Among Us Explained What Sus Means (& How To Tell Who Is)

Determining who's acting suspicious, or Sus, is a vital part of the Among Us experience, and there are a few different ways to do it successfully.

There's an Impostor Among Us everyone, figure out who's acting Sus! It may not be immediately clear by that sentence what exactly the phrase "Sus" entails, but Among Us players can usually quickly figure it out. The word has been used many times in multiple different situations over the years, from a joke regarding someone's behavior to a term to describe actions in video games such as Garry's Mod's TTT gamemode and, most recently, all over the video game Among Us.

The phrase is a slang term for "Suspect" and was first added to Urban Dictionary in 2019, with the added connotation that it is often used to describe someone's actions as highly suspicious or untrustworthy. While the origin of the slang word is unclear, it has been used in legal terminology in the British "Sus law" in 1824. The use of the phrase in Among Us is to denote someone as acting suspicious of being an Impostor impersonating a crewmate, thus allowing the group of crewmates to vote out possible Impostors and win the game.

There is a certain air of caution that should be introduced when accusing someone of being Sus in Among Us, as more often than not it will result in the player being immediately executed through the airlock. If someone is wrongly accused, the value of the phrase (and the trust in the accuser) significantly diminishes for the remainder of the match, and the crewmates just did the Impostors job for them. So, then, the ultimate question to be asked is, how can a crewmate tell if someone is acting Sus?

How To Spot Sus Players In Among Us

Among Us takes place in one of three different sci-fi locations, though new Among Us maps are being added soon, with each crewmate being assigned tasks that must be completed for them to win the game. Some of these tasks are visible to other players, such as shooting asteroids or scanning in the medbay, while others require a bit more thought to determine. Players can be assigned the same tasks at the same locations, and Impostors will use this to attempt to prove themselves innocent by faking tasks. However, if they arrived after the crewmate currently working on the task and finished it before them, it should be a cause for concern.

Other ways of telling if someone is Sus is to observe whenever they stop moving. Impostors possess the ability to sabotage parts of the ship from anywhere on board, however they must stop and stand still to do this, meaning that an inexperienced Impostor could out themselves if they stand still just before a system shuts down, such as the lights or the oxygen. However, the best way to tell if a player is a crewmate or Impostor is to trust gut instincts and feel the vibe of their play for aggression or trickery. Players can out themselves for acting sus while moving or while in communication between rounds (look to the people accusing too much, or the ones being too silent) but, eventually, everyone either eliminates all other possibilities in Among Us, or the crew all die trying.