Stuck in space, there are alien Impostors hiding among you; can you work together to weed out the traitors before it’s too late?

First released in 2018 for the iOS and Android platforms, Among Us is a multiplayer social survival game that blends elements of sci-fi horror into the mix. Recommended to be played between 4 – 15 players, you are an astronaut banding together with Crewmates to accomplish mission-critical tasks in order to survive.

However, that is the least of your worries; hidden amongst all of you are aliens that seek to kill everyone before being found out. Disguised as your own friends, all players need to stay vigilant and wary of each other, all the while completing tasks on the spaceship as well.

In Among Us, every player will randomly be designated as either a Crewmate or an Impostor, and both parties have different objectives to achieve in order to win. As a Crewmate, you need to assist in completing tasks aboard the spaceship until every objective is completed. For Impostors, your only aim is to kill everyone on board, and there may be more than one Impostor on the team.

Keep your wits about you. Trust no one. Soon enough, you’ll find out that not everyone is who they seem to be.

Primarily launched for mobile devices (iOS, Android), Among Us has since been ported to every other major video game platform to date, with PC, PlayStation (PS4, PS5), Xbox (One, Series X/ S), and Nintendo Switch getting their own versions as well.

A significant feature of the game is its ability to be played cross-platform no matter which gaming device you are playing it on! This allows you to play with many of your friends all over the world regardless of your current gaming setup. In terms of visual style, Among Us adopts a cartoonish design to its in-game environments and player-characters. That doesn’t mean that there is no blood, though, as death scenes are still brutal albeit in a loony nature.

The way to win rounds in Among Us is fairly simple, and here is how you do that:

As human Crewmates, you need to co-ordinate with other players to complete various tasks throughout each round.

To counter the Impostors, you can call for an Emergency Meeting (or reporting a dead body) to discuss potential Impostors within the group, each voting to eject a suspected Crewmate before the most voted player gets thrown into space.

The Crewmates win by either: 

Successfully completing all the objectives 

Safely ejecting the correct Impostors from the spaceship

As the alien Impostor, your primary objective is to kill the majority of Crewmates on the ship.

To do this, you have different capabilities and tools at your disposal, each being:

Ability to hide inside ventilation shafts or tunnels

Sabotage the ship’s systems by a variety of ways to disrupt Crewmates’ tasks or redirect their attention elsewhere

You can eliminate other players in two (2) different ways:

Kill a lone player on the spot (‘Kill’ button goes into cooldown depending on host’s settings)

Manipulate other players into voting for another innocent Crewmate to be ejected into space during an Emergency Meeting

Depending on given circumstances, Impostors win a round when:

The number of Crewmates left is the same as the Impostors (meaning insta-death for the Crewmates because they cannot fight back)

The spaceship is successfully sabotaged which leads to it being irreparable/ destroyed (certain Sabotages can instantly lead to victory)

Bear in mind, these are the general criteria for you to win rounds in the game, but player hosts are able to change winning credentials and other gameplay settings accordingly. You can also customize your avatar as well, and here are the different things that you can change about them:

The most distinguishable characteristic that differentiates every player in the game is the colour of your spacesuit. There are around eighteen (18) distinct colours to choose from, including special ones such as Cyan, Lime, Maroon, Tan and Coral.

You can also change your overall appearance by wearing different forms of outfits/ skins that literally lets you don rare clothing/ accessories on top of your existing spacesuit.Examples of skins include Policeman Officer, Spartan Armour, Doctor, and many others.

As literal as it sounds, Hats are accessories that you place on top of your character’s head, making you look either badass or goofy depending on your preference.Aquatic Apparatus, Blondie, Cap-tain, and The Last Wipe (toilet paper) are just a few Hats that you can opt for inside the game.

Visors are generally cosmetics that you place onto your character’s face, with some not actually changing the visor itself.You get options like Ghostly Moustache, Santa’s Beard, Shades, and Double Monocles amongst the many choices provided before starting a round.

If you’re insecure about trusting your allies following you, you can have Pets to accompany you instead, though they do absolutely nothing but smile while the Impostor slices you into pieces.Pet variants in the game include – but not limited to - Headslug, Doggy, Mini Crewmate, Ro-Bot, and Clank.

You can also set up your own private session as well before entering online multiplayer, but this is just a way for you to get a feel of the game prior to the real thing.