Fun fact, Beans — Today, January 31, is “Backwards Day.” And while we intend to further celebrate by exclusively running backwards, we wanted to also use the day to look backwards at last year’s accomplishments! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42287672/934329bde611e9e0d7c37907f1230bfe6fbd0c27.png[/img] [h3]New Map, New Features, New Crewmates! [/h3] From 🛠️ [url=https://www.innersloth.com/among-us-vr-patch-4-hot-out-the-oven/]Custom Lobby Settings[/url] and 🦺 [url=https://www.innersloth.com/%f0%9f%a5%bd-patch-5-is-here-player-safety-update-11-free-mostly-polus-favorites-hats-%f0%9f%8e%a9/]Player Safety Features[/url] to the brand new 🌋 [url=https://www.innersloth.com/emergency-meeting-%f0%9f%9a%a8-we-have-arrived-at-polus-point/]Polus Point map[/url] and a closet full of new 🧢 Hats and Hat Packs 👑 — we launched a number of updates and additions to expand the game last year. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42287672/27abf2a122efee2e337f6c6b992ccd971be984ab.png[/img] [h3]New Accolades for the Awards Cabinet 🏆[/h3] We also got to flex a little, and we’re just a little proud of it. 🎉 Not to brag or anything… but [i]Among Us VR[/i] earned numerous awards and nominations in 2023, including: [list] [*]The Unity Awards — Best AR/VR Game Winner [*]The VR Awards — VR Game of the Year Finalist [*]The Auggie Awards — Best Game or Toy Winner [*]The Webby People’s Voice Awards — Best Social Gaming Experience Winner [*]The Webby Awards — Best Social Gaming Experience Winner [*]The D.I.C.E. Awards — Immersive Reality Technical Achievement Finalist [/list]We’re incredibly honored to have received all of this recognition and are so grateful for everyone who has believed and continues to support us! 🥺 We’re doing it, Beans! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42287672/ea0834b076012637a727f787a2232caeef99dd74.png[/img] [h3]New 🎮 Gameplay Stats for the Books [/h3] Now let’s dive into YOU. What all did you, our Crewmates and Impostors, accomplish last year? Well… seemingly a lot! We pulled a handful of interesting tidbits about how you played over 2023.[list] [*]Impostors won a majority of matches (58%) with only 15% of those wins coming from Sabotage victories [*]Crewmate wins (42%) were almost always (93%) achieved through voting out the Impostor(s) [*]The average Crewmate survived somewhere between one to two minutes per match [*]41% of matches ended with only one Crewmate being killed [*]98% of games were played in Public Lobbies [*]Over 3 million beans were ejected [*]Over 4 million Crewmate bodies were reported [*]The most popular hats (by pack) were Trillbilly (Free), Plagued (Crew Favorites), Breathe Gud (Polus Point Picks), Note 2 Self (Accidental Favorites), Cap Cap (Fungle Fresh Picks), and Presents Dude (Festive Favorites) [*]Contrarily, the Floatasaurus (Free), Headslug (Crew Favorites), Royal Ice-Ing (Polus Point Picks), Magical ‘Corn (Accidental Favorites), Sandmate (Fungle Fresh Picks), and Frosted (Festive Favorites) are the hat deserving of more love [*]Red ranked as the most popular color throughout the year, being selected around 13% of the time; meanwhile, Brown was consistently the least used color every month, averaging around 4% of beans each month [*]Purple saw the biggest jump in popularity, ranking 8th from January through March and leaping to 5th from May through October [/list][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42287672/e8c49003ef2284c7f93b27bc9e9788d0c932699f.png[/img] [h3]✨ New Possibilities for the New Year! [/h3] Looking backward at the past year can be fun, but we know you’re dying to know what lies ahead. ☠️ We’ve put together a roadmap for you showcasing our plans for the coming year, but… we’ll have to keep you [b]in the dark[/b] a bit longer for now about specifics. Just know something will [b]come to light[/b] very, very soon! 💡 Stay suspicious! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42287672/16f4c791123072c30e1cc65b4af86e01618cc42f.png[/img]