Sci-fi muder mystery Among Us saw its popularity soar again last month after it finally came to Xbox and PlayStation. On PS4 and PS5 specifically, it was the most downloaded game for December, beating out Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Call of Duty: Vanguard for the top spot. Nothing sus about that.
The 2018 game about murdering your friends and then voting innocent players out the space ship airlock hit PS4, PS5, and Game Pass with cross-play on December 14. That was a long time after it had come to Nintendo Switch, and even longer since it belatedly became a mega-hit on PC and mobile during the first year of covid-19. Of course, the pandemic is still around, and thanks to the Omicron variant is causing new spikes in infection rates. So maybe it was perfect timing after all, as a new swathe of gamers were staying indoors.
Here are the complete top download lists for last month:
PS4
Among Us
Call of Duty: Vanguard
GTA V
Madden 22
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition
NBA 2K22
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach
Minecraft
FIFA 22
PS5
Among Us
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach
NBA 2K22
Madden 22
Battlefield 2042
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
It Takes Two
It’s worth noting that Among Us is only $5, whereas the rest of these games cost much, much more. Still, it’s the only indie game in the top five on PS4, and one of only a couple on either full list.
The lists are also good reminders of the reality of which games sell the most on PS4 and PS5: third-party ones. With the exception of 2020’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, many of the top downloads are the usual suspects. While that’s hardly shocking, it’s an interesting context to keep in mind the next time the internet breaks out its pitchforks and torches to compare sales of the latest first-party Sony game with Days Gone, which seems destined to happen at least every few months at this point.
