Venba

Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.

Venba is a cooking, casual and narrative game developed and published by Visai Games.
Released on July 31st 2023 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 2,153 reviews of which 1,991 were positive and 162 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Venba into these genres:

Cooking Casual Narrative Puzzle Female Protagonist Stylized 1980s Emotional Conversation Cinematic Interactive Fiction Visual Novel Story Rich Indie Choices Matter Soundtrack Atmospheric Crafting Hand-drawn Exploration

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Processor: 1.8 GHz or faster processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Direct X 9.0c compatible video card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 4 GB available space
Sound Card: Any

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

A short, very touching story about family, heritage, and good food. This made me feel like I should call my mom.

Nov. 2024

Venba is a wonderful cozy/narrative game. The story is about an indian family who did imigrate in Canada. Discover indian culture and cook various delicious recipes throught simply puzzles. The graphics are really beautiful and the soundtrack is relaxing. I really enjoyed this game, I highly recommend it!!!! 🍛🧡

June 2024

Although at first(before buying) i though the game was about cooking and how life is for immigrants and their children(my sister moved to Canada with her husband and daughter and is now a Canadian) when i played it i saw that it also showed me things from a parents perspective, their thoughts, struggles, triumphs, love and loss. The attention to details of South Indian culture are good as per a friend of mine. The game can be a tear jerker for some. Also it is set in the 80s.

March 2024

I'll begin by addressing the elephant in the room: Venba is one of the more expensive games you'll have played when priced per hour. You shouldn't resent that. Adding length to it would probably have served merely to bloat, and the level of care in every aspect of its presentation justifies the cost for me - even better on sale. I'll also note that you don't need any personal connection to its themes to be deeply affected by its plot. My family tree has about as much geographical diversity as the Galapagian tortoise. If anything, I benefited more from playing the game: while I had academic knowledge of some of the social and cultural difficulties that can exist for families of immigrants, I feel I now have some level of understanding which I didn't before. The gameplay itself is simple. My mum could probably work it out without instructions. However, what elevates it above a visual novel is the satisfaction of inference: successfully 'solving' how to make a recipe is much like the feeling of entering an answer in a crossword, but with an overlay of the colours of the cooking on your screen and the smells in your mind's eye (mind's nose?). However, it's clear that the gameplay wouldn't stand on its own. The story is what we're all here for. It's tough to say much without spoiling things. I'll try to do so with a clumsy metaphor. Work out the values you hold so dear as to not need to think about them. Remind yourself of the person you love the most. What if the two of those were inconsistent with each other? The final thing: today a 'DLC' was added of a virtual cookbook containing English-language instructions for making some of the dishes you make in the game. I think I'll have to try. 8/10

Feb. 2024

Cute story, fun gameplay. I had thought I would have an advantage considering the fact I make the food featured in this game regularly, but I didn't. I learned how to do a tadka properly. Very humbled. Sorry ma.

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