The Big Con similar games & best alternatives

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The Big Con

2021

Should you play it?

Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!

What works

  • Charming 90s art style and music
  • Engaging and humorous story
  • Accessible and chill gameplay
  • Fun characters and dialogue
  • Good replay value with collectibles and achievements

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Repetitive pickpocketing minigame
  • Some bugs and glitches reported
  • Lack of gameplay depth or challenge
  • No voice acting and limited player choice impact

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • My Friend Peppa Pig

  • Later Alligator

  • Soul Gambler

  • A Space for the Unbound

  • SLUDGE LIFE

  • Refind Self: The Personality Test Game

Less expressive

Games that feels like The Big Con but with less self-expression and customization

  • Thank Goodness You're Here!

  • Randal's Monday

  • The Henry Stickmin Collection

  • Bear With Me - Episode One

  • A Space For The Unbound - Prologue

  • Elroy and the Aliens

More violent

Games that feels like The Big Con but with more combat and destruction

  • Kindergarten 3

  • Kindergarten 2

  • Purrfect Apawcalypse: Patches' Infurno

  • Metal Dead

  • Agatha Knife

  • MechaNika

More value-seeking

Games that feels like The Big Con but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions

  • //TODO: today

  • Margo

  • A Building Full of Cats 2

  • Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

The Big Con: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

Last update: 03/08/2026