Games like Venba
If Venba is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grifford Academy, Bahnsen Knights and Forgotten Fields — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its art style enhances immersion, culinary puzzles feel authentic and emotional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Venba is a narrative puzzle game developed by Visai Games in which players restore lost recipes while exploring an Indian immigrant family's journey in 1980s Canada. The gameplay combines culinary puzzle-solving with dialogue-choice-driven storytelling, progressing through a family timeline that examines cultural identity and heritage. Players interact with authentic South Indian dishes across short, sit-down sessions designed for a chill experience. Reviewers highlight that the emotional weight of immigrant family struggles resonates throughout, and they describe the narrative as melancholic and poignant, with the storytelling-through-food mechanic adding particular depth. Venba holds a 95 percent positive rating from 1652 Steam reviews and is verified for play on Steam Deck at a price of 14.99 USD.
About Venba: 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.
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Grifford Academy
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Top pick for Venba fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Grifford Academy is a story-rich, coming-of-age RPG set in a mystical book realm where your decisions shape the personalities of the characters. Engage in strategic turn-based combat as you set out to discover the secrets of Caldria.
Bahnsen Knights
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Second-strongest match for Venba fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
Forgotten Fields
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Shares a melancholic mood with Venba.
Third-strongest match for Venba fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
The Hearth and Harbour
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Ranked #4 for Venba fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Transform a run-down restaurant and build a new life for yourself in this management RPG. Decide what kind of restaurant you want to create and what kind of person you want to be. As a storm brews outside, every choice you make has consequences.
Far from Noise
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Shares a poignant mood with Venba.
Ranked #5 for Venba fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Far from Noise is a narrative set on the edge of a cliff, where two characters discuss what it means to balance between life and death.
Last Time I Saw You
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Shares a melancholic mood with Venba.
Ranked #6 for Venba fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.
BURIED STARS
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Ranked #7 for Venba fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
SOPA - Tale of the Stolen Potato
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Ranked #8 for Venba fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Miho steps into the pantry to fetch a potato for his grandma and falls into a magical world full of wonders. Meet quirky characters, venture through the depths of South America, and learn the importance of the things we pass along in this unforgettable emotional narrative adventure.
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My Child Lebensborn
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Shares a poignant mood with Venba.
Reviewers of Venba cross-mention this title as a similar play.
《My Child Lebensborn》is a story driven nurture game based on real events. Play as the adoptive parent of Karin or Klaus, and experience the struggles they go through along them. Balance your time and resources wisely, while helping your child cope with effects of hatred.
Stray
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Shares a melancholic mood with Venba.
Reviewers of Venba cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
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Shares an emotional mood with Venba.
Reviewers of Venba cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Two larger-than-life heroes, Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu are brought together by the hand of fate, or perhaps something more sinister… Live it up in Japan and explore all that Hawaii has to offer in an RPG adventure so big it spans the Pacific.
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Frequently asked about Venba
- Is Venba verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Venba is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Venba cost?
- Venba is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Venba?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Venba are Grifford Academy, Bahnsen Knights, Forgotten Fields.
- Who developed Venba?
- Venba was developed by Visai Games.
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