Among Us
Among Us 2
Hi everyone! Time for a big post!
First of all, thanks so much for playing and enjoying Among Us. It's been crazy to see how much more popular Among Us could be than we ever imagined.
Second of all, yes. We're confirming Among Us 2. This post is all about what that means and why we're doing it.
First and Most Important
Among Us 1 servers will stay alive for as long as it has enough players to start games. When we first started, we found that players couldn't really play when the servers had fewer than 30 - 50 players per hour. But lately we have 70,000 - 110,000 per hour. We'd be crazy to shut off the servers on you in 2021! And even if Among Us 2 gets lots of players, we'll just run both at the same time. If Among Us 1 servers shut down, I will open source the code so players can run servers instead.
But why a sequel?
Among Us 1 has been out over two years. It started as a tiny local-multiplayer-only game and has grown and grown and grown. Online multiplayer took 2 months and a total rework to make happen, then 6 months per extra map, and horrible server growing pains along the way. It really was not created to be this big. Because of this, it's extremely hard to add more things without breaking existing things. Frankly, it's terrifying to add in more things because the game is so fragile. Fixing this would require recreating core sections of Among Us, then making sure everything else still works on top. It's actually even harder than just making a new game.
So the first goal of Among Us 2 is to be made to withstand growth. We want to add to it at least as long as Among Us, but with fewer bugs along the way.
What will be in Among Us 2?
Well, first, we plan to basically include Among Us 1 in some capacity. Don't expect us to drag and drop all three maps directly over, but we think it's important to keep the simple play of Among Us with crewmates and impostors. But do expect some new options and balance tweaks. For example, we know very well that 3 impostor needs more than 10 players to be balanced, so 12-15 player games is a goal.
Second, we know that hide and seek is a very popular mode, but it is tough to find or exclude those games. Expect matchmaking to work very differently to better support custom modes and skill levels.
Also, we know that forming groups and making friends is tough. Accounts and friends will be in Among Us 2 straight out of the gate.
Better moderation: We know that hacking, bad behaviour, and toxic language is a problem in Among Us 1 and we definitely don't like it. But we never had the tools to really combat it effectively as a three person team, so expect Among Us 2 to launch with fewer hacks, a report button, moderators, etc.
But we've always known that the thing that would really make Among Us 2 unique from Among Us 1 is more roles. We aren't far enough in the design to confirm any roles or how they will work, but the primary addition for Among Us 2 is more complexity than just Crewmate vs Impostor. This should add a lot more replayability to the game and we're excited to see how we can shake things up for more advanced players.
We have a lot of other things we know players want to see, and a lot of surprises in store as well. So we definitely think Among Us 2 will be worthy sequel. That said, we want to get people playing it quickly, so we will probably start small in Early Access so we can grow Among Us 2 with player feedback. But the above is some of the key bare minimums before we launch at all.
Will it cost extra?
Yes, but.
We know a lot of players just started playing Among Us 1 which makes it look like we're quickly moving to a sequel, so we're going to try carry over some stuff from Among Us 1. We haven't confirmed that we can do any of this yet, but we might:
- Launch with a discount coupon for Among Us 1 owners on Steam.
- Keep Among Us 2 Mobile free but with (removable) ads.
- Have free big content updates like maps and game modes. We're not making that mistake again.
- Have in-game currency so we can break up big cosmetic bundles and let people buy/earn just the things they want.
When will it come out?
We really do not know at all. We just started planning. There is no art, programming or sound done at all. For the record Among Us took about 6 months to enter open beta (early access) and 6 more months to leave open beta. Among Us 2 will probably take at least as long to enter open beta, and will probably spend longer there.
Unlike Among Us 1, we expect to make Among Us 2 for PC first, then port to mobile. This will let us focus on making a great game faster because updates can come out in minutes on PC, where mobile can take hours or even days.
So basically
We're super hype to start Among Us 2. It'll take a while, but we'll make sure it's worth it. We hope you'll stick around to see what we can do.
Oh, also, we're launching merch on Friday August 21 at 12 PM (Noon, PST). Everything is on pre-order, but there will be shirts and a plush crewmate. The best places to hear when it launches are on Discord and our mailing list, but we'll do our best to get the word out.
