With the rise of recent indie party games like Fall Guys and Among Us, it has become apparent that some people are desperate enough to cheat at games that are meant for everybody to have a fun time. Among Us is about 10 different players teaming up to repair their spaceship – but one, two, or three Impostors remain among them. Many find it an enjoyable experience to accuse and yell at their friends. Unfortunately, some Among Us players are deciding to use various hacks and cheats to ruin others’ experience.
Many players are taking to social media to complain about these Among Us cheaters. Cheating in Among Us usually takes form in two different ways. The first is when players purposely communicate with their friends (usually using some sort of outside service like Discord) to let them know who the Impostor is, even if they’re dead and not allowed to talk. Other cheaters will just use hacks such as speed hacks, killing everybody instantly, or venting as a Crewmate. Innersloth, the development team behind Among Us, has been tasked with putting a stop to these hackers due to the game’s massive recent rise in popularity.
The developers of Among Us say that one of their priorities is an account system to enforce more efficient moderation and a reporting system in-game. They’re also working on improving Among Us’ servers at detecting and blocking hackers, and will likely include their own hack-prevention system sometime in the future. There are still many cheaters in Among Us, and it will take time for Innersloth to finally put in preventive measures to stop these cheaters from ruining the game.
Among Us Cheaters Are Hard To Stop
Many players question the motive of these cheaters because of the nature of Among Us. There is absolutely no reward for winning, and it is purely to have fun with friends. Fall Guys is also struggling with this same problem, as their popularity has also launched a massive wave of cheaters and hackers. However, since Innersloth cancelled the planned sequel, Among Us 2, players should see a fix coming to stop to these cheaters sooner rather than later.
It only makes sense that Innersloth wasn’t entirely prepared for this amount of cheaters. Among Us went from having a few thousands active players to having hundreds of thousands playing the game daily. Among Us and Fall Guys are both great examples of why every multiplayer game should have some kind of anti-cheat system in place. With people even cheating in simple party games like Among Us, it is clear that there will always be someone that cheats no matter what.
For now, the only thing Among Us players can do is ask Innersloth to work on a solution for preventing hackers in Among Us, and to figure out how to make sure others don’t ruin everybody’s fun. Among Us is an entertaining party game that almost all types of gamers have been able to enjoy, and nobody should be able to take that away. That said, players will have to wait and have fun with their friends in private lobbies instead if they want to fully avoid cheaters right now.
