Among Us 3D: VR News

Heya, Crewmates! How’ve you been? Enjoying our first-ever Limited Time Event: Lights Out? 💡

We’re still over here beaming about the launch of the Lights Out Event and our new Limited Time Events!

And, you thought that was it… but we’re here to deliver a glimpse at more of the exciting Lights Out-focused events we’ve engineered in the coming weeks. 🎉 Hope you’re prepared!


Don't get left in the dark!

This month’s edition of Schell Games 360, we’ll be discussing Among Us VR's new 💡 Lights Out Limited Time Event and peer further into even more details on Schell Games’ upcoming game Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire 🧛. Feel free to join the conversation as we illuminate the making of our first Limited Time Event — you may even get a chance to ask members of our Dev Team questions of your own! ✨

The show goes live on Friday, February 16 at 10am PST / 1pm EST — exclusively on the Schell Games YouTube channel!


And then… we’re hopping in to play Lights Out Mode alongside you!

Experience the thrill of teaming up with — or against! 😈 — some of the Among Us VR development team! Exclusively on our official Discord server, we’ll be sharing our Lights Out lobby codes on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 1pm PST / 4pm EST! 💡

Ask questions, learn new strategies, or simply enjoy the Thrill of the Light…s Out Event. (Okay, even I’ll admit that was a bad one. 😓)


AND THEN?! 🤯

Starting the week of February 26, we'll be working closely with some of your favorite VR Content Creators for some epic play sessions and livestreams in Lights Out Mode! ⚡ Who do YOU hope to see as the Impostor? 🤞 Be sure to tune in for more details soon.


The final activity we wanted to share is a chance for you to share your thoughts about our Lights Out Event with us directly! 💡 We’ve assembled a short series of questions for you to help us shape the future of our upcoming Limited Time Events going forward. Participation in this Lights Out Event Survey 📈 is optional, but we’d appreciate it!

Of course, we have even more surprises in the shadows for Among Us VR in the future. But, for now, we hope you’ll join us for these upcoming eVENTs! ✨

Stay suspicious, beans!

Listen up, Beans! We’ve got some news, and can’t keep you in the dark any longer…

Our very first Limited Time Event in Among Us VR starts NOW!


[h3]🤔 What is a Limited Time Event?[/h3]
We’re excited to announce our newest take on game updates: Limited Time Events!

During these events, players will be able to hop into brand new gameplay experiences, ranging from new tasks and roles to game modes that change the rules of a match! Each event will revolve around a special “theme” — so we hope you’ll enjoy dressing up your beans to coordinate.

These themed events will only be available for, you guessed it, a limited time. You’ll only have a few weeks to experience the themed chaos and shenanigans — so, don’t miss it!


[h3]💡What is new in the “Lights Out” Event?[/h3]
Prepare for an epic battle of 💡 light and darkness 🕶️! Our first event will introduce two new major changes to the Among Us VR experience — Engineers and Lights Out Mode!

In Lights Out Mode, players will face off in a dynamic tug-of-war event. The Crewmates have all become Engineers and can utilize their expertise in vent navigation to quickly get around the map and finish tasks — before the Impostor(s) wipe them out and it’s lights out for good! All the while, the lights and the Engineers’ vision will adjust depending on the current state of the match! 💡

Just like in the original Among Us, 🛠️ Engineers 🛠️ are Crewmates with the special ability to use vents — just like an Impostor! This role will not only be the primary focus of the Lights Out Mode, but will be available within the Custom Lobby Settings to add into the mix for standard matches as well.


[h3]🥽 I love this! How can I show off my love for the “Lights Out” Event?[/h3]
Additionally, we’re excited to introduce the first fully-animated hat — 🥽 Overscoped 🥽 — to commemorate this Limited Time Event! Available as an additional purchase, the Overscoped hat serves ⚡ big engineer energy ⚡ to your bean with its oscillating scope and steampunk goggle aesthetic. But, take note! The Overscoped hat will only be around for the duration of the “Lights Out” event — so act fast! ⌚


The fun begins ✨ TODAY ✨ — so get hopping in for a Lights Out ad-vent-ture!

Stay suspicious, beans!

Fun fact, Beans — Today, January 31, is “Backwards Day.” And while we intend to further celebrate by exclusively running backwards, we wanted to also use the day to look backwards at last year’s accomplishments!


[h3]New Map, New Features, New Crewmates! [/h3]
From 🛠️ Custom Lobby Settings and 🦺 Player Safety Features to the brand new 🌋 Polus Point map and a closet full of new 🧢 Hats and Hat Packs 👑 — we launched a number of updates and additions to expand the game last year.


