Sunday, December 27th 2020
Among Us reached 500 Million Active Players in November
SuperData, a leading digital gaming research company have recently released their global game market analysis for November. The report includes some interesting statistics including that digital games earned 11.5 billion USD in November 2020, the highest monthly revenue ever. One of the most interesting pieces of information in the report was about Among Us, specifically that the game had roughly half a billion monthly active users in November. This user base is mainly from mobile players where the game can be downloaded for free, PC players only made up 3% of active players. The title is now by far the most popular game ever in terms of monthly players. The game is also expected to become even more popular as it is released on consoles.
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SuperData
17 Comments on Among Us reached 500 Million Active Players in November
According to the data sheets I've collected (and no you are not going to get the data) Umong us is starting on the Decline. By saying that 1 out 14 people in this world is playing this game is laughable to those who know how to use those data points to look into things.
But it looks good saying BAZILLIONS OF active PEoPLE ARE PLAYING OuR GAME BECAUSE IT'S GOOD... uWu.... So you SHOULD TOO"!!!
It's all market speak guys and that is all.
I will say that there actual player base is around the same as CP2077. But it does not have the same impact of 500 MILLION "active" PLAYERS when you use Market Speak.
Market Speak... It's what gerbils want to eat. That and soy products...:nutkick:
EDIT: After som more thinking it's not a great video game as such. It's more like a vehicle for hanging with your friends, and with the right friends it's a total blast. I can imagine it being horrible if people aren't into it or if they are the kind of people who has to win and whine when they don't. The PC version is fine. I haven't seen bugs in it (and I don't know what dc means in this context). Read about Town of Salem, and according to wikipedia it absolutely has violence? The teams eliminate the other team and lynch the votees. It does seem a lot more like actual Mafia (or wherewolf) were the Mafia only kills people during the night and there are a bunch of jobs/roles with different abilities. Or do you mean it has no physical violence? Anyway the base game requires 16 players, Among Us can do with much less (4-10). Seems interesting, but it also looks a lot slower and bigger and more serious. Among Us is tight and slighlty chaotic and fast, which for me felt like a big part of why it worked so well.
EDIT: Reading more of Town of Salem and it definitely looks like Werefolf but on a computer. Which is fine if you like Werewolf, but Among Us isn't the same thing.
Not exactly interested in co-op games, don't have a single friend who plays such but even then its not my cup of tea.
And that's in the middle of a global pandemic, too :nutkick:
Checked some gameplay anyway, definitely not my kind of game but I can understand why many likes it.