Among Us: rules, roles and where to play
Among Us is a social deduction game by Innersloth, released in 2018. Crewmates finish tasks around the map while hidden Impostors sabotage and eliminate them. When a body is found, everyone talks and votes someone out.
Where to play the original: Among Us by Innersloth. Roam is not affiliated with it.
How a round works
A game takes about ten to fifteen minutes. The fun is in the meetings: people argue about who was where, accuse each other and sometimes vote out a friend who was telling the truth.
- Roles are dealt. Most players are Crewmates. One to three are secret Impostors.
- Tasks. Crewmates do small tasks around the map. Finishing all of them wins the game.
- Sabotage and kills. Impostors fake tasks, use vents, break things and take players out.
- Meetings. Report a body or hit the emergency button, then everyone discusses.
- The vote. The group votes someone off. Impostors win if they match the number of Crewmates left.
- Maps. The Skeld, MIRA HQ, Polus, the Airship and the Fungle each have their own tasks, vents and sabotages.
Extra roles
Innersloth has added roles on top of the basic two. Crewmates can be an Engineer who uses vents, a Scientist who checks vitals, a Guardian Angel, a Tracker or a Noisemaker. Impostors can be a Shapeshifter or a Phantom. Hosts choose which roles are on, so the same lobby can play very differently.
Where to play Among Us
Among Us is on iPhone, Android, PC through Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox, with cross-play between them. The phone versions are free with ads, and the PC and console versions are paid. Up to 15 players fit in one lobby. There is also a separate VR version, Among Us VR.
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Questions people ask
Is Among Us free?
It is free on iPhone and Android. The PC and console versions cost money.
How many players can play Among Us?
Up to 15 in one lobby, with one to three Impostors.
Who made Among Us?
Innersloth, a small American studio. It came out in 2018 and blew up in 2020.