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The Big Con

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First release
Aug 31, 2021
Engine
Unity
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Point-and-click · Comedy
Platforms
Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

Flex your inner teenager in The Big Con, an adventure game where you hustle across the country as a teen trying to save your family video store. In classic 90s con movie style, you'll get to persuade and pilfer your way to greatness using a whack of potential grifts.

Also known as THE BIG CON, The Big Con.exe

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Storyline
Hustle through the 90s in The Big Con, an adventure game where you’re an awkward teen hustling to save her family video store from gangsters. Play as Ali, a high school junior gone AWOL from band camp to seek revenge on the loan sharks that threaten her mom’s video store. (Fighting with your mom is YOUR job. No one else gets to do that.) Maybe you’ll profit from the latest collectible plushie craze, and make an interesting friend or two along the way.Read more

Hustle through the 90s in The Big Con, an adventure game where you’re an awkward teen hustling to save her family video store from gangsters. Play as Ali, a high school junior gone AWOL from band camp to seek revenge on the loan sharks that threaten her mom’s video store. (Fighting with your mom is YOUR job. No one else gets to do that.) Maybe you’ll profit from the latest collectible plushie craze, and make an interesting friend or two along the way.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 31, 2021
Xbox One
Aug 31, 2021
Xbox Series X|S
Aug 31, 2021
All 7 release dates
PlayStation 4
Aug 31, 2023
PlayStation 5
Aug 31, 2023
Android
May 12, 2026
iOS
Jun 26, 2026
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
4h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
exploration, interactive fiction, 2d, 1990s, crime
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At a Glance

Critic Score
78
Main + Extras (IGDB)
4h
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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 1,403 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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