Among Us was released by Innersloth in 2018 and exploded in popularity in 2020 as streamers turned its social deduction rounds into shareable clips. Players work as crewmates while hidden impostors sabotage and eliminate them, and emergency meetings let the group vote on who seems sus. That simple accusation became a wider internet joke used far beyond gameplay. Short sounds from the game and its edits spread across TikTok, YouTube and Discord as instant shorthand for suspicion, betrayal and dramatic reveals, keeping the meme recognisable years after its peak.