The workforce behind the VR adaptation of common celebration sport Amongst Us introduced it’s formally gone platinum, promoting over 1 million copies throughout all platforms.
Recreating viral flatscreen titles in VR appears to be a potent recipe for achievement, as Amongst Us VR follows within the footsteps of different meme-able video games like Friday Night time at Freddy’s and SUPERHOT, each of which boast high-performing VR diversifications.
Developed by Innersloth, Schell Video games, and Robotic Teddy, Amongst Us VR replicates the unique’s team-based sport of betrayal. Full duties aboard a starship, however maintain a watch out for the ship’s singular impostor, who’s at all times trying to get away with homicide.
The viral phenomenon caught fireplace in the summertime of 2020—almost two years after the flatscreen model was initially launched on Steam by Innersloth. Then the VR model was launched in November 2022, which appears to be replicating that success, albeit within the proportionally smaller Quest 2 and PC VR platforms.
Launched in November, Amongst Us VR has crossed the a million unit mark in lower than ten weeks after launch, releasing concurrently throughout Quest 2 and SteamVR headsets priced at $10. A model for the upcoming PSVR 2 can be arriving as a launch day title, releasing February twenty second.
And it isn’t stopping there. Amongst Us VR has various deliberate updates on the horizon, together with new maps, customized foyer settings, and improved accessibility options. The workforce says in-game reporting and voice chat moderation can be within the works to enhance participant security.
Along with the gross sales information, the workforce launched just a few stats: Amongst Us VR has been performed greater than 4 million occasions by customers throughout 122 nations. On common, 44,000 matches are held per day. Greater than 89,100,000 minutes have been devoted to duties, sabotages, and betrayal.