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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 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. The goal of the Crewmates is to identify
and eliminate the Impostors, while completing tasks around the map; the goal of
the Impostors 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.