Venba

About

Venba casts you as a mother navigating life in 1980s Canada after moving from India. The game mixes cooking mini-games with story-driven dialogue choices. You repair a damaged recipe book to recreate traditional dishes while managing family relationships and daily struggles. Simple mechanics focus on meal preparation and conversation options that shape interactions. The narrative unfolds through domestic moments and cultural adjustments over several years. The game stands out for its quiet emotional core rooted in immigrant experiences. Cooking serves as both gameplay and metaphor for preserving heritage. Available on multiple platforms since July 2023, it’s built for players who appreciate character-focused stories over action. While puzzle elements feel routine, the dialogue system offers meaningful branching paths. Community feedback highlights the heartfelt family dynamics and historically specific setting details.

Storyline

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.