Among Us is a multiplayer video game developed by American game studio InnerSloth and released on June 15, 2018. The game is space-themed and the player takes on the role of one of the Crewmates (Crewmate) or Impostors (Impostor). The Crewmate's goal is to find the Impostor and complete the mission, while the Impostor's goal is to kill all crew members without being detected.

Originally released on mobile devices only as a single map local multiplayer game, the game was released on Android and iOS in June 2018 with the AppID "spacemafia". Shortly after its release, "Among Us" reached an average of 30 to 50 players. Programmer Forest Willard believes "It didn't release super well" and designer Marcus Bromander believes it was due to InnerSloth Studios "We're really bad at marketing". The development team "[gave] up on it several times," but continued work with the support of a small group of players, adding multiplayer online modes, new missions, and customization options, before releasing the Steam version. the PC version supports Cross-platform play, with two additional maps "Mira HQ" and "Polus" added in 2019. And on 2021-03-31 a new map called the Airship, based on the Henry stickmin series, was added.

According to Willard, the team insisted on developing the game "for a lot longer than we probably should have from a pure business standpoint "Bromander said they were able to do this because they had enough savings to allow them to continue making the game even if it didn't sell well.

Play online or over local WiFi with 4-10 players as you try to prepare your space ship for departure, but be aware that one will risk killing everyone as an impostor!

Crew members can win by completing all missions or by spotting impostors impostors.

Impostors can use sabotage to cause chaos, making it easier to kill and better to stay out of the way.

Inspired by the tabletop game Hitman, Among Us was initially released as a single-map local multiplayer game for mobile devices only. in June 2018, the game was released on Android and iOS with the AppID "spacemafia". Soon after its release, Among Us reached an average of 30 to 50 players. Programmer Forest Willard believes "It didn't release super well" and designer Marcus Bromander believes it was due to InnerSloth Studios "We're really bad at marketing". The development team "[gave] up on it several times," but continued work with the support of a small group of players, adding multiplayer online modes, new missions, and customization options, before releasing the Steam version. the PC version supports Cross-platform play, with two additional maps "Mira HQ" and "Polus" added in 2019. And on 2021-03-31, a new map called the Airship based on the Henry stickmin series was added.

According to Willard, the team insisted on developing the game "for a lot longer than we probably should have from a pure business standpoint "Bromander said they were able to do this because they had enough savings to allow them to continue making the game even if it didn't sell well.

Among Us" is a multiplayer game that supports 4-10 players. Where the game will randomly select 1-3 players to play as the invaders and the rest of the players will play as the crew. The game has four maps: The Skeld (space ship), Skyscraper (Mira HQ), Polar (Polus), and The airship (the latest map, there may be some problems with the mobile version). The crew has to complete tasks on the map in the form of mini-games, which include maintenance work on vital systems, such as rewiring or refueling engines. Intruders are given fake task lists in order to blend in with the crew. Intruders can identify other intruders and have the ability to sabotage map systems, traverse vents and kill crew members. If the player is killed by an impostor, they will become a ghost. Ghosts have the ability to pass through walls, but can only continue to interact on the map in a limited way, and cannot be seen by any other player except the dead player who turns into a ghost. All players except the ghost can only see a limited distance.

Crew members need to complete all missions or find and destroy all invaders to win, while invaders need to kill a certain number of crew members to make the remaining number equal to the number of invaders or sabotage the countdown to win, and ghosts complete missions or sabotage by assisting their teammates who are crew members or invaders. When an intruder engages in sabotage, either the effect is immediate (e.g. turning off all lights) or the sabotaged facility will start a countdown and if the crew does not solve the facility before the countdown ends, all crew members will die and the game will end.

If a player finds a corpse, they can immediately report it and force all players to attend a group meeting to vote for the suspected intruder. Players can also press the "emergency meeting" button on the map at any time to hold a meeting. The game is played via text chat, or use Quick chat to type faster (in the new version players under 13 can only use Quick chat to chat.) Only living players can communicate during the session, while ghosts can only communicate between ghosts. Although the game does not have a built-in voice chat system, players typically use a third-party chat tool like Discord to communicate while playing the game. The game offers a variety of customization options, such as field of view and an emergency meeting button. There are also many items to choose from, such as spacesuit colors, skins, hats, and pets, some of which require payment.