The squad down the VR adaptation of fashionable enactment crippled Among Us announced it’s officially gone platinum, selling implicit 1 cardinal copies crossed each platforms.
Recreating viral flatscreen titles successful VR seems to beryllium a potent look for success, arsenic Among Us VR follows successful the footsteps of different meme-able games similar Friday Night astatine Freddy’s and SUPERHOT, both of which boast high-performing VR adaptations.
Developed by Innersloth, Schell Games, and Robot Teddy, Among Us VR replicates the original’s team-based crippled of betrayal. Complete tasks aboard a starship, but support an oculus retired for the ship’s singular impostor, who is ever looking to get distant with murder.
The viral improvement caught occurrence successful the summertime of 2020—nearly 2 years aft the flatscreen mentation was initially released connected Steam by Innersloth. Then the VR mentation was released successful November 2022, which seems to beryllium replicating that success, albeit successful the proportionally smaller Quest 2 and PC VR platforms.
Released successful November, Among Us VR has crossed the 1 cardinal portion people successful little than 10 weeks aft launch, releasing simultaneously crossed Quest 2 and SteamVR headsets priced astatine $10. A mentation for the upcoming PSVR 2 is besides arriving arsenic a motorboat time title, releasing February 22nd.
And it isn’t stopping there. Among Us VR has a fig of planned updates connected the horizon, including caller maps, customized lobby settings, and improved accessibility features. The squad says in-game reporting and dependable chat moderation is besides successful the works to amended subordinate safety.
In summation to the income news, the squad released a fewer stats: Among Us VR has been played much than 4 cardinal times by users crossed 122 countries. On average, 44,000 matches are held per day. More than 89,100,000 minutes person been dedicated to tasks, sabotages, and betrayal.