Among Us is an indie developed by Innersloth, released 15 June 2018 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Among Us is
Among Us is an indie game developed by Innersloth and released in 2018. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2022.
The premise, in the publisher's words
One Crewmate has been replaced by a parasitic shapeshifter. Their goal is to eliminate the rest of the crew before the ship reaches home. The Impostor will sabotage the ship, sneak through vents, deceive, and frame others to remain anonymous and kill off the crew. While everyone is fixing up the ship, no one can talk to maintain anonymity. Once a body is reported, the surviving crew will openly debate who they think The Impostor is. The Impostor's goal is to pretend that they are a member of the crew. If The Impostor is not voted off, everyone goes back to maintaining the ship until another body is found. If The Impostor is voted off, the crew wins!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, party, stealth and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 15 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 33 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Among Us series
Among Us is the first of 13 entries we hold in the Among Us series. The next entry was HideNSeek in 2020.
How it was received
Among Us holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 599 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 2.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for INTEL i3-4330, 1 GB RAM and INTEL HD Graphics 4600. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Among Us launched on 15 June 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Vampyr and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Vampyr, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Among Us yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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