Venba 2023

About

Venba came out on July 31, 2023 for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox One, then for Mac on July 28, 2025. The main story takes about 3 hours.

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

Story

Venba is a narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom, who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more. Cook Mouth Watering Dishes - Venba's recipe book gets damaged when she moves to Canada. Restore the lost recipes to cook delicious mouth watering dishes that serve as a connection to the home left behind. Explore. Converse, Experience - Get to know the family well, hold branching conversations, and explore as you face the challenges that arise from day to day life.

What is happening now

Venba is a cooking-focused adventure game that launched in mid-2023 across PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series S/X. The title blends simulation and casual gameplay around its central mechanic of food preparation. Since its release, the game has cycled through various promotional pricing, most recently hitting historic low prices on the Nintendo Switch eShop as part of a broader indie sale. The title appears to have found a steady audience within the casual and indie gaming space, particularly among Switch owners looking for relaxing, narrative-driven experiences.