The most popular game on the App Store is also the most fun to play right now: Among Us on your iPhone is accessible, funny and exciting at the same time.
Among Us on iPhone is worth playing
The concept of Among Us is very simple: together with up to nine other players, you perform a series of tasks in a space station as cartoonish astronauts, while one of you is the ‘Imposter’. His goal is to take out all the other players without the rest noticing.
That is quite difficult: every time a murdered player is found – or someone presses the emergency button – a consultation round is started. This is the only time players can communicate with each other through a chat feature. After this consultation, a voting round follows: the player who is voted the most gets a one-way ticket to the room.
As a regular player you try to take out the Imposter, while the Imposter tries to make innocent players suspicious. This can be done in many creative ways: lie about a player you saw walking alone or say that you found a body while you were the murderer yourself.
After a player has been eliminated, you will only be able to see if he was an Imposter or not. The game continues in this way until all regular players are eliminated or the Imposter is unmasked.
Playing Among Us Together via Crossplay
Among Us is available on iOS, Android and Windows. The nice thing is that you can all play together via crossplay. That makes it a lot easier to get a group of friends or colleagues together, especially since the game is free to download on mobile.
Moreover, the game is very simple: you control your astronaut by tapping the screen or using a virtual joystick. All of the in-game commands are easy too: flip a switch or throw some trash through the space trash can by swiping the screen.
Although Among Us is the most fun to play with acquaintances, you can also entertain yourself for hours by stepping into the spaceship with random strangers. It is especially striking how nice and serious these players are in the chat: I rarely encountered scolding players during the dozens of games I played.
Instead, everyone took the game seriously and discussed in a fun way. Afterwards, the Imposter receives a digital pat on the back if it has done well. This makes Among Us a good example for other games with a chat function: it is possible!
Download Among Us for iOS
Among Us is completely free to download and play on both iOS and Android. If you have an iPad, you can play the game best on it thanks to the larger screen: especially if you want to type quickly in the consultation phase.
With a one-time in-app purchase you can buy off ads and there are ‘pets’ for sale, so that your astronaut can walk through the game with a dog, for example. Fortunately, there are also more than enough free hats available to outfit your character with.
All this makes Among Us a great game, worth a try for both avid gamers and people who normally never play a game. Especially now that we will be at home more often in the coming time, this is the game to play with friends remotely. The threshold to get in is low and once you get the hang of it, it’s just a few hours later.