

A player may be suspected for many other reasons though. Impostors can be identified beyond all reasonable doubt if they are seen venting or killing. During a meeting, players discuss who they believe is an Impostor based on the available evidence. Īny living player may call a group meeting by reporting a dead body, or by pressing the Emergency Meeting button on the map at any time (except during major sabotages, when Emergency Meetings cannot be called, but dead bodies can still be reported). Ghosts help their living teammates by completing their tasks (as a Crewmate) or performing various acts of sabotage (as an Impostor). Moreover, ghosts cannot communicate with living players or be seen by them. Living players have a limited cone of vision ghosts do not. Ghosts can pass through walls, watch other players' activities, and see and chat with other ghosts. If a Crewmate is killed or any player is voted out and ejected, they become a ghost. Crewmates may also confirm their identity through "visual tasks" (tasks that have animations which play for other players), which cannot be faked by Impostors. To help the Crewmates identify Impostors, there are various surveillance systems on each map, such as security cameras and an admin system on The Skeld, a doorlog system with sensors in MIRA HQ, and a vitals indicator in Polus that shows the living status of all players. Impostors, however, can sabotage vital systems (such as The Skeld's oxygen supply), close the doors to rooms, quickly and covertly traverse ventilation ducts (commonly referred to as "venting"), and kill Crewmates when standing near them. However, they cannot legitimately perform tasks and can only pretend to be doing any of the tasks on the ship.

Impostors are given a fake list of suggested tasks to blend in with Crewmates. Īt the start of the game, Crewmates are assigned "tasks" to complete around the map (in the form of minigames, minipuzzles, and simple toggles), mostly consisting of maintenance work on vital systems such as fixing wires and downloading data. Games can also end by players quitting the match if doing so fulfills any win condition (if a Crewmate quits the game, their tasks are automatically considered completed). Impostors can likewise win in two ways either by killing or ejecting all Crewmates, or by sabotaging a critical system on the map (provided the Crewmates do not resolve it in time).

The Crewmates can win the game one of two ways either by completing all assigned tasks or by ejecting all Impostors.
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As of 2021, a round can take place on one of four maps: a spaceship called "The Skeld" a headquarters building called "MIRA HQ" a planet base called "Polus" or an airship based on Innersloth's Henry Stickmin series called "The Airship". Up to three players are randomly and secretly chosen to be the Impostor(s) each round.

Any player, including the killer, can report the dead body and trigger a meeting.Īmong Us is a multiplayer game for four to fifteen players (previously four to ten players), although recommended for at least five. Because of the vision mechanic for Among Us, the pink player is partially obscured in the white player's field of vision. In this gameplay screenshot of the original map, The Skeld, the white Impostor has just killed the blue Crewmate in the centrally located Admin room. The goal of the Crewmates is to either identify and vote out the Impostors, or to complete all the 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 is not resolved in time. 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.Īmong Us takes place in space-themed settings where players are colorful armless cartoon astronauts Each player takes on one of two roles: most are Crewmates, but a small number play Impostors, which appear identical to Crewmates. 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. The game was then ported to the Nintendo Switch in December 2020, and on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in December 2021.
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The game allows for cross-platform play, first released on iOS and Android devices in June 2018 and on Windows later that year in November. The game was inspired by the party game Mafia and the science fiction horror film The Thing. Among Us is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American game studio Innersloth.
