Pittsburgh, PA — October 11, 2022 — Today, Innersloth, Schell Games, and Robot Teddy announced the launch date for Among Us VR and debuted the launch trailer during Meta Connect 2022 — Meta’s virtual conference exploring the building of the metaverse and the future of AR/VR. Among Us VR will launch on Thursday, November 10, 2022, for $9.99 USD on the Meta Quest, Rift, and Steam stores. Players can now pre-order the game on the Meta Quest store and unlock a Mini Crewmate hat pre-order bonus that will be available when the game launches.
Developed from the ground up, Among Us VR remains true to the gameplay that Among Us fans know and love, such as tasks, sabotages, emergency meetings, and venting while providing an immersive, 360° twist that makes for intense moments. Complete with voice and quick text chat capabilities and online play, crewmates can play with 4 - 10 players as they wander the spaceship, complete tasks, and keep an eye out for the Impostor.
“Among Us VR will launch just in time for the holidays, and we can’t wait to hear how family and friends band together and betray each other as they complete tasks aboard the Skeld II,” said Victoria Tran, Community Director for Innersloth. “The VR version of Among Us remains true to the spirit of the original game while also giving players an all new way to experience the chaos and thrill of accusing your friends of murder!”
At launch, Among Us VR will include:
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Chat: Communicate using in-game voice chat (featuring proximity chat) or quick text chat
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Minigames: Play old favorites and new-for-VR games
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Customization: Pick the Crewmate’s color and hat
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Comfort and Safety: Adjust the settings for the best experience possible
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Cross-Platform in VR: At launch, play with Crewmates on different VR platforms, including Meta Quest, Rift, and Steam.
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Locomotion: Choose single or two-handed locomotion options
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Localization: Among Us VR is available in eight languages, including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish (LATAM), Chinese (traditional and simplified), Japanese, and Korean
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Achievements
Innersloth, developers of the award-winning party game Among Us, saw their space-based multiplayer game rise to prominence and partnered with video game consultants Robot Teddy to help bring the game to additional platforms. Schell Games is working with both companies to bring Among Us to virtual reality platforms where players can fully immerse themselves in the universe Innersloth created.
“We’ve worked on a lot of different projects, but working with Innersloth and Robot Teddy to bring Among Us to VR platforms was fulfilling in many ways ,” said Schell Games CEO Jesse Schell. “Together, we created something that will delight the existing Among Us community, create new fans who will experience Among Us for the first time in headset, or entice supporters of the original game to try VR for the first time. Let the emergency meetings commence!”
“Among Us brought together close communities and complete strangers during a collectively unusual and difficult time. Among Us VR lets players embody that intensity and liveliness,” said Ranjani Natarajan, Director of Robot Teddy. “Who doesn’t want to roleplay hilarity, intrigue and some juicy backstabbery in virtual reality over the holidays?”
Players can now pre-order Among Us VR on Meta Quest 2 for $9.99. Visit the Among Us VR website, join the Discord server, follow the game on Twitter, or view the press kit for more information.
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About Schell Games
Schell Games is the largest full-service education and entertainment game development studio in the United States. Founded in 2002 by award-winning game designer and author Jesse Schell, the company’s talented array of artists, engineers, producers, and game designers create original games for PC, VR/AR, and mobile, including I Expect You To Die, an award-winning VR puzzle game franchise; Until You Fall, a VR sword fighting game; Happy Atoms, a digital and physical interactive chemistry learning set; Mission: It’s Complicated, an LGBTQ+ superhero visual novel; and HoloLAB Champions, a VR lab practice game. In addition to creating original games, the company counts some of the world’s most respected brands as clients, including The Walt Disney Company, Google,Meta, Microsoft, LEGO, Yale University, Universal Studios, Fred Rogers Productions, The Smithsonian Institute, and the US Department of Education. For more information on Schell Games, visit https://www.schellgames.com.
About Innersloth
Innersloth is a small independent game studio most notable for creating Among Us and The Henry Stickmin Collection. Founded by Forest Willard and Marcus Bromander in 2015, they made the games they wanted to and hoped people would want to play them. After numerous awards, global press coverage, and millions of downloads, Innersloth can now confirm at least 4 people have played their games. Nice. Innersloth is mainly based around Seattle, USA, but has employees and partners all across the globe. For more information, visit https://www.innersloth.com.
About Robot Teddy
Robot Teddy is a boutique video games consultancy company based in the United Kingdom, with contractors and partners across the globe including in the Philippines, Netherlands and Canada. Having recently been purchased by Thunderful, Robot Teddy are continuing to promote and forge a path for self-published developers, no matter where they are based around the world. For more information, visit https://www.robotteddy.org.
About Meta Quest
The Meta Quest team at Reality Labs lets people defy distance—connecting with each other and the world—through world-class VR hardware and software. The Meta Quest content team pursues the creation of best-in-class games, narrative experiences, and new VR use-cases like fitness, productivity, and travel. Meta Quest is dedicated to building the next computing platform centered around people and is committed to helping bring the metaverse to life.