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Venba

Visai Games · 2023-07-31

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Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 28, 2025 (Mac), Jul 31, 2023 (Xbox One), Jul 31, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 31, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 31, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 31, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

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.

Venba is a $14.99 game released in 2023, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, with a Very Positive sentiment from 93% of 3726 reviews.

11
playing now
93%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,098
twitch viewers (latest)
2098.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (59 ratings)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (2,490 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Venba is a narrative cooking video game developed and published by Visai Games. The story begins in 1988 and follows an immigrant Indian couple settling down in Canada and adjusting their day-to-day lives in the new environment. The player controls the titular character, Venba, an Indian woman who moves with her husband to Toronto, where they eventually have a son. The game draws heavily from Tamil culture and South Indian cuisine.

Trailer

Venba trailer thumbnail

Venba - Official Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2022

≈249,655 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 357 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
Estimated sales: 76k–171k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,792 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.74-75%
Microsoft Store$3.74-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2026-07-31) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 40 of 95 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41941920232026Week of 2023-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
232Aug 2023Aug 2026Aug 2023 — avg 23 · peak 153Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 55Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 29Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 48Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 20Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 15 · peak 47Dec 2024 — avg 14 · peak 40Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 34Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742023-07-312026-10-142023-07-31 — best price $12.742023-10-16 — best price $12.742023-12-04 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-13 — best price $8.992024-06-18 — best price $11.242024-09-18 — best price $8.992024-11-21 — best price $7.492024-12-20 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-05-09 — best price $5.992025-06-12 — best price $5.992025-07-26 — best price $14.992025-08-14 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-05 — best price $4.942025-12-01 — best price $14.992026-01-06 — best price $4.942026-02-12 — best price $14.992026-03-03 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-23 — best price $14.992026-05-25 — best price $14.992026-06-19 — best price $14.992026-07-24 — best price $3.752026-08-15 — best price $3.752026-08-27 — best price $14.992026-08-31 — best price $14.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-08 — best price $14.992026-09-12 — best price $3.752026-09-16 — best price $3.752026-09-20 — best price $3.752026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

88272026-06-03 — 62 pageviews2026-06-07 — 67 pageviews2026-06-11 — 54 pageviews2026-06-15 — 62 pageviews2026-06-19 — 49 pageviews2026-06-23 — 40 pageviews2026-06-27 — 52 pageviews2026-07-01 — 30 pageviews2026-07-05 — 48 pageviews2026-07-09 — 48 pageviews2026-07-13 — 44 pageviews2026-07-17 — 40 pageviews2026-07-21 — 58 pageviews2026-07-25 — 43 pageviews2026-07-29 — 56 pageviews2026-08-02 — 55 pageviews2026-08-06 — 46 pageviews2026-08-10 — 66 pageviews2026-08-14 — 53 pageviews2026-08-18 — 51 pageviews2026-08-22 — 57 pageviews2026-08-26 — 47 pageviews2026-08-30 — 39 pageviews2026-09-03 — 34 pageviews2026-09-07 — 68 pageviews2026-09-11 — 60 pageviews2026-09-15 — 85 pageviews2026-09-19 — 35 pageviews2026-09-23 — 50 pageviews2026-09-27 — 42 pageviews2026-10-01 — 46 pageviews2026-10-05 — 42 pageviews2026-10-09 — 35 pageviews2026-10-12 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
91.7%
earned "Put Chutney"
65.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-07-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)10,63748%15
PS5 (PlayStation)5,60673%16
Steam (Steam)2,57736%15
Switch (Nintendo)760%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

1980sIndieCasualPuzzleCookingStylizedCinematicEmotionalNarrativeStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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