Chat walks the crewmate. You do the talking.
Viewers Control Among Us on TikTok LIVE: Complete Tutorial for Beginners
Among Us keyboard controls on PC: the arrow keys or W, A, S and D move, E or Space uses, Q kills as an Impostor and R reports a body. Task minigames and menus use the mouse. Choose the Mouse + Keyboard control option in Settings so the keys work.
Among Us is a social game, so the fun is chat walking your crewmate into the wrong room at exactly the wrong moment. Gifts move you around the map and press Use or Report, while you stay in charge of tasks, meetings and votes.
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Before playing Among Us with viewers
Play in a private lobby with friends who know chat is steering, not in public games with strangers. Set the control option to Mouse + Keyboard before you start, because the mouse-only option mirrors mobile controls. Agree with your lobby whether the Impostor kill key is allowed at all.
Among Us: default PC keys
Default PC keyboard controls use the arrow keys or W, A, S and D to move, E or Space to use the highlighted object, Q to kill as an Impostor and R to report a body. The mouse handles task minigames, meetings and menus, and Alt+Enter toggles full screen. Check your own keybinds in the game's settings before copying them into TikFinity.
Control reference: Innersloth's Among Us page on itch.io, PC controls list.
Gift-to-key starter mapping
Try these starting settings for Among Us; choose gifts available to your audience.
| Gift example | Key and action | Hold duration (ms) | TikFinity screen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose | W: walk up | 500 | 1 |
| TikTok | S: walk down | 500 | 1 |
| Ice Cream Cone | A: walk left | 500 | 2 |
| Finger Heart | D: walk right | 500 | 2 |
| GG | E: use | 60 | 3 |
| Heart Me | R: report body | 60 | 3 |
| Doughnut | Q: kill, Impostor only (imports switched off) | 60 | 3 |
In TikFinity Setup, click Import below Login to TikTok, pick this file and tick Actions and Events.
Why these durations suit Among Us
Half a second of walking moves your crewmate a short way along a corridor, which keeps the route easy to follow on stream. Use, report and kill are single taps at 60 ms. Up and down sit on a different screen from left and right, so two gifts close together can make a diagonal walk.
Connect TikFinity to Among Us
- Open Among Us on your Windows PC and set the control option to Mouse + Keyboard. Start TikFinity Desktop, close the browser version, finish Setup and TikTok login, then capture the game in LIVE Studio or OBS.
- In Actions & Events, create an action with Simulate keystrokes set to W. Turn on game compatibility mode, finish any install prompt and enter 500 ms; 1,000 ms = 1 second. Duplicate it for S, A, D, E, R and Q, renaming each one.
- Assign W and S to screen 1, A and D to screen 2, and use, report and kill to screen 3. Each screen is its own queue, so walking can carry on while a Use press waits. Add each screen URL as a Link source in LIVE Studio or a Browser source in OBS.
- Create a Sending a specific gift event for each gift. Leave the kill event switched off until your lobby agrees to it; the download imports it disabled. Keep Repeat with gift combos off and queues short.
- In the lobby before a game starts, press the play icon on the W action and click into Among Us within 5 seconds. The Event Simulator does not press keys, so test every action with its play button.
Among Us stream tips
- Chat can open a task with E, but finishing it needs the mouse. Do the tasks yourself and leave the walking to chat.
- R reports a nearby body straight away, so warn your lobby that a report can arrive at any moment.
- Turn the kill gift on only for a round where you are the Impostor and everyone has agreed to the chaos.
- Pause gift events during meetings. Keys do nothing useful in a vote, and a backlog fires the moment the meeting ends.
- Smaller maps such as The Skeld keep chat's walks short and easy to follow.
Frame your Among Us stream
Keep the legend clear of the task list at the top left and the Use and Report buttons at the bottom right. A short note that kill is off avoids arguments.
The key boxes use CSS, with no game artwork. Alert display time controls alerts and TTS separately from key holds.
Among Us FAQ
Why do the keys not move my crewmate?
The control option is probably set to mouse only, which mirrors mobile controls. Switch it to Mouse + Keyboard in Settings, then test with an action play button.
Can viewers complete tasks for me?
Not with keystrokes. E opens a task, but the minigames need the mouse, so the host finishes them.
Is viewer control fair to other players?
Only in a private lobby where everyone knows chat is steering. Keep it out of public lobbies with strangers.