Among Us, a game that sat on a shelf in a quiet section of the Steam store for nearly two years, is now, thanks to a sudden outpouring of love from streamers and YouTubers, the most-streamed game on Twitch (with twice the viewership of League of Legends and three times the viewership of Fortnite and Modern Warfare) and sits third in the Steam charts behind CS:GO and Dota 2, with nearly three hundred thousand players at any given time.
Among Us Beginners Guide in 4 Minutes – The Basics
So, you’ve probably heard of Among Us and are either considering giving it a try to see what all the hype is about, or you haven’t and are in dire need of a crash course on the game. Either way, you’re going to need to know how to play Among Us.
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Among Us is a social deduction game based on the popular 80s party hit Werewolf (also known as Mafia). Players must figure out who the secret villains are among us (the werewolves). The core of Werewolf is that each night, the two werewolves choose and kill a player. Each morning, the players discuss who they think the werewolves are and gradually vote players out.