[h3]New Accolades for the Awards Cabinet 🏆[/h3]
We also got to flex a little, and we’re just a little proud of it. 🎉 Not to brag or anything… but Among Us VR earned numerous awards and nominations in 2023, including:

• The Unity Awards — Best AR/VR Game Winner
  
• The VR Awards — VR Game of the Year Finalist
  
• The Auggie Awards — Best Game or Toy Winner
  
• The Webby People’s Voice Awards — Best Social Gaming Experience Winner
  
• The Webby Awards — Best Social Gaming Experience Winner
  
• The D.I.C.E. Awards — Immersive Reality Technical Achievement Finalist

We’re incredibly honored to have received all of this recognition and are so grateful for everyone who has believed and continues to support us! 🥺 We’re doing it, Beans!


[h3]New 🎮 Gameplay Stats for the Books [/h3]
Now let’s dive into YOU. What all did you, our Crewmates and Impostors, accomplish last year? Well… seemingly a lot! We pulled a handful of interesting tidbits about how you played over 2023.

• Impostors won a majority of matches (58%) with only 15% of those wins coming from Sabotage victories
  
• Crewmate wins (42%) were almost always (93%) achieved through voting out the Impostor(s)
  
• The average Crewmate survived somewhere between one to two minutes per match
  
• 41% of matches ended with only one Crewmate being killed
  
• 98% of games were played in Public Lobbies
  
• Over 3 million beans were ejected
  
• Over 4 million Crewmate bodies were reported
  
• The most popular hats (by pack) were Trillbilly (Free), Plagued (Crew Favorites), Breathe Gud (Polus Point Picks), Note 2 Self (Accidental Favorites), Cap Cap (Fungle Fresh Picks), and Presents Dude (Festive Favorites)
  
• Contrarily, the Floatasaurus (Free), Headslug (Crew Favorites), Royal Ice-Ing (Polus Point Picks), Magical ‘Corn (Accidental Favorites), Sandmate (Fungle Fresh Picks), and Frosted (Festive Favorites) are the hat deserving of more love
  
• Red ranked as the most popular color throughout the year, being selected around 13% of the time; meanwhile, Brown was consistently the least used color every month, averaging around 4% of beans each month
  
• Purple saw the biggest jump in popularity, ranking 8th from January through March and leaping to 5th from May through October

[h3]✨ New Possibilities for the New Year! [/h3]
Looking backward at the past year can be fun, but we know you’re dying to know what lies ahead. ☠️ We’ve put together a roadmap for you showcasing our plans for the coming year, but… we’ll have to keep you in the dark a bit longer for now about specifics. Just know something will come to light very, very soon! 💡

Stay suspicious!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — Roadmap Time! ✨

We’re about to head out for our end-of-the-year holiday break. ☃️ But before we do, we wanted to leave you with a sneak peek at our plans for the upcoming year. Naturally, we can’t share everything we have in store… but we hope this early glance will bring the hype.



We’re incredibly excited to see the roster of Crewmates increase with our recently-added crossplay communities! That means even more beans to connect with — and using the new 👓 Spectator Mode 👓 to find that perfect lobby makes it an even better experience!

Speaking of improved experiences, we’ve been actively working on some updates to ✌️Quick Chat ✌️ that will be arriving to the game in the near future. A 🚧 New Role 🚧 will also be venting into the scene very soon. But most importantly, we’re excited to announce 🎉 In-Game Events 🎉. We’ll have even more details to share in the coming months, so get ready and be hyped!!

Our longer-term goals for the new year include some highly-requested features — yes, we know you want Cams in the Skeld II; we’re working on it! — and also some unexpected surprises! 🍳

Have questions that you want to ask our Dev Team about this roadmap? 🗺️ Well… we certainly can’t answer everything — deduction is the name of the game, after all! — but, we just might answer your question if you join us on our official Discord for our final AMA of the year!

Otherwise, we encourage you to continue utilizing our Official Support Form to share any bug reports or feedback directly with our team! We love to hear what’s important to you for the future of Among Us VR, so let us know.

Stay suspicious, beans! ✨

The year may be wrapping up, but we’re not ready to stop celebrating… so you know what that means! 🎁

It’s that time again, Crewmates! We’re hopping in with some of our Developers for one last Discord AMA of 2023 to spill the beans on all of the new Crewmates crossing over into the lobbies, what we’ve got engineered to roll into the game for 2024, and a whole lot of other bean shenanigans! ✨✨

Come join our discussion on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 1pm PST / 4pm EST only on the official Among Us VR Discord server!

Have questions for our team? Submit them here:
> ❓ https://forms.gle/aLiK6ho7kGJSXR2Y6 Note: We may not be able to answer every question, but we appreciate you asking in case we can!

Stay suspicious, beans!