[Updated] Among Us crashing on Nintendo Switch after latest update, issue acknowledged

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on November 04, 2022) follows:

Among Us is a cross-platform survival game where you are required to prepare your spaceship with 4-15 online players in order to win.

It has always been quite popular because of its various exciting gameplay options like adding imposters or other customization features.

However, it’s currently facing some issues while loading especially on Switch consoles.

Among Us crashing on Nintendo Switch

Many Among Us players (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) have been reporting an issue where they are unable to play the game on Nintendo Switch due to constant crashes.

Why can’t switch users play after latest update???? Just says error amd I checked for corrupted data. None found. What’s going on???
Source

@AmongUsGame Hello, i have a big problem i can’t start among us on my Switch it say that there’s an error and it’s only on my user among us on other account play, WTH !!!
Source

The game doesn’t go past the booting screen and gives a ‘The software was closed because an error occurred’ message.

It seems that the recent update (v2022.10.25) on Nintendo Switch broke the proper functionality of the game.

Those affected have tried restarting their consoles and reinstalling the game but to no avail.

Official acknowledgment

Fortunately, the issue where Among Us is crashing on Nintendo Switch has been acknowledged by the developers.

There is no temporary workaround at the moment so affected players will have to wait indefinitely for the team to come up with a fix.

We’ll keep tabs on the latest developments and update this space accordingly.

11:57 am (IST): Among Us support has announced that the crashing issue for Nintendo Switch players should be resolved after updating to v.2022.11.10.

thank u for ur patience, Nintendo Switch players crashing on start up issue should be resolved, please update to v.2022.11.10 for the fix! i will go punch an Impostor in the face to repent for this
Source

Note: We have more such stories in our dedicated Gaming Section so be sure to follow them as well.

Featured image source: Steam

PiunikaWeb started as purely an investigative tech journalism website with main focus on ‘breaking’ or ‘exclusive’ news. In no time, our stories got picked up by the likes of Forbes, Foxnews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Macrumors, and many others. Want to know more about us? Head here.