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.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 2.57/day in the week to Aug 1 → 7.71/day in the week after.
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $14.99 | 3.8Kreviews | 92% | — | $674K |
| $3.74−75% | 2.3Kratings | 84% | — | not modelled | |
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A really heartwarning and bittersweet game about the realistic struggles of South Asian immigrants. I love that it's told through such a unique yet universal medium: the language of food. The gameplay is really fun, graphics and art are beautiful, and the story is very sweet. I really enjoyed how the game had an educational aspect to it too, and you could learn about the dishes! The tamil music was also a beautiful touch, and really immersed me into the lives of this family. Circling back to the art, it's drawn with so much love and detail, and every aspect from the characters to the food looks so beautiful. I loved the pause menu too! Although its disheartening, I also like how the game showed that Venba and Paavalan didn't magically get their dream jobs in Canada and still struggled financially and professionally decades later, because it's such a realistic portrayal of the issues that first generation South Asian immigrants face, and I feel like a lot of medias stray away from talking about it. It wasn't some fantasy story where the family suddenly makes it in a world that's so different to what they know - instead it shows how despite the struggles they face, they still endure and try their best for the sake of themselves and their son. Overall, I definitely recommend this game. It's really nice to see South Asian stories get the love they deserve, and it's both an educational and heartwarming experience that'll really help you understand this family!
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For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 24 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 9 places towards #1, and the 2,404 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
| $3.75−75% |
| 150ratings |
| 86% |
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| not modelled |
| $14.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 254 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Playing this while I'm living abroad… I grew up with my grandparents, and I miss them so much.
Симулятор индусьей жены в индусьей Канаде. Нраица!
Venba is an absolute gem of a game. It wraps a moving story about family, immigration and identity around beautiful, mouth-watering cooking gameplay. Every frame is like a vibrant, hand-drawn illustration, making the experience a visual feast. The cooking puzzles are incredibly satisfying as you restore Indian family recipes. It is honestly edutainment done right! However, going for 100% completion can get spicy. A few of those achievements require precise cooking steps that will test your patience—you might burn a virtual idli or two before getting it exactly right! Venba is a short, wholesome masterpiece that will feed your soul and make your stomach rumble. Highly recommended!
The presentation is immaculate - from music to artwork to the atmosphere. Even as a total outsider to the culture, this game had me hooked from start to finish!
This was a wonderful way to use a media form to tell a story. This is a very compelling story about culture, family and acceptance. I will however admit that the game felt so short. I really liked the puzzle bits where you need to figure out the various recipes from your mother's cookbook. While I liked the story, the atmosphere and the dynamics between the characters I did wish I could have more of those puzzling out the recipes moments more. I can't recommend this to anyone wanting a puzzle game. But Im not saying it's a bad game. Just not your standard one. I did buy this one while it was on sales.
Venba is an incredibly heartwarming and sad story. I cannot say I relate to the characters at all because I've never lived something close to that, but I can understand how they feel and what's happening. It's pretty short, but it's very good. You will enjoy this beautiful moment and the fun recipes is a little break from the reading. Added bonnus, they actually give the recipes made so you can make them at home! Very cool :)
Incredibly touching and relevant story. Beautiful short game.
beautiful game abt culture and family, short and enjoyable
validated my existence and made me cry, i dont deserve my mom
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