There’s no question about the popularity of InnerSloth’s Among Us. The teamwork-based, online whodunnit game has gained so much attention that even politicians like U.S. representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez encouraged citizens to vote via a Twitch st𝓡ream of the game. The stream received the third most concurrent single-channel viewers in Twitch history. Even Fortnite has incorporated an Among Us inspired limited time event called The Spy Within.
According to new reports by into the game’s play data, Among Us may just be the “most pꦉopular game ever in terms of monthly players.” It received nearly half a billion monthly active users in November.
The report further noted that the game’s earnings figures are comparatively smaller than other online games as it’s not heavily monetized via in-game purchases. Despite the game’s PC player base only accountin🍌g for 3% of the total, the $5 upfront price accounted for 64% of the revenue from August to November.
According to , Among Us has reached 86.6 million total downloads o൲n mobile after the spurt seen in August and September; a massive 42 million dow🎃nloads which accounts for 70% of its total downloads.
It seems th🐻e game’s popularity is constantly growing. Among Us hit the number one spot on the eShop's Best Sellers List after just one day of its Nintendo Switch launch. It launched on the portable console with PC🎀 crossplay capability. It was also the most Googled game of 2020, beating the likes of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, The Last of Us Part 2, and even Fo🍸rtnite.
Developer InnerSloth reshuffled plans for a sequel after the game star💮ted gaining traction over two years after its initial launch. Among Us will now see seasonal and title updates which were initially planned to be part of Among Us 2. One of those updates was a new🌃 map called Airship, which the Nintendo Switch player base has managed to access even before launch. A YouTube channel explained that the process involved creating a local game and selecting Airship fro🍨m the map list. From there, you exit the game, host an online match, but don't select a map. Your posse can then run around in the incomplete map.