It's not an Imposter, it's a spin-off: multiplayer backstabbing game Among Us has spawned a single player detective story

Good news, people who suck at getting away with murder in quintessential pandemic lockdown game Among Us. Developers Innersloth have announced a single player detective spin-off, Among Us Story: On Guard, in which you play a spaceship security guy trying to catch an Imposter – possibly, more than one Imposter - before they gut the whole crew. You'll need to prove your own innocence, too.

The whole thing is framed as a training simulation, and has three possible endings. I would imagine those endings are 1) Nobody died 2) Everybody died 3) Not everybody died. Find the reveal trailer below, warping in direct from Summer Game Fest 2026.

"For ages, you’ve asked us for more," Innersloth write on their site. "More stories about the Crewmates! More lore! More ways to play! More ways to live life in this universe, but single player. We wanted to see what that would be like too."

As with the original Among Us, the game is mostly played from a top-down perspective, but has a cosier, chubbier aesthetic with softer colours. There's also jocular branching dialogue and a touch of first-person, though it's not clear how much of the latter is scripted. It won't be a huge game. "While there will be different endings and you may want to replay it, we also want to respect your time," the devs go on. "As a single player narrative game it’ll be a chaotic, silly, and beansized experience for your enjoyment."

Are your detective instincts aroused? Do you yearn to run your magnifying glass over trails of purple gore, heedless of who/what might be walking up behind you? Look out for a Steam demo on June 15th.