# Games like Rumu

> The closest matches to Rumu: Subsurface Circular, That Dragon, Cancer, Leila, CLeM, and The Fall. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Subsurface Circular](https://imho.run/games/676820/subsurface-circular) — Also Robots, like Rumu. 1,353 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/676820/)
2. [That Dragon, Cancer](https://imho.run/games/419460/that-dragon-cancer) — Also Emotional, like Rumu. 1,175 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/419460/)
3. [Leila](https://imho.run/games/2458430/leila) — Shares puzzle solving with Rumu. 148 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2458430/)
4. [CLeM](https://imho.run/games/1861440/clem) — A frequent pick in Rumu players' libraries, and another Indie. 110 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1861440/)
5. [The Fall](https://imho.run/games/290770/the-fall) — A frequent pick in Rumu players' libraries, and another Action. 2,177 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/290770/)
6. [Machinarium](https://imho.run/games/40700/machinarium) — Also Robots, like Rumu. 4,783 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40700/)
7. [Sea of Solitude](https://imho.run/games/1225590/sea-of-solitude) — A frequent pick in Rumu players' libraries, and another Adventure. 618 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1225590/)
8. [Unavowed](https://imho.run/games/336140/unavowed) — A frequent pick in Rumu players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,815 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/336140/)
9. [What Remains of Edith Finch](https://imho.run/games/501300/what-remains-of-edith-finch) — Shares narrative driven exploration with Rumu. 17,663 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/501300/)
10. [Still There](https://imho.run/games/1063490/still-there) — Shares puzzle solving with Rumu. 447 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063490/)
11. [Night in the Woods](https://imho.run/games/481510/night-in-the-woods) — Shares narrative driven exploration and dialogue choices with Rumu. 13,243 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/481510/)
12. [No Longer Home](https://imho.run/games/651490/no-longer-home) — Also Emotional, like Rumu. 171 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/651490/)
13. [The Cat Lady](https://imho.run/games/253110/the-cat-lady) — Shares puzzle solving with Rumu. 2,612 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/253110/)
14. [OneShot](https://imho.run/games/420530/oneshot) — Shares puzzle solving with Rumu. 31,336 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/420530/)
15. [CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs](https://imho.run/games/3570370/carimara-beneath-the-forlorn-limbs) — Shares collectible hunting and dialogue choices with Rumu. 1,065 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3570370/)
16. [Fragments of Him](https://imho.run/games/428540/fragments-of-him) — Also Emotional, like Rumu. 91 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/428540/)
17. [The Excavation of Hob's Barrow](https://imho.run/games/1182310/the-excavation-of-hob-s-barrow) — Shares puzzle solving with Rumu. 1,857 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/)
18. [Monolith](https://imho.run/games/1542390/monolith) — Also Robots and Emotional, like Rumu. 150 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1542390/)
19. [The Midnight Walk](https://imho.run/games/2863640/the-midnight-walk) — Shares collectible hunting and puzzle solving with Rumu. 1,576 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863640/)
20. [Ghost on the Shore](https://imho.run/games/1211930/ghost-on-the-shore) — Also Emotional, like Rumu. 121 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211930/)
21. [Luto](https://imho.run/games/1729740/luto) — Also Emotional, like Rumu. 558 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1729740/)
22. [Rusty Lake: Roots](https://imho.run/games/532110/rusty-lake-roots) — Shares puzzle solving with Rumu. 1,696 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/532110/)
23. [Strange Antiquities](https://imho.run/games/2885870/strange-antiquities) — Shares puzzle solving with Rumu. 1,956 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/)
24. [The Room](https://imho.run/games/288160/the-room) — Same contemplative mood as Rumu. 14,196 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/288160/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=723270&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=723270&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=723270&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=723270
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/723270
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Rumu

Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 723270
- **Developer:** Robot House
- **Publisher:** Hammerfall Publishing
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure, Casual
- **Categories:** Captions available, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Dec 12, 2017
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 79
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/723270/rumu)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=723270&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/723270/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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