Among Us Adds Judge Role That Overrides Vote Results
The Judge role introduces a high-risk, high-reward mechanic that can override democratic voting, shifting the social deduction dynamic toward individual authority and potential self-elimination.
Key Facts
- Update v18.0.0 for Among Us was released on August 19, adding the Judge role.
- The Judge's Overrule ability can eject any specified player, ignoring vote results, and is usable once per match.
- If the Judge ejects a player who is not an Impostor, the Judge is ejected as a penalty.
- The update adds a match info guide and a cooldown for the Detective role after emergency meetings.
- Innersloth's late 2026 roadmap, released on August 2, mentions two more roles planned and one additional role expected.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Denfaminicogamer.
Innersloth released update v18.0.0 for Among Us on August 19, adding a new Crewmate role called Judge. The Judge can use an ability named Overrule, which forces the ejection of any specified player regardless of the meeting's vote result or skip. This ability is limited to one use per match and becomes available after completing a set number of tasks. If the ejected player is not an Impostor, the Judge is ejected instead as a penalty. When multiple Judges activate Overrule at the same time, only the fastest activation applies, and the other Judges retain their ability for a later meeting. The update also introduced a match info guide that lets players check the player list, role composition, and settings during a match. The Detective role received a balance adjustment, adding a cooldown immediately after emergency meetings. Among Us is a multiplayer social deduction game set on spaceships and planetary bases, where Crewmates complete tasks while identifying and ejecting hidden Impostors. The update follows previous role additions such as Engineer, Angel, Shapeshifter, and Viper, and Innersloth's late 2026 roadmap mentions two more roles planned.
The Judge role joins Among Us as part of update v18.0.0, released on August 19. Unlike standard voting, the Judge's Overrule ability bypasses the meeting outcome entirely, allowing a single player to decide an ejection. The penalty for a wrong guess is severe: the Judge is ejected if the target was not an Impostor. This creates a strategic gamble that can end a match quickly or backfire completely.
The update also adds a match info guide for checking player lists, role composition, and settings during play. The Detective role now has a cooldown after emergency meetings, a balance change aimed at limiting its information-gathering power. Innersloth's late 2026 roadmap, released on August 2, indicates two more roles are planned, with one additional role expected later. The game is available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and iOS/Android, and is on Xbox Game Pass.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Automaton 『Among Us』アプデで新ロール「ジャッジ」実装。怪しい“クロ”を独断で追放、間違えたら自分がさよなら
- Denfaminicogamer 『Among Us』に新役職「ジャッジ」が追加。投票結果を無視して指定したクルーを強制的に排除