Among Us, one of the mobile and PC hits of 2020, is finally available to play on the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite. Fans may not have expected that this previously free game now has a $5 price tag, though that may not be as big a deal as it seems.
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Nintendo made the announcement on December 15, the same day it was made available, as part of the Indie World Showcase, a day-long event where Nintendo announced a host of independently developed games that would soon be coming to the platform. Even more exciting, the game's Twitter bio promises that it will also be available on Xbox soon.
“It’s probably the best way to play,” Luis Levy, author and co-founder of Novy Unlimited, a gaming-focused PR and marketing agency, told Lifewire in a social media conversation. “You get a gamepad and a touchscreen. The price is the same as Steam. You still have to pay Nintendo for Nintendo Online, but it’s pretty affordable. And lastly, it looks and sounds amazing on the Switch!”
It’s not hard to see why Nintendo would find Among Us appealing to add to their lineup. The concept is simple enough: players are (frankly adorable) crewmates aboard a spaceship trying to go about their business, but an alien imposter who looks like a normal crewmate is secretly murdering other players and sabotaging the ship. It’s up to the rest of the crew to guess who the imposter is before everyone is dead, while the imposter is tasked with murdering crewmates and disrupting the ship while evading suspicion.
