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2023 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 14.99 € 👍 92 % Very positive, 2,577 reviews on Steam

Venba tells the moving story of an Indian mother emigrating to Canada in the 1980s. Recipe-restoring cooking puzzles are woven into a warm family narrative about home, love and loss.

What defines Venba:

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Venba are Florence, When the Past Was Around and Assemble With Care. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Venba special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Florence

97 %

2018 PCNintendo Switch 5.59 € 👍 93 % Very positive, 14,237 reviews on Steam

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

Florence is a short interactive picture book about a first great love, told through small intuitive mini-games instead of dialogue. Its illustrations and music make the highs and lows of the relationship feel deeply personal.

When the Past Was Around

Distinctive, stylised art style

A gentle point-and-click adventure about love, loss and letting go, told without words through hand-drawn art and a lot of music. Light puzzles guide you through a touching story of a relationship.

Assemble With Care

Puzzles and brain teasers

A gentle puzzle game from the Monument Valley studio in which you repair old objects as a restorer in the town of Bellariva, getting to know the people and their stories along the way. The tactile taking-apart and rebuilding carries a warm, thoughtful narrative.

Rooster

Puzzles and brain teasers

A lovingly hand-drawn point-and-click puzzle adventure celebrating ancient Chinese culture. Mixing cooking, hidden object scenes and paper crafting, it tells a warm tale about family and love.

LEGO Builder's Journey

Lavish presentation

A calm, poetic puzzle game set in a convincingly realistic LEGO world where you place bricks and build structures to progress. Its short, heartfelt story about play and connection is carried by a lovely soundtrack.

Fishbowl

Accessible and relaxed

A quiet, personal slice-of-life coming-of-age story spanning a month, where you take video calls, work from home, solve puzzles and revisit childhood memories while learning about yourself.

Unpacking

Distinctive, stylised art style

A meditative pixel-art puzzle about emptying moving boxes and arranging belongings across several homes. Without a single line of dialogue, it tells a touching life story purely through the objects you unpack.

Dordogne

Distinctive, stylised art style

A calm, watercolor-styled narrative adventure in which Mimi revisits her childhood summers in the Dordogne while sorting through her late grandmother's house. Gentle puzzles, sounds and keepsakes make it a deeply emotional journey.

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