round, one to three players are chosen to be the impostor each round. The Crewmates win by completing all tasks, or by identifying and eliminating all Impostes. The Imposters win when the number of Imposts is equal to the number-of-Crewmates, or when a sabotage countdown reaches zero. If a player dies, they become a ghost, but can still help their living teammates by completing tasks or performing sabotages. All players except ghosts have a limited cone of vision, only allowing them to see other players within a certain unblocked distance around them. There are many cosmetic options, including hats, skins, and pets, some of which are paid downloadable content, which are also available as downloadable content. A chosen player is ejected from the map and dies only if they are not have a voice-in chat system for players to use while playing the game. A plurality vote is held and the chosen player can be eliminated from the game and dies. In the meeting, players discuss who they believe is an Im Postor based on the available evidence.
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