Since Among Us exploded in popularity last year, other development studios have attempted to capitalize on the emergence of social deduction as a mainstream gaming genre. Some social deduction video games did exist before Among Us, but they were mostly confined to their own PC niche, with the only titles that broke through to any semblance of mainstream audience being Town of Salem and Garry’s Mod's Trouble in Terrorist Town game mode

The main benefit that InnerSloth brought to the genre is the streamlining of core gameplay mechanics and objectives. Both Town of Salem and Trouble in Terrorist Town can get bogged down in convoluted rules and player abilities, whereas Among Us is relatively simple. This likely helped Among Us become popular on streaming platforms, since its easy-to-understand gameplay makes it especially watchable.

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Due to the relatively recent revival of the genre and the platform's more efficient development and distribution process, most Among Us-like games are found on PC. The following examples are all available on Steam. It's important to note that, while the similarities between these titles and Among Us are sometimes quite stark, they aren't necessarily copies, reproductions, or clones of InnerSloth's game. Each has its own unique mechanics, and many likely began development before Among Us rose to popularity.

Games Like Among Us On Steam - Unfortunate Spacemen

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Unfortunate Spacemen, a free-to-play game released in June 2020, is very similar to Among Us in many ways, but it has a first-person perspective. It has a few other distinguishing features, such as proximity voice chat and A.I.-controlled space monsters that attack players, and it's a good option for those who enjoy FPS games.

Games Like Among Us On Steam - Agrou

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Agrou takes the easy-to-understand, Impostor-versus-innocents concept of Among Us and blends it with the purely communication-based gameplay found in Town of Salem. It takes place in a medieval-esque setting and follows the premise of traditional deduction games like Werewolf and One Night Ultimate Werewolf, with players all sitting around a campfire and attempting to find the werewolf hidden among them.

Games Like Among Us On Steam - First Class Trouble

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Two more recent games have attempted to shake up the genre and expand upon the foundation created by Among Us. The first, First Class Trouble, features a group of players trying to escape a doomed luxury airship, with robots disguised as humans seeking to stop them. The main change this game brings to the formula is requiring the help of an innocent group member to kill other players, whereas imposters are usually able to kill on their own in other games.

Games Like Among Us On Steam - Dread Hunger

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Second is Dread Hunger, perhaps the most exciting addition to the social deduction genre, as it adds many new elements and layers to the established gameplay loop. On a sea ship in the arctic, players attempt to sail to safety and survive both harsh conditions and the evil crewmen hidden amongst them. What makes Dread Hunger unique is its unforgiving survival elements, such as hunger, thirst, and warmth.

The social deduction genre has seen tremendous growth thanks to Among Us, and the steady stream of new games looks promising for the future. The only factor holding the genre back is its lack of a presence on consoles, but given its current popularity, that problem is almost surely only temporary.

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