Weird Among Us Cosplay Lets You Be All 10 Players At Once An Instagram user is making "low-cost" Among Us cosplays using his own body parts to represent the crew members of the beloved multiplayer game. An Instagram user has found a bizarre way to cosplay multiple Among Us characters at the same time. The social deduction game has taken the internet by storm despite being largely ignored when it released in 2018. The game has reached such incredible amounts of popularity that the developer cancelled a sequel to focus up on developing the current game. Among Us, like the similarly explosive Fall Guys before it, owes much of its success to its adorable, minimally designed characters. The astronauts in Among Us are small, beanlike creatures, decked out like Skittles in bright primary colors. Like in Fall Guys, players can purchase cosmetic accessories for their astronaut, including hats, and even little pets that can follow them around. While players are mostly interested in Amo...
Indie Game Gnosia Is Looking to Recapture Among Us Surprise Success
Gnosia may look like a quick cash grab based on current gaming trends, but the game's story actually mirrors Among Us' success in surprising ways.
One of the biggest surprise hits in the gaming world is Innersloth's Among Us. Combining cute emoji-esque character designs with addictive gameplay, the title released to little fanfare before becoming huge via streaming sites like Twitch. Though it was released in 2018, it's been 2o20 that's put the game in the limelight.
One title that might follow in that game's successful footsteps is Gnosia. Originally released in 2019 in Japan, the game was one of the last titles to hit Sony's moribund Playstation Vita. Now releasing on the Nintendo Switch, the game offers a very similar setup to Among Us, albeit wrapped in an anime aesthetic.
What is Gnosia?
Initially released in June 2019, Gnosia was developed by the four-member team of Petit Depotto. The game's premise is that one of the player's fellow passengers on a spaceship happens to be one of the eponymous lifeforms known as gnosia. Imitating humans, the gnosia kills another passenger every night. The goal is for the player to, through investigation and interacting with other characters, find out who the gnosia is and put them to sleep. If all the gnosia are taken out, the player wins, but if the gnosia outnumber the actual humans, they win.
The gameplay itself is stuck on a time loop and will reset if all of the gnosia are discovered. This means that playthroughs don't necessarily last long, but stats and other mechanics will be carried over from each loop. The player's gender, favorite color, and starting stats will also determine what they can do and where they can go in the game. Other characters have their own stats as well, with one stat determining how suspicious they are of the player's character being a gnosia. Though the port was just announced, it won't be reaching the Switch's eShop until early 2021.
Among Gnosia
The most obvious similarity between Gnosia and Among Us is the very similar premises. Both games have players taking on crewmates' roles on a spaceship, with their fellow crew members all having decidedly colorful appearances. Likewise, the point of each game is to figure out which crewmate is a threat of some sort and eliminate them accordingly. Gnosia has no voiced dialogue, much like how Among Us started. They're also both relatively low-key in terms of budget, making the success (or potential success) of these indie games a big deal. The games' similarities are honestly uncanny, and the label of a ripoff could be thrown toward Gnosia if Among Us had already been a hit when it was developed and released. The anime vibe also makes it eerily similar to another cult favorite, the Danganronpa series.
The potential for the game to reach Among Us levels largely hinges on accessibility. Before finally hitting home consoles, Among Us was released on iOS and Android. This allowed it to reach a mobile market that would have likely glossed over it if it were a normal console game. While the Nintendo Switch is theoretically a handheld, it doesn't have the same market reach as truly mobile games or even the same pull as rival consoles such as the Playstation 4 and 5. It's also an explicitly single-player title, and much of Among Us' appeal came from it being a multiplayer game. Gnosia is hyped in Japan, however, where the Switch is the biggest console, so there's certainly potential for there to be another smash hit indie game among us.
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