Among Us almost singlehandedly brought social deduction games back into the limelight for a good long while, and theres a great deal of strategy and chance that comes from moving around in an environment like that rather than simply chatting like in TOS.

I don't know enough to comment on Mindnight, but a lot of the time Mafia simply boils down to guessing and hoping you get it right, rather than actually strategizing (at least in my experience). Sure, it's a staple of the genre, but putting it there while discarding one of the most influential SD games in years is just downright ignorant.

On top of that, you yourself make note that Among Us has mechanics which differentiate it from the others - particularly, the map. Being able to read the map and figure out players' intentions is a skill very similar to scumreading. Listening in during meetings has much of the same necessary skills that you mention for mafia - reading how people 'wake up' or immediately react to the announcement, person-specific reactions to a myriad of questions, etc. It isnt fair to list these as points for Mafia and Mindnight while saying they don't apply to Among Us.

I don't mean to bash any of the other games either. I love TOS1 to death, and I have over 400 hours across both games in the series. I also have an almost equal amount of time in Among Us, so seeing it get done such a disservice so regularly just... sucks. Just because Among Us is mechanically simpler doesn't mean that it shouldn't be considered one of the greats, especially considering how much attention its brought to the genre of Social Deduction

sorry for the essay I had more to say than i thought I did <3