AIBU to ask if you let your primary school kid play the new computer game 'Among Us?'

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Our near 10yr old DS wants to play this. But from what i've read you have to play it with chat, as it's a team game, and there are stories of inappropriate teenager comments, swearing etc.

What do people do/think?

My teens (and I) play this. I wouldn't have let them play when they were 10. Unless they played a "private" game with their friends. Although as the aim of the game is to kill each other I'm not sure I'd have been happy about it.

My nearly 10 year old DD plays this with her teenage step sister

She enjoys it. She's supervised.

Obviously it's up to you as a parent though...

I checked the rating and it says ok for 10. All his friends are playing and I have talked to him about online safety.

DS1 (16) plays online with strangers. There is definitely swearing.

DS2 (14) mainly plays private games with his friends. I rarely hear a swear word, but the occasional one slips out.

Only on the private server. Her older teenage siblings cautioned me against letting her on the public one due to some inappropriate chat happening at times.

My mid teens dd toldme she had approached by strangers on the game asking her age and if she were looking for a ‘daddy’. More than once. No way my 10 year old would be on there personally.

My 10 year old plays it and we all play it as a family so we can have our own private game much of the time,

My teen and her younger brother bro play it together but when he is included they make sure it’s just her and her friends in the group. A private party. It’s actually the first thing they’ve played together for a long time and I’m loving hearing the hysterical laughter coming from their rooms

@TheWindowDonkey That's shocking and exactly what I'm against

Any game which involves talking to randoms online has that risk. Among us is fine if you know 3+ other people who play so you can play a private game.

My 9 year old plays it, I join her sometimes.

Once in the chat someone asked if ‘brown’ was a girl. Brown was actually me... I just said non of your business.

Iv told my daughter she doesn’t reply to any weirdos like that and she’s a proper goodie two shoes so I know she would come running to me or just ignore it.

Mine is 12 and plays it supervised.

I would only let them play in a private group at that age.

I let my 11 year old play it, but the rule is not to join chat if she's on a public game.

My just-turned-11 DS plays it, I play with him sometimes. Personally haven’t seen any inappropriate chat on it, it’s usually just straight to the point of the game. It’s fun

Yeah, I'm not sure my son is a goodie two shoes! Here in lies the problem.

No - one of my friends has a 12 year old and lets her play.

He was posting the other night that she was receiving death threats from other players for doing something they didn't like.

He obviously explained that she was not in any real danger, but the reality is, that's the level of aggression on the servers.

wow @ginnybag

Yes but only private games

Yes

My Uncle plays it and he's 54. He says he loves it as he lives alone and its company for him

Both my ds play. Not heard or seen anything inappropriate and the 11year old likes playing on the school coach with his friends.
I think there are filters for swearing, although probably easy to get round.
Harder to police some of these other issues as the chat is live.

It's a great game. Basically a parlour game like wink murder, but on computer/phones/tablets.

Ask your DS if he has friends who play and say he is only allowed to play in private rooms with them.

My children's primary put out a warning message out saying that several parents had been in touch after their children had received inappropriate messages.

Mine don't play it, I tried to as it sounds good. I just ran around for about 2 seconds then got shot

My DD plays (13yrs old). I don't think she's had any issues, but I can see how easily they might happen in a game with strangers. She quite often plays a private game with friends. It's a fun game. Just need to be aware of the potential pitfalls with the chat facility..