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Venba

Venba

Released: 7/31/2023

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. Features: - Cook authentic and delicious recipes handpicked from regional South-Indian cuisine - Hold branching conversations and explore different narrative beats - Beautiful visuals and animations Unique soundtrack inspired by Indian musicals

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. Features: - Cook authentic and delicious recipes handpicked from regional South-Indian cuisine - Hold branching conversations and explore different narrative beats - Beautiful visuals and animations Unique soundtrack inspired by Indian musicals

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. Features: - Cook authentic and delicious recipes handpicked from regional South-Indian cuisine - Hold branching conversations and explore different narrative beats - Beautiful visuals and animations Unique soundtrack inspired by Indian musicals

Critics
82
Steam
92
Metacritic
64

Score Breakdown

81.6

Critic Average

46 reviews

92

Steam User Score

3,443 reviews

64

Metacritic User Score

108 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-10.9
Metacritic Disparity
+17.6
Combined Disparity
+3.3

Average of both sources

Review Timing

42 launch window (91%)4 late (9%)