Among Us Adds Judge Role That Overrides Vote Results
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.