Venba similar games & best alternatives

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Venba

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2023

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Emotionally impactful and authentic story
  • Beautiful art and sound design
  • Unique cultural representation
  • Engaging cooking puzzles
  • Relaxing and heartfelt experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay length
  • Limited replayability
  • Simple puzzle mechanics
  • Some players find price high for duration
  • Linear narrative with limited branching

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Unpacking

  • 千面 Melancholy Love

  • Leila

  • //TODO: today

  • Yusetsu

  • The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence

More fantastical

Games that feels like Venba but with more imaginative fiction

  • I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator

  • Lost in Play

  • Röki

  • Mr. Saitou

  • Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

  • Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Venba but with less of a community feel

  • When The Past Was Around

  • Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

  • Florence

  • Before Your Eyes

  • School Years

  • A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Venba but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • missed messages.

  • Our Life: Beginnings & Always

  • The NOexistenceN of you AND me

  • Margo

  • Until Then

  • Night in the Woods

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Venba: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Value.

Last update: 21/08/2026