Rumu
Fair · Narrative · 2017
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.7h 4.8h to 100%
- Value
- $3.70/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 571 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.76 or less.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 819 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7800 or greater, 1.2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 12 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 18 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 117 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 11 percent on value. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Excavation of Hob's Barrow ($14.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats The Almost Gone ($9.99, scores 49).
More about Rumu
79 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
The drop-off
88% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Interesting story told through a fun and short game about an automatic vacuum cleaner. Do your cleaning chores and explore a modern looking house as a little vacuum robot, while you figure out the truth about what whappened in this house. It's a very casual and relaxing game, with some simple but good visuals and puzzles.
1 more review, not recommended
Rumu is a delightful concept; you play as a sentient Roomba, who loves and cleans up messes. I think the overall story of the game is interesting, and the design of the game is pretty. However, I felt like there were a glaring number of small issues, that I personally don't feel I can give a recommendation to the game. The most frustrating for me was the fact that a number of the achievements were buggy or just...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Rumu scores 62/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/723270/rumuReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.