No one expected "Among Us" to be one of the biggest games of 2020, but among other things, developer Innersloth explained this week that the restructuring process to keep up with the game's explosive success is why the update is taking longer than expected. [In the game's first developer update of 2021, Innersloth explained all this. The answer, unsurprisingly, is that the three-person team never envisioned that two years ago the game would be popular enough to be streamed by U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Twice. [Community Director Victoria Tran said, "'Among Us' became incredibly popular in pretty much late 2020, which we never expected. I don't want to get into too much organizational stuff, but not only did we have to switch back to working on 'Among Us' when we thought it was done, but we also had to put in place a more sustainable structure to work on the game."

Therefore, Innersloth was restructuring internally, moving from bashing the game with three friends to a company that could handle the scale of the project and support the game over the long term. the popularity of Among Us led to a console port, and a console port required its own certification and support.

This update reaffirms that the developers are hard at work on the game's upcoming airship map and that a permanent cheater repelling account is still in the works, although it is taking a little longer than they would like. Innersloth is also working on a public roadmap to provide more transparency about the future of the game.

Among Us is in a fairly healthy state overall, and its future does not appear to be insecure. The game is currently available on both Steam, Itch, and (more recently) the Epic Games Store, and those who haven't played any of the dozens of imitations can make a fan film inspired by The Thing or a habanero-laced Cluemate cookies to provoke each other.