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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I have been going to bed early and turning down plans to destress because everything felt so activating. I did this for a couple weeks with no success. I played this game and somehow it fed my soul. I ordered Idil from a nearby restaurant that night. I feel fed. It got me out of…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Venba is a vibrant, culturally rich game that has you learning traditional Indian recipes through some really engaging cooking mechanics. The art style is gorgeous and gives it a lot of personality, and while the story isn’t anything groundbreaking, it still adds a nice…”
— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played“This is such a charming, little game! From the story-telling to the recipes and art style, there was detail and charm in every aspect. You can tell this was made with thoughtfulness. If you're looking for a really interactive, long game, then this wouldn't be for you. But if…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Hotfix to patch Unity security vulnerability
Just a quick update to patch Venba up for a security vulnerability through our game engine (Unity).
Venba now supports Macs!
Venba is now available on the Mac!Hello! Hope you've all been doing well. We're super excited to announce that Venba is now available on the Mac. A significant portion of players have been asking for
Game 2 News!
Hi all! Ecstatic to announce that after the success of Venba, Game 2 is now in development! We've partnered with the amazing people from Outersloth to bring you all a brand-new game rooted in ancient
New Frames, Avatars and LudoNarraCon!
Venba is part of the LudoNarracon Sale with its biggest discount yet of 60%! We're really happy with how it's resonated with so many of you and for the others who haven't picked it up yet, now's the t
Venba is 60% off and we have some avatars for you all!
60% off, our Biggest Discount yet!! Venba is 60% off with its biggest discount yet!!!! We're nearing 2 years since Venba launched and its still going strong. We're really happy with how it's resonated
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Player tags | Cooking · Casual · Narrative · Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Stylized · 1980s · Emotional · Conversation · Cinematic · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://venbagame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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