Among Us is a social deduction game developed by Innersloth and released in 2018, where crewmates complete tasks while impostors try to sabotage them without being caught. It became a streaming and meme phenomenon in 2020, and its sounds, reactions and catchphrases spread rapidly across short-form video and soundboards. Short clips like the Among Us role reveal sound remain popular because they instantly tell viewers that someone is hiding something, making them useful shorthand in edits long after the game's peak.