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Among Us
An online and local party game of teamwork and betrayal for 4-15 players
| Status | Released |
| Author | Innersloth |
| Tags | 2D, Casual, Co-op, minigames, Multiplayer, party-game, Space |
| Languages | English |
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Me dice que necesito una nueva version del juego, pero no se como actualizarlo. AYUDAAAA PORFAVOOOOOOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Among Us requests for Innersloth :
Alien :you should add an alien role (appearance you can make it look how you want)and alien gets out of suit and reveals his appearance and he could eat a body and leave no body behind but it has a cool down and he can glitch cameras but it needs electricity and has cool down and it can lay eggs and when the hatch they are like little creatures and they kill crew mates and can swim in acid
SerialKiller : (or you could change name)he is like imposter but can not sabotage and he can hide body or throw it but he leaves tracks or evidence BUT the crew mates can’t see it only detective .And when it is carrying the body it is slower
Detective :Is like crewmate but he has the button inspect and it looks like a magnifying glass and that makes detective see the traces that serial killer left behind and can find body
Scientist/Doctor :is like crew mate and has chemical and that repels alien or blinds imposter and can fix cameras glitch and heal players with chemicals but the can not talk because they would say who killed them so they can only do tasks to win.And they can exterminate eggs or hatched creatures
Spy:can go through vents and that’s how it can spy and has a tablet that has access to cameras and he can place two more cameras and can move them later if they change mind (so good side) MAPS:
Other than the ones that are already there
Laboratory : Lab with tasks and has acid puddles and in the testing room there is A puddle in the middle and a claw on top so when they get ejected the claw will carry then drop to acid puddle.And there should be a little library and task to fix books.
A planet that is tropical
A planet that is ocean like
These are some concepts for maps and you can name them however you want
Among Us is so awesome and good I can’t wait for Among us 2
I loved your ideas !
I would like you to add more colors to the game, also a health bar and objects in the map that the imposter can use to kill the crewmates, or the crewmates can use these objects to defend themselves
I also would like to see new body types, so that you can get more attached to your little astronaut
Also also: eggdod hat
this game keeps me Happy in this crazy year, I love the content and when they announced among us 2 I was like AHHHHHHHHHHH, I see a lot of people giving so many good advices and ideas so I would like to give some ideas to the among us 2 game :D
-a secondary color: this color can be put on by anyone and it is something cosmetic
-more customization: let me explain, maybe it would be a good idea to have more things (an example those bangs in the face section, or ¨tattoos¨ on the body)
-a friend bar: something like codes or names, there are so many good crewmates tha WANT to play the game (me included)
-a good idea with the vents would be to hide bodies (although I think it would be OP)
-if the game is a sequel, bring the original maps but damaged (for example MIRA HQ with more roads due to time)
-A BREAD PACK
hope you the best :D
Really cool!
(im writing this on my hype, so plz ignore my grammar mistakes)
I was watching a video where a guy was reading this post, and he said "it will be cool if the devs listened to the comunity and added multiples game modes" at first I thought "plz do not make a battle royale mode" then I thought "WHY NOT??"
My ideia: a server with a bunch of people (maybe 20 or more) and the objective it's kill everybody until you are the only remaining, BUT you can't kill people in front of others, you have to do it in the "shhhhh" mode. Why? Because everybody will carry 1 button that can be used it like an Emergency Button if you see a killer and you are far away from the usual button, but this mini button can be used 2 or 3 times only, after that RUN FOR YOUR LIVES until u reach the big button. The weapons will be all over the map in specific places(like knives in the kitchen, poison in the lab, and etc), the weapons will have a limited availability, each weapon has a number of times that you can use, and as these weapons are distributed on the map they have a "physics", if the weapon is removed from its place, another person can see and report it.
Hey I love the among us but I have a problem I found out tonight the game is fun until it destroy my night and fun this is the only game I enjoy literally enjoy on Google play store and steam.... The problem is developers is that yes the game is fantastic cool awesome and extremely enjoyable it bring laughter and Happy ness but what stop it is hacker's yes hacker's they change color in active game when doing task when they kill someone and u found them they change color and they can change other players imposter and turn them in crew which is sad bad cheat and unfair for other player all the time I see players get upset or leave the game as it start because of these situation and hackers they cheat and there name don't show up not at all we will love u to fix this problem or this game will go down right now am not even happy I stop play it tonight and I just uninstalling it because of these situation with hackers it's not fun it's cheat play the game faire men it's all sad.
I can't wait for among us 2 I can't wait tank u for creating this game keep it up and please help me and stop these hackers make the game more achieved please tank ypu ..❤ And add ability to add friend and make us can't change our name out more to the game it's really good
SUGERENCIA y opinión.
La verdad, estoy súper emocionado por la noticia que habrá un Among Us 2 . Me parecería muy genial que en el juego te pudieses crear una cuenta , y poder agregar amigos , por que creo que todos hemos hecho muy buenos amigos en el juego y cuando te sales ya no los vuelves a ver. Bueno, solo tengo que decir eso, Among Us es un excelente juego, ¡suerte en la creación del 2! Estoy seguro que será igual de genial;)) lo esperaré con entusiasmo.
Just a suggestion for Among Us 1 that might be simple enough despite said code-fragility:
Add an option for 'Blind Imposters' where imposters are not informed who other imposter(s) are, and are also able to kill other imposters.
