Rumu

About

Rumu casts you as a household robot vacuum slowly gaining awareness in a high-tech home. You navigate daily chores while interacting with a sardonic house AI, quirky smart devices, and a cat named Ada. The story unfolds through environmental exploration and dialogue choices as you shift from routine cleaning tasks to investigating hidden family tensions. Your decisions shape relationships and reveal layers of deception about your creators' lives. The game stands out for its quiet character moments and philosophical undertones about autonomy. A 2017 indie title with PC release, it balances dry humor with unsettling twists in its 8 to 10 hour runtime. Community reviews highlight the emotional weight of its simple mechanics, though some note the deliberately slow pacing may not suit all players.

Storyline

You are Rumu - a robot designed to clean, and to love. You awake in a fully automated Smart Home created by your eccentric Human's David and Cecily where you discover your only companions are Sabrina, the house AI, the always watching guide, and the home’s dysfunctional cast of semi-intelligent devices, as well as Ada the cat. After curiosity draws you away from your standard home maintenance duties, you’ll be faced with challenging moral dilemmas forcing you beyond your programming to uncover the the dark secrets kept from you by Sabrina.