AdventureFit check
Is The Big Con worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Adventure players who want crime-themed choices and varied con methods
- Players interested in comedic coming-of-age stories set in the 1990s
- Fans of dialogue, stealth, pickpocketing, and lockpicking in a road-trip structure
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat-focused action, as the described activities center on cons, theft, stealth, and conversation
- Players looking for a serious crime drama, since the tone combines criminal activity with comedy and teen-focused storytelling
- Players who want a fantasy, sci-fi, or modern-day setting rather than a stylized 1990s America
Our take on The Big Con
Its focus on comedic cons and a defined road-trip story leaves less room for broad combat systems or open-ended role-playing. The game trades systemic variety for a tighter mix of dialogue, stealth, theft, and period comedy.
What is The Big Con?
Play as Ali, a sarcastic high school student who leaves band camp for a cross-country trip to protect her family’s video store from loan sharks.
The adventure combines comedy, crime, and coming-of-age storytelling across a stylized 1990s America. Make money through pickpocketing, disguises, eavesdropping, stealth, lockpicking, smooth talking, and more involved schemes. Decide which people to target and which may deserve help. An experienced grifter coaches Ali in persuasion while she keeps in touch with her mother. The setting features plaid, payphones, VHS tapes, malls, and other 1990s references, with the Hormipillar available to ride repeatedly.
How The Big Con plays
- 01Multiple con methods
- Schemes can involve theft, disguises, sneaking, listening in, lockpicking, breaking and entering, or persuasion.
- 02Choice of targets
- Ali can decide who to swindle and who to assist during the journey.
- 031990s setting
- The adventure uses period details such as payphones, VHS tapes, malls, and plaid clothing.
- 04Family video store goal
- Ali’s cross-country criminal activities are tied to raising money to protect her mother’s store from loan sharks.
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The Big Con: platforms & release
Is The Big Con worth it?
It is worth it if: adventure players who want crime-themed choices and varied con methods. Skip it if: players seeking combat-focused action, as the described activities center on cons, theft, stealth, and conversation.
Where can I download The Big Con?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Big Con's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Big Con on?
Windows only.
