[Guest post] Among Us on Windows: what the social deduction boom looks like from the desktop

By James Carter Social deduction has always been a party-room genre first and a software genre second. Werewolf and Mafia needed a table, a moderator and a group willing to lie to each other for an hour. The digital versions that stuck tend to keep that structure intact and add the one thing tabletop versions can't: anonymity, plus a reason to move around. That's the category Among Us sits in. Published under the name InnerSloth LLC, it's filed as an Action title, though the action is mostly walking, watching and arguing.