map called The Airship, new gamers will likely want to jump onboard 2020's most unexpected success story. So, what should new players know before they dive into their first round of Among Us?
For starters, every game begins with six to ten players aboard a spaceship or space station. One to three of the players in every lobby are randomly assigned the role of "Impostor," who need to kill everyone else in the game who have been assigned the role of "Crewmates." The Crewmates need to either complete a series of tasks to win the game or vote off the Impostors in Emergency Meetings that can be called at various points in a game.
With the basics in mind, there are many ways Crewmates can make their jobs of weeding out the Impostors simple, but there are also a ton of tricks that Impostors can use to avoid being suspicious. No one game of Among Us is the same, which means even if s play their best they can still end up being killed by an unfortunate vote or wandering into the wrong room. While some games can be decided with sheer luck, but a handful of best practices can ensure that both Crewmates and Impostors are putting their best foot forward to come out on top.
Among Us Crewmate Tips: Stay Together
Buddying up with another Crewmate is a simple way to make it difficult for Impostors to net easy kills, since Among Us's Kill Cooldown prevents the murderers from killing twice in quick succession. Impostors can split players up by using Sabotages like locking doors and shutting off lights, so it's important for the Crew to who they were with and who else was there with them if a body is found.
Keep an eye out for potential double kills as well, which is when two Impostors work together to kill two Crewmates. This is the best counter to the buddy system and can occur if two Impostors stumble upon a duo of Crewmates with no one else around. The best way to avoid this is to stay within the vicinity of another Crew member and check on them frequently instead of being directly next to them for the entire round.
Among Us Crewmate Tips: Common Tasks
Common tasks are chores that every Crewmate receives, like "Swipe Card" on the Polus and Skeld maps or "Enter ID Code" on the Mira HQ map. That also means that every Crewmate can't have different common tasks than the ones listed on lobby's task list, which is an easy way to catch Impostors slipping. If a players claims they are completing the "Scan Boarding " task on Polus when the round's common task is "Insert Keys," then they've just been caught in a lie.
Among Us Crewmate Tips: Don't Get Task Tunnel Vision
While it's one of the Crewmates' top priorities to finish all of their tasks, it's important not to exclusively focus on them. Among Us is chock full of ways to get information on other players, so Crewmates should be splitting their time evenly between finishing tasks and investigating the other players by tracking which Crewmates are grouped together and what side of the map they're on.
Gamers can go to Security to cycle through any available cameras, go to to see how many people are in each room, or check Vitals to see if anyone has mysteriously died. Fixing Sabotages in Among Us should also be top priority, since those moments are typically when Impostors strike. New players should be trying to learn each of the maps as well, so they can begin picking up on when people are lying based on where they claim they are. This can be made simpler by playing their first couple of rounds with an image of the map they're playing on open in a separate tab.
Among Us Crewmate Tips: Visual Tells
There's a plethora of visual information that can be gathered in every Among Us stage to figure out who's innocent and who's the killer. Impostors can't complete any tasks, which means they need to pretend they're completing chores to blend in with the Crew, but there are tasks that can't even be faked.
Jobs like Clearing Meteorites, Empty Garbage, Prime Shields, Submit Scan all have visual animations when a Crewmate has them open, which instantly prove who is innocent. On the other hand, Vents are fast-travel locations that are only accessible by Impostors, so if anyone pops out of a Vent they are guilty of being the murderer. It's important to always be on the look out for these visual tells.
Among Us Crewmate Tips: When To Vote
Voting in Among Us is the only way Crewmates can defend themselves, but it can also be their demise if they choose to vote someone off when the odds are against them and they don't know who the Impostors are. The Crew should always skip a vote if there are seven total players left and it's suspected that two Impostors remain, since the game will end if there is an equal number of Crewmates and Impostors. If the Crew accidentally votes someone innocent off then all the killers have to do is get a double kill to win. The same strategy applies to when there are four players left with one Impostor.
Among Us Impostor Tips: Sabotage For Final Kills
As the murderer, it's important to capitalize on questionable votes like what was described above. If six Crewmates and left with two Impostors or if two Crewmates are left with on Impostor the killers have effectively won the game if they play smart.
All they need to do is activate a Reactor Meltdown or O2 Failure using the Sabotage menu, which are lethal if not addressed and require two Crewmates to fix. This forces the remaining Crew to split apart to fix the Sabotage so they Impostors can follow closely behind and deal the final blow. Both of these fatal Sabotages should only be used to seal the game since their cooldowns are so long. Impostors should opt to Sabotage lights and doors in the early to to mid-game to net kills.
Among Us Impostor Tips: Check If Cameras Are On
Rule number one of being an Impostor is to not get caught red-handed, and Among Us' Security cameras can make that much more difficult. Cameras found in hallways and corridors will be flashing a red light if they're turned on and someone is watching. It's crucial for Impostors to recognized when cameras are activated, as killing a stray Crewmate might be tempting, but it could get them immediately voted off if someone is in Security. Plus, acting for the camera might result in the person watching to believe an Impostor is innocent.
Among Us Impostor Tips: Always Check-In With Someone
One of the most common reasons Crewmates will vote someone off is because they haven't seen them walking around or completing tasks. While lurking in vents and in shadow corners can set Impostors up for kills it can also give them away. It's crucial for Impostors to be seen by at least a portion of the Crewmates so they have someone to vouch for their alibis and use them as evidence to their lies during Among Us' Emergency Meetings.
Among Us Impostor Tips: Choose Your Victims Wisely
It's always advised to go for a kill with no witnesses, but there are situations where an Impostor may want to spare certain Crewmates and target others. If a Crewmate has completed a Visible Task in Among Us they should be an Impostor's first priority, since they have been proven innocent and are the most trusted player in the lobby. On the other hand, if players in a lobby find an unlucky Crewmate suspicious, it's in the Impostor's interest to let them survive until the end of the game to misdirect attention and potentially use them as a scapegoat to cover up kills.
Among Us Impostor Tips: Vote Sensibly
One of the easiest ways for Impostors to raise suspicion is to aggressively push to vote someone off during every Emergency Meeting without any evidence. It's important for the killers to always vote with the group to hide in plain sight, and sometimes that could mean voting off a fellow Impostor to blend in. That might drastically lower the murders' odds of winning, but not voting on an Impostor who gave themselves up will almost always raise eyebrows in Among Us.
