Venba

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…

87 31 July 2023 from $3.74

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Venba is an adventure developed by Visai Games, released 31 July 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. It currently starts at $3.74 at Steam. The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.

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What Venba is

Venba is an adventure game developed by Visai Games and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are drama, kids and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Venba holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Players rate it 80, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 3 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $3.74, that works out to about $1.25 per hour of the main story, or $2.08 per hour if you finish everything.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz or faster processor, 1 GB RAM and Direct X 9.0c compatible video card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $3.74 at Steam, 75% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Venba launched on 31 July 2023, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch and Viewfinder. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch, Viewfinder.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Venba yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Venba — frequently asked questions

When did Venba come out?

Venba was released on 31 July 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

How much does Venba cost?

The cheapest current price for Venba is $3.74 at Steam, which is 75% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.

What are the minimum PC requirements for Venba?

At minimum, Venba needs 1.8 GHz or faster processor, 1 GB RAM, Direct X 9.0c compatible video card graphics, 4 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Venba?

The main story of Venba takes around 3 hrs, or 1.8 hrs for 100% completion.

Is Venba worth it?

That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $3.74, and the main story takes about 3 hrs, which works out to $1.25 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.

How many GB is Venba?

The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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