Among Us: the video game that has shot 100 million players into outer space

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If sus" and vent" mean nothing to you, then you've somehow missed out on the smash-hit multiplayer game Among Us. But with numbers playing the online game heading towards 100 million, maybe you'll find out before Christmas how good you are at being an impostor" .

For the uninitiated, Among Us is the sleeper game hit of 2020. The premise is simple: it's Cluedo or Wink Murder on a spaceship with four to 10 players of crewmates and impostors. The crewmates perform simple tasks for take-off, while impostors sabotage operations and kill other players. Impostors are the only players who can travel through vents - hence the significance of vent in Among Us. Gamers hold meetings to pick a suspect - which is where the word sus comes in - to jettison. The aim is to catch the impostors.