Among us coming to Xbox Game Pass for Xbox One and Xbox Series X in 2021, Microsoft announced Thursday, and is now available in the Xbox Game Pass for PC subscriber’s library of games.
The quirky, sci-fi social deduction game – the structure resembles the paranoia that Wilford Brimley, Kurt Russell and others deal with in John Carpenter’s The thing – launched on Nintendo Switch earlier this week. It launched on mobile platforms in 2018 and then Windows PC, but became a breakthrough hit this year with those at home, Twitch streamers, and their viewers. It’s one of Polygon’s 10 Best Games of 2020.
Among us is a multiplayer game for four to ten players, pitting a group of cheaters against the crew of a spaceship. They all look the same. Imposters try to kill crew members and sabotage the ship. The crew must work together to exterminate and eliminate the imposters.
The game has become so popular in the quarantine lifestyle that the developers at Innersloth discontinued development of a sequel to avoid splitting the player base. One of the many notable Twitch streamers this year was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who used the game as a tool for voters and education.
InnerSloth announced this last week during The Game Awards 2020 Among us“a new airship map would be released soon. Players on Nintendo Switch have already figured out a way to access it early.