This would make the 3 imposter option viable, and extend high-level play where imposters will also have some guesswork to do .
please add the ability to add people as ur friends
Devs, please, please include an option to label characters with a big number (I dunno how but make it very visible). It would be very appreciated by people like me who have trouble identifying or remembering colors. Thanks
5-20 dollar console version would open up so many more windows for expansion. Along with more players the game will get even more exposure because of it. Making the game free with maybe some kind of battle pass or item shop would really make the game blow up in popularity and once again give it more opportunity to expand. Let’s face it. people like playing on console more than mobile because 1. You can talk to friends in a parties and 2. It’s a lot more comfortable holding a controller then being hunched over a mobile phone. PLEASE consider a console version it would be extremely worth it
For Among Us 2, i think it would be cool if there was "custom kill scenes"
Im sure most of you have seen all the funny kill animations online and stuff. So it would be cool if you could make it so people could buy a custom kill animation in the store. Dont know if i explained it properly but you get the gist.
you did explain it properly
You should also put friend request and how that is possible is you could put account
Among Us requests for Innersloth :
Alien :you should add an alien role (appearance you can make it look how you want)and alien gets out of suit and reveals his appearance and he could eat a body and leave no body behind but it has a cool down and he can glitch cameras but it needs electricity and has cool down and it can lay eggs and when the hatch they are like little creatures and they kill crew mates and can swim in acid
SerialKiller : (or you could change name)he is like imposter but can not sabotage and he can hide body or throw it but he leaves tracks or evidence BUT the crew mates can’t see it only detective .And when it is carrying the body it is slower
Detective :Is like crewmate but he has the button inspect and it looks like a magnifying glass and that makes detective see the traces that serial killer left behind and can find body
Scientist/Doctor :is like crew mate and has chemical and that repels alien or blinds imposter and can fix cameras glitch and heal players with chemicals but the can not talk because they would say who killed them so they can only do tasks to win.And they can exterminate eggs or hatched creatures
Spy:can go through vents and that’s how it can spy and has a tablet that has access to cameras and he can place two more cameras and can move them later if they change mind (so good side)
MAPS:
Other than the ones that are already there
Laboratory :
Lab with tasks and has acid puddles and in the testing room there is A puddle in the middle and a claw on top so when they get ejected the claw will carry then drop to acid puddle.And there should be a little library and task to fix books.
A planet that is tropical
A planet that is ocean like
These are some concepts for maps and you can name them however you want
Among Us is so awesome and good I can’t wait for Among us 2
yeah no, too many roles, way too complex
This sounds great! I do hope they add some more death animations, the community has made some great death concepts! I’ve even animated two myself, it’s really fun honestly. Maybe you guys can have a couple contests where the community can submit their ideas and if they win, have the idea put in the game? Another thing I’ve kinda been wanting is a impostor only chat (only for 2+ impostors) so the impostors can work together better? And maybe you can add traps for the impostors, that would trap a player that walked over them. But to not make this super OP, the impostor would sacrifice their “Report” button, so they couldn’t trap someone, kill them, and report. If another player walks across the stuck player, they could free them, which would bring them into a task like thing that they would have to do to free the player. If nobody frees the player, they are automatically released in 15-20 seconds. The cool down for traps should be pretty long, like 45-1min, or more. The impostor also shouldn’t be able to place traps too close to doors, to prevent impostors blocking off an area entirely.
Also, a map idea I’ve had is a water themed one, like a submarine or something? And when someone’s ejected, they get thrown into the ocean and a shark or something comes up and eats them?
ooh yeah, and the shark would spit out the little b e a n if they are a crewmate
please, launch this in mac and/or consoles. I have seen people playing in pc using headset and it is much more fun than chat
please
Para mí todas las ideas en los comentarios son algo muy estúpidas, porque?
Porque quieren agregar roles estúpidos sin sentido
Como ejemplo: Brujo, Asistente, Policía, Francotirador, Espía, Etc.
O quieren agregar funciones estúpidas como:
Una lista de Mods de la comunidad (la idea más idiota si me lo preguntan)
Ojalá jamás hagan caso a esas opiniones tan tontas y arruinen el juego. Ojalá no cambien mucho el juego, no le agregen micro pagos o algo pro el estilo y que la moneda virtual que piensan en añadir se consiga jugando y no se compre.
Sigan como Hasta ahora y no arruinen el juego con la playa virtual, los roles y opciones nuevas sin sentido aparente.
Les deseo buena suerte en el desempeño del desarrollo de AMONG US 2
El Juego.
new roles? thats amazing!
Me gustaría que añadiera un rol de guardia de seguridad
Me gustaria que tambien se puediera agregar amigos en among us 1 he echo muchos amigos y no lo he vuelto ver :( esa es mi urgerencia muchas gracias:)