# Among Us

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Among Us and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fun multiplayer game that runs well on Linux and Steam OS. Critics point to networking code full of exploits and a crash on one setup that needed command-line tweaks.

## What people warn about

- Networking code full of exploits (1 comments): "their networking code was riddled with exploits that no professional would have written" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157122))
- Matchmaking architecture questioned (1 comments): "Take among us; what does it do for matchmaking architecture?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159932))
- Crashed without command-line workarounds (1 comments): "Tried running Among Us: instant crash, had to add cryptic arguments to the command line to get it to run." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459014))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Among Us", https://hackerapproved.com/p/among-us/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).