Record Record, Among Us Downloaded Up To 217 Million Times During The Pandemic

GAMEFINITY.ID, Jakarta – Among Us has listed itself as one of the most played games during the corona virus (coronavirus or COVID-19) pandemic. This was revealed based on data from the Sensor Tower application research company which noted that Among Us has been downloaded about 217 million times on Android and iOS devices.

Sensor Tower assesses the increase in the number of downloads because many people are spending their time at home during the pandemic. One of the activities to spend time at home is playing games, one of which is Among Us. Sensor Tower also noted that Among Us was the most downloaded mobile game in October 2021 with a total of 75 million installations.

The success of the Among Us Game succeeded in shifting several other popular mobile games such as Subway Surfers, Join Clash 3D, and Garena Free Fire, as quoted from Venture Beat. Just a reminder, Among Us itself has actually been released since last June 2021. However, in the last two years, this game has not received much attention from players.

Among Us’s popularity skyrocketed in the midst of a pandemic, after many YouTubers popularized the Among Us game on their respective channels. Among Us can be downloaded for free on the Google Play (Android) and App Store (iOS) app stores. Gamers can also play this game via PC via Steam, at a cost of USD 5 (around Rp. 70 thousand).

Among Us also supports crossplay, which means gamers from Android or iOS can play together with PC users. Another advantage of Among Us is that this InnerSloth game doesn’t require high smartphone specifications, so it doesn’t take up a lot of storage memory.

In Among Us, players will assume the role of one of several characters (up to ten people) in a science fiction setting who tries to complete a number of tasks to complete missions. Among them there are players who act as impostors who have the opposite task, namely thwarting the mission by interrupting the task and eliminating other players.

The identity of the impostor is not known by other players who are not fellow impostors. The attraction of this Social Deduction genre game is the fierce debate and mutual accusations between players, who is the impostor.