⏪ Looking Backwards: An Among Us VR in 2023 Recap
Fun fact, Beans — Today, January 31, is “Backwards Day.” And while we intend to further celebrate by exclusively running backwards, we wanted to also use the day to look backwards at last year’s accomplishments!
[h3]New Map, New Features, New Crewmates! [/h3]
From 🛠️ Custom Lobby Settings and 🦺 Player Safety Features to the brand new 🌋 Polus Point map and a closet full of new 🧢 Hats and Hat Packs 👑 — we launched a number of updates and additions to expand the game last year.
[h3]New Accolades for the Awards Cabinet 🏆[/h3]
We also got to flex a little, and we’re just a little proud of it. 🎉 Not to brag or anything… but Among Us VR earned numerous awards and nominations in 2023, including:
[h3]New 🎮 Gameplay Stats for the Books [/h3]
Now let’s dive into YOU. What all did you, our Crewmates and Impostors, accomplish last year? Well… seemingly a lot! We pulled a handful of interesting tidbits about how you played over 2023.
[h3]✨ New Possibilities for the New Year! [/h3]
Looking backward at the past year can be fun, but we know you’re dying to know what lies ahead. ☠️ We’ve put together a roadmap for you showcasing our plans for the coming year, but… we’ll have to keep you in the dark a bit longer for now about specifics. Just know something will come to light very, very soon! 💡
Stay suspicious!
[h3]New Map, New Features, New Crewmates! [/h3]
From 🛠️ Custom Lobby Settings and 🦺 Player Safety Features to the brand new 🌋 Polus Point map and a closet full of new 🧢 Hats and Hat Packs 👑 — we launched a number of updates and additions to expand the game last year.
[h3]New Accolades for the Awards Cabinet 🏆[/h3]
We also got to flex a little, and we’re just a little proud of it. 🎉 Not to brag or anything… but Among Us VR earned numerous awards and nominations in 2023, including:
- The Unity Awards — Best AR/VR Game Winner
- The VR Awards — VR Game of the Year Finalist
- The Auggie Awards — Best Game or Toy Winner
- The Webby People’s Voice Awards — Best Social Gaming Experience Winner
- The Webby Awards — Best Social Gaming Experience Winner
- The D.I.C.E. Awards — Immersive Reality Technical Achievement Finalist
[h3]New 🎮 Gameplay Stats for the Books [/h3]
Now let’s dive into YOU. What all did you, our Crewmates and Impostors, accomplish last year? Well… seemingly a lot! We pulled a handful of interesting tidbits about how you played over 2023.
- Impostors won a majority of matches (58%) with only 15% of those wins coming from Sabotage victories
- Crewmate wins (42%) were almost always (93%) achieved through voting out the Impostor(s)
- The average Crewmate survived somewhere between one to two minutes per match
- 41% of matches ended with only one Crewmate being killed
- 98% of games were played in Public Lobbies
- Over 3 million beans were ejected
- Over 4 million Crewmate bodies were reported
- The most popular hats (by pack) were Trillbilly (Free), Plagued (Crew Favorites), Breathe Gud (Polus Point Picks), Note 2 Self (Accidental Favorites), Cap Cap (Fungle Fresh Picks), and Presents Dude (Festive Favorites)
- Contrarily, the Floatasaurus (Free), Headslug (Crew Favorites), Royal Ice-Ing (Polus Point Picks), Magical ‘Corn (Accidental Favorites), Sandmate (Fungle Fresh Picks), and Frosted (Festive Favorites) are the hat deserving of more love
- Red ranked as the most popular color throughout the year, being selected around 13% of the time; meanwhile, Brown was consistently the least used color every month, averaging around 4% of beans each month
- Purple saw the biggest jump in popularity, ranking 8th from January through March and leaping to 5th from May through October
[h3]✨ New Possibilities for the New Year! [/h3]
Looking backward at the past year can be fun, but we know you’re dying to know what lies ahead. ☠️ We’ve put together a roadmap for you showcasing our plans for the coming year, but… we’ll have to keep you in the dark a bit longer for now about specifics. Just know something will come to light very, very soon! 💡
Stay suspicious!