Venba: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Venba collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2023 and finished No. 26; the season went to Baldur's Gate 3 with 290. The Game Awards named Baldur's Gate 3 its Game of the Year.

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.

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Venba finished #26 in the 2023 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2023 season: Baldur's Gate 3 (290), The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (113), Alan Wake 2 (62), Atomic Heart (1), Slay the Princess (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Venba win?

Venba won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2023 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Venba win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 26 in 2023, behind Baldur's Gate 3, which collected 290 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released31 July 2023
DeveloperVisai Studios, Abhijeeth Swaminathan
Publisher—

puzzle video game
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S
macOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
UAE	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
The Habibis	UAE	2023

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.