The streaming game transmission platform Twitch is the current queen in this market, a market in which Microsoft tried to get in by buying Mixer and signing Shroud and Ninja, the greatest exponents of Twitch at that time. A year later the platform closed.
Facebook also has its proposal, but it is still very minority, like YouTube Gaming, the Google alternative. Twitch being the queen platform when it comes to transmitting games over the internet, it is the perfect platform for a game to become popular.
In mid-2020, some of the best-known streamers on this platform began to play a title called Among Us, a game that had almost two years on the market and that it had happened without pain or glory on Steam, the most used platform in the world to buy games in digital format.
As the weeks went by, this game became a mass success on and off Twitch, since it is also available for mobile devices completely free of charge, not the PC version, although its price is very low. find for just over 4 euros.
What is Among Us
Among Us is a 4 to 10 player investigation title, to call it somehow, similar to the board game Cluedo, where we gather clues to find the Deceiver or drive him off the ship. We can play over the internet with other friends or locally connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
What does the impostor do? The impostor is responsible for liquidating each of the crew members to stay in control of the ship.
During our investigation we must perform the typical maintenance tasks in the facilities, tasks that the impostor takes advantage of to go getting rid of the rest of the crew. Until there are only one or two left, depending on the number of imposters that were established during the creation of the room.
When a crew member finds a partner's body, he sounds the alarm and the rest of the crew meets to talk about the suspicions they may have of the other members.
If we enter a room from which a colleague has just left and we find a body, there should be many doubts about who the author was. So that not so easy to find out, the impostor can use the vents to move around the facilities and go unnoticed avoiding such clear situations.
Where to buy Among Us
Since Among Us has become a mass success in the world of video games, this title has already begun to be available, also in Steam, in other digital game stores such as Epic Games Store and Microsoft Store. On all these platforms, the game It has a price of around 4-5 euros.
It is also available on Xbox GamePass for PC and coming soon to Xbox (officially confirmed). In addition, there is also the online store of the Nintendo Switch, so that the only platform where it is not availableAt least at the time of publishing this article is the PS4 or PS5 (no news about its release).
But also, as I mentioned above, Among Us also is available for mobile devices managed by iOS and Android, version that allows us to play with the version available for PC, that is, it is multiplatform.
Play Among Us for free on PC and Mac
Taking into account that the game only costs 5 euros, in the worst case, it is a purchase perfectly acceptable by anyone. However, if you are not sure that you might like this title, or you don't have a credit card to use, you can use a android emulator , the BlueStacks, enter the Play Store and download the game.
As I mentioned above, the mobile version is available for free with in-app purchases, purchases that only affect the aesthetics of the person, without offering any type of time limitation.
Here are the steps to follow in order to play Among US for free on Mac and PC. The steps are the same, so it doesn't matter which platform you use. If you don't want to install an emulator, you can install Android on a PC to use any application available in this ecosystem.
- The first thing to do is visit the BlueStacks website y download the emulator.
- Following, the we install in our equipment, a process that can take more or less time depending on the type of hard drive we have and the power of our equipment.
- Once installed, we have to continue the same steps we do when we launch an Android smartphone, selecting the interface language and entering the name of our account along with the password. Finally, we accept the usual Google conditions.
- Next, the Android interface will be shown through the BlueStaks application and where we find a direct access to the Google Play Store.
- Next, we open the Play Store, we look for the game Among Us and we download it on our computer.
- The first time we run it, a poster will be displayed with the keys that we must use to control the character and perform actions.
How to play Among Us
Before we start playing, we can change the language of the game to Spanish. To do this, we must click on the cogwheel and then on the Data button, to later select the Cervantes language.
Next, we must select how we want to play:
- Local News: Allows you to play with other friends through the same Wi-Fi connection without the need for internet.
- Online: Allows us to play with other friends, regardless of where they are via Internet.
Play Local a Among Us
As I mentioned above, to play this mode, you do not need an internet connection, only that all the devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
Pressing in this mode will display all the rooms we have available to join us, without the need to use a code as if it happens with the Online mode.
If there is no game created, we can do it by clicking on En Create game within the Be a host section.
Play Among Us online
The first thing we must do is enter our name in the upper box. In this way, they will be able to identify us in the game by our name, nick, nickname ...
Here are three modes:
Be host
This option allows us to ccreate our own room with our own rules, that is, establishing the number of impostors, the maximum number of players, the language, the room ... Once we have created the room, a code will be displayed, a code that we have to share with all the friends we want to add upon departure.
Public
If we don't have someone to play with, we can join public rooms created by other players. This option is the least funny, if we do not have the opportunity to speak with other friends during the investigation phases when a body has been reported.
Private
Through this option, we can join any room our friends have created.