Best Among Us Match Settings For All Numbers of Players

Luke Pillar October 25, 2020 No Comments 19578 views

Among Us remains firmly at the top of the most-watched and played games in the world. And we at AIR Entertainment are among the masses spending each night unravelling a new murder mystery on loop. We appreciate that some people are only just starting out on Among Us, or others may have just not found the best settings for each number of players in a lobby. So we are here to help out with our ‘Best Among Us Match Settings For All Numbers of Players’ guide.

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Best Among Us Match Settings

Best Among Us Match Settings for 4 Players

Impostors: 1
Sabotages Not Allowed
Confirm Ejects: On
Discussion Time: 15s
Voting Time: 90s
Player Speed:
Crewmate Vision: 1x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 60s
Kill Distance: Short
Visual Tasks: On
Common Tasks: 1
Long Tasks: 1
Short Tasks: 1

How to Play Among Us With 4 Players

Unfortunately, regardless of settings, you are up against it to have a fun time with 4 players. With 4 players, the killer only has to kill 2 players in order to win the game. for that reason, our settings adopt a race against the clock approach, encouraging crewmates to get the short amount of tasks done before they are killed.

Between that and the HUGE kill cool down for the impostor. It increases the likelihood that a body will be found before the game comes to an end.

It is recommended that for 4 players. to instead play an alternative game mode, namely the ‘Hide And Seek’ Game mode as explained in our Custom Game Modes Guide.

Best Among Us Match Settings for 5 Players

Impostors: 1
Confirm Ejects: On
Emergency Meetings: 1
Discussion Time: 15s
Voting Time: 90s
Player Speed: 1.25x
Crewmate Vision: .75x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 30s
Kill Distance: Short
Visual Tasks: Off
Common Tasks: 1
Long Tasks: 1
Short Tasks: 2

How to Play Among Us With 5 Players

Using these settings establishes a nice balance, there is an average amount of tasks and the impostor has a slightly extended kill cooldown. This way they can’t just go on a killing spree. They have to still pick their kills and establish an alibi. As the odds are on that a body will be discovered before the game is up.

Best Among Us Match Settings for 6 Players

Impostors: 1
Confirm Ejects: On
Emergency Meetings: 1
Discussion Time: 15s
Voting Time: 90s
Player Speed: 1.25x
Crewmate Vision: .75x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 20s
Kill Distance: Short
Visual Tasks: Off
Common Tasks: 1
Long Tasks: 2
Short Tasks: 2

How to Play Among Us With 6 Players

Among us with 6 players is optimal in terms of fairness when it comes to 1 impostor. It remains a challenge for the impostor as they have to essentially kill (or have killed) 4 other players. But it is also balanced for the crewmates so that they themselves have a fair chance of winning.

Best Among Us Match Settings for 7 Players

Impostors: 1
Confirm Ejects: Off
Emergency Meetings: 1
Discussion Time: 15s
Voting Time: 90s
Player Speed: 1.25x
Crewmate Vision: .75x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 15s
Kill Distance: Medium
Visual Tasks: Off
Common Tasks: 2
Long Tasks: 3
Short Tasks: 2

How to Play Among Us With 7 Players

Among us is, unfortunately, the worst amount of players a lobby can have behind 4. Most people play with 2 impostors but this usually results in even the friendliest of lobbies turning toxic. This is because it usually goes;

– 2 impostors get a kill.
– someone reports the body.
– *Impostors 1 kill away from winning*.
– the group is forced to make a decision based on one round’s worth of info.
– Someone gets wrongfully kicked on a guess.
– that person gets annoyed that they unjustly got sent out the airlock.
-Rinse and repeat until you are filled with a lobby of unhappy participants.

Our Method

In our method you only have 1 impostor, so they are going to be up against it from the off. But to try and balance this we have increased the tasks that the crewmates need to complete in order to win, as well as reducing the kill cooldown for the impostor. This allows for the impostor to dictate their own tempo for kills.

Best Among Us Match Settings for 8 Players

Impostors: 2
Confirm Ejects: Off
Emergency Meetings: 1
Discussion Time: 15s
Voting Time: 90s
Player Speed: 1.25x
Crewmate Vision: .75x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 20s
Kill Distance: Short
Visual Tasks: Off
Common Tasks: 1
Long Tasks: 1
Short Tasks: 2

How to Play Among Us With 8 Players

Our settings for 8 players on Among Us finds the sweet spot of a generous amount of tasks combined with a slightly extended killer cooldown so that the impostors have to plan their escapes.

Best Among Us Match Settings for 9 Players

Impostors: 2
Confirm Ejects: Off
Emergency Meetings: 1
Discussion Time: 15s
Voting Time: 90s
Player Speed: 1.25x
Crewmate Vision: .75x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 25s
Kill Distance: Short
Visual Tasks: Off
Common Tasks: 1
Long Tasks: 2
Short Tasks: 2

How to Play Among Us With 9 Players

Among us with 9 players is very similar to the recommended settings for 10 players. Just extending the kill cool down slightly for the killers to counteract the missing crewmate.

Best Among Us Match Settings for 10 Players

Impostors: 2
Confirm Ejects: Off
Emergency Meetings: 1
Discussion Time: 15s
Voting Time: 90s
Player Speed: 1.25x
Crewmate Vision: .75x
Impostor Vision: 1.5x
Kill Cooldown: 22.5s
Kill Distance: Short
Visual Tasks: Off
Common Tasks: 1
Long Tasks: 2
Short Tasks: 2

How to Play Among Us With 10 Players

10 player lobbies are Optimal for 2 impostors. We like to maintain longer kill cooldowns and added tasks to make for longer games. Allowing the Impostors to try and find opportunistic moments for double kills and moments of deceipt. Shorter cooldown games often end before they’ve even begun.

Best Among Us Match Settings For All Numbers of Players Conclusion

The way we like to play is a slower, drawn out game. Allowing crewmates to gather evidence on others, work out who they can trust. and encourage impostors to not just deathmatch a lobby. Instead picking their kills safe in the knowledge that they aren’t up against it on tasks.

Just because this is optimal for us and for a competitive game. Doesn’t mean that it is necessarily right by you. Adjust it as you see fit until it feels right for your lobby. And Enjoy the experience.

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Luke Pillar

Avid sports gamer whos love of the genre dates back to his very first football match, Where he loved competing but hated putting in any actual effort. Thus a compromise was met. Also loves to talk about himself in the third person to make himself seem more important than he is.