Among Us New Role Arrives in One Week
The announcement confirms the first of two planned roles for 2026, continuing a pattern of regular updates that have kept the 2018 title active.
Key Facts
- Among Us announced on August 12 that a new role will be added in one week.
- The announcement post includes a silhouette image and asks players to guess the role's function.
- The Steam version of Among Us launched on November 17, 2018.
- The 2026 roadmap on the Steam store page lists two roles planned for addition, and this announcement is one of them.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
The official Among Us X account announced on August 12 that a new role will be added to the game in one week. The announcement post includes a silhouette image and asks players to guess what the role will do. The reply section is active, with one user suggesting a role named Impostor that must kill all crew without being caught, to which the official account replied "genius." Among Us is a multiplayer game for 4 to 15 players where crew members complete tasks to prepare a spaceship for departure while hidden Impostors kill crew and sabotage. The Crew wins by finishing tasks or ejecting all Impostors through discussion; the Impostors win when their numbers equal the Crew's. The Steam version launched on November 17, 2018, and the game continues to receive updates. This year's roadmap on the Steam store page lists two roles planned for addition, and this announcement is one of them.
- The announcement post was published on August 11, 2026, not August 12. The official X account asked readers to guess what the role will do.
- The silhouette image in the post is the only visual hint given. The account did not name the role or describe its function.
- One reply suggested naming the role "Impostor" and requiring it to kill all crew without being caught. The official account replied "genius," which the Denfaminicogamer piece translates as "genius (天才)."
- The roadmap on the Steam store page lists two roles planned for addition this year. The August announcement is the first of the two.
- Among Us supports 4 to 15 players per match. Crew members win by completing tasks or ejecting the Impostor through discussion; Impostors win when their count equals the Crew's.
- The Steam version launched on November 17, 2018, and the game has received regular updates since. The roadmap is published on the Steam store page.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.