Among Us is a multiplayer social deduction game developed by InnerSloth and released in 2018, in which crewmates complete tasks while impostors try to eliminate them without being discovered. The game became a widespread streaming and online hit in 2020, and its sounds entered meme culture through gameplay clips, reaction videos and edits. The death cue became shorthand for elimination and suspicion, so creators still reuse it whenever a betrayal, vote or sudden loss needs an instantly recognisable signal.