I can see why this game got so fricking popular: it's a social deduction game IN SPACE! plus everyone's, you know, trying to find social games to play to make up for the "social distancing" deficit.
If you've ever played Mafia or Werewolf, this is the same sort of game, but with an additional real-time element where the killers have to actually run up and catch you, or you have to either finish your tasks or throw them out of the airlock first. Something like that. If you need example gameplay, check YouTube, because there's a ton of it.

I can see why this game got so fricking popular: it's a social deduction game IN SPACE! plus everyone's, you know, trying to find social games to play to make up for the "social distancing" deficit. If you've ever played Mafia or Werewolf, this is the same sort of game, but with an additional real-time element where the killers have to actually run up and catch you, or you have to either finish your tasks or throw them out of the airlock first. Something like that. If you need example gameplay, check YouTube, because there's a ton of it.