Released Jul 31, 2023 $3.74 · −75% Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Venba

By Visai Games

Cooking Casual Narrative Puzzle Female Protagonist Stylized 1980s Emotional Dialogue HeavyCinematicVisual NovelIndie

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Reviews 2,459 Very Positive

Players yesterday 6 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

Venba is a game tagged Cooking, Casual and Narrative by Visai Games, released Jul 31, 2023. It has 2,459 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include India 89, Riley & Rochelle and Cooking For MA!.

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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India 89 80% match · Cooking, Casual, Narrative
Riley & Rochelle 67% match · Casual, Narrative, Puzzle
Cooking For MA! 63% match · Cooking, Casual, Narrative
Tearoom of Terror 60% match · Cooking, Casual, Narrative
Tea for Sana 58% match · Cooking, Casual, Narrative
Annie and the AI 55% match · Casual, Puzzle, Female Protagonist
Closer the Distance 55% match · Casual, Narrative, Female Protagonist
In Their Shoes 55% match · Casual, Narrative, Puzzle
looK INside - Chapter 2 54% match · Cooking, Casual, Puzzle
Call Me Cera 53% match · Casual, Female Protagonist, Stylized

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Venba · record updated 1 day ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID1491670

Release dateJul 31, 2023

Last change number40048746

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Visai Games
Publisher: Visai Games
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies: Unity detected
Website: venbagame.com

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerFull controller supportSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
20290178	public	Oct 7, 2025

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
1491671	—	Windows	1.09 GB	546.7 MB	4334716945260592925
1491672	—	macOS	1.15 GB	578.8 MB	7696188171558589747

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	20290178	Oct 7, 2025	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Venba

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Venba.exe		Windows
Venba.app		macOS

Space per player8.0 MB

Filesup to 5

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Visai Games/Venba/{64BitSteamID}/savedata	.	Windows

Achievements

Achievements155 hidden

Most unlocked91.7%Put Chutney

Rarest10.4%Paavalan Would Be Proud

Put Chutney Successfully make idlis. 91.7%
Agni Prithvi Puttu Successfully “Launch” puttu. 81.2%
Like it was Yesterday Complete one recipe without messing up. 76.6%
Hair off the Head Complete the park level. 75.3%
Family Beef Successfully make the biriyani. 72.1%
Arambikalama? Make the dinner spread. 68.9%
Taking Stock Successfully finish cooking the Chicken Rasam. 66.9%
Fermented Feelings Successfully finish cooking the Dosas. 65.7%
Vada Poche "Launch" a crumbling puttu. 37%
Doomscroll Hidden achievement 35.7%
Silicon Heartbreak Hidden achievement 28.5%
Annanukku oru Oothappammm! Hidden achievement 14.5%
Queen of the Six Tastes Complete every recipe without messing up once. 11.6%
Flavor Text Hidden achievement 10.5%
Paavalan Would Be Proud Hidden achievement 10.4%