Etchells says that as well as the social element, the game’s dark tone rings true for a lot of people this year. “It is set in an environment that is becoming increasingly catastrophic, while we all desperately try to keep everything running smoothly.”
Meg Wemyss, an 11-year-old from London who started playing Among Us with her friends two months ago after they saw it on TikTok, puts it another way: “It’s a lot of fun acting innocent and getting to kill people.”
