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Venba

93% positive of 2,414 Steam reviews

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Main story
Unknown
Everything
1.8 h
Released
2023
Steam Deck
Verified
Known on
Steam, GOG, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, itch.io

Made by Visai Games.

About the game

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.

What sets it apart

  • Cooking
  • Narrative
  • 1980s
  • Dialogue Heavy
  • Emotional
  • Soundtrack
  • Cinematic
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Stylized
  • Female Protagonist
  • Crafting
  • Choices Matter

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    Got this game after playing "a little to the left", thinking it would be a cute little cooking-Mama-ish game. Did not expect the absolute punch this game packs. I was crying 12 minutes into this game and did not stop for the entire playthrough. Beautiful game, short and sweet but woooow, did not expect it to hit that hard. Super adorable artstyle too and I love that they put the recipes for you to remake at home1…

    3.2 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Went in thinking it's another cozy indie game, ended up teary eyed instead. An absolute gut punch, keep in mind it is a VERY VERY short game, so grab it when it's on sale. Dosa ftw 7/10 would recommend.

    1.1 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    The story is beautiful but there's so little gameplay, I can't help but think this would have worked better as a short film. You kinda feel like you're just clicking through a short story with a couple vague dialogue choices here and there, and that's it. Even the cooking segments don't require much player input; sometimes you don't even get to do basic things like drag ingredients to pots or turn dials yourself,…

    1.6 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.

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