Among Us was released on 15 June 2018 and quite a successful game where you need to complete the task with your crewmates and successfully defend the spaceship. Among your crew, there is a random Imposter who can kill and creates turmoil. In one server 4-10 players can join in this multiplayer game and either win through completing all the tasks or catch the Impostor.

There is only a single map currently which comprises various rooms where each player are assigned random tasks. Any players can initiate emergency meetings to chat among them and discuss who is the Impostor among them. The game is quite balanced and allows players to interact with each other and judge who might be the cunning and sneaky Impostor among them.

 

Among Us is a game of deceit, survival, and task completion. The majority of players in a given match will be focused on repairing sections of the map by completing objectives in order to escape. But 1-3 other players will be an impostor, a role that requires the player(s) in question to sabotage and eliminate their crewmates. These impostors look identical to everyone else, so they will need to maintain their cover if they want to win the game.

But these impostors are outnumbered, and if enough of the other crewmates suspect them then the player can be exiled from the group and lose the game. So what can an impostor do to increase their chances of success? What tactics can they use?

 

The admin can start the game, which will trigger a random selection of 1 Impostor and 9 Crewmates which is a standard setting. The Impostor has the ability to kill and hide in the small vents waiting for his prey to walk in alone. To make the game more interesting, the in-game chat is disabled and whenever there is an Emergency meeting, the in-game chat is enabled. As mentioned above in-game chat can only accessed when there is an Emergency Meeting. To initiate Emergency Meeting, you can either press the Use button in the Cafeteria where you spawn or find a dead corpse of your fellow crewmate and press Report. There would be enough time provided to chat and decide whom to vote. The player who gets the maximum vote will be thrown out from the spaceship and if the Impostor is caught you all will naturally win. If the Impostor is still not caught the game continues until there is only one Crewmate left. Win Condition: Crewmate- Catch The Impostor, or Complete The Tasks to win. Impostor- Kill (n-1) Crewmates whereas n is the total number of Crewmates. For example, there is a total of 10 players, 1 is Impostor and 9 is Crewmate. So, if the Impostor manages to eliminate 8 Crewmate, he wins.

 

Hosting Game You can host the game by clicking on Online and Host A Game. You will be provided various options where you can select the maximum player participation (i.e. 10) and Impostors (i.e. 3). Once you have created the lobby, you can customize your lobby via laptop as shown in the above image and customize your lobby settings. The code mentioned below can be shared to your friends which let them join in your lobby. Though you can choose to keep your lobby private or public. The game supports WiFi and can create private lobbies which allow players to connect via there Code.
Hosting Game

 

An impostor player who stands out is bound to arouse suspicion. So instead of wandering around obviously following potential victims, impostor players are recommended to look like they are completing tasks. Travel to and stand by computers, the engine, etc. Other crewmates will be doing something similar, so it's not like an impostor will be inconvenienced by playing along. But pretending to complete tasks will just make it that much harder for the crewmates to identify the player as an impostor

Another important aspect of not looking suspicious is to engage in the discussion when a dead body is found. In that short discussion period before the expulsion vote, the impostor needs to act like they are another crewmate who is trying to win the game like everyone else.

While an impostor could lie and blame an innocent crewmate, this is not advised since the crewmates as a whole were likely spread all over the map. This means any crewmate the impostor blames could potentially have an alibi if another crewmate happened to be in the same area as them. Similarly, remaining completely silent is only going to cause nothing but suspicion. This means the impostor’s best discussion tactic is to act clueless. Ask questions, try determining who was where, etc. And when the group thinks they know who the impostor is? Agree with them. Even if it is another impostor. Trying to prove otherwise will only make the other impostor player stand out.

 

Not looking suspicious is all well and good, but impostors still need to find the opportunity to kill other people. This means prolonging their time on the map so they can’t leave and actively putting up barriers that will enable impostors to kill more easily.

In practice, this means sabotaging whenever possible and shutting doors before killing someone off. These will provide an impostor several opportunities to off one of their targets with a higher chance of not getting caught. Taking out the lights, in particular, can be used to great effect if there only a few players left to eliminate. Similarly, something as simple as shutting the door before killing an opponent will allow an impostor player an additional few seconds to make a speedy escape if they need to.

 

This should seem obvious, but an impostor needs to avoid being seen when they are skulking around killing people. One way impostor players often get caught is by being witnessed killing. But they are not seen by a nearby player. Instead, they are seen killing on a security camera. It’s a small thing to miss and is easily overlooked, but there are cameras scattered throughout the map. If one is flashing red, that means someone is watching the feed from the security room. So always be sure to check the camera’s status before eliminating another player.

Just as important is to never be seen using the vent system. Ever. Traveling by vent is an impostor-only ability, which means if an impostor player is seen using it then they more or less just gave up their identity. So it is advised impostors avoid using the vents too often—especially toward the beginning of a match when there are more players around.

In fact, some players may only want to use the vents for quick escapes after committing a murder. Getting caught near the body will only seem suspicious after all, so going someplace that is not the scene of the crime seems reasonable. Just be sure to exit into a room where no one is present. Avoid using the vent system to enter a high-traffic or open areas like the café or the administration room. Also, be sure to avoid using the vent system to enter areas that have an active camera in them.