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2021PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified94 % positive14.79 €

As a teen in 1990s America, you scam, pickpocket and talk your way across the country to save your mom's video store. A funny, colorful adventure packed with retro nostalgia and pop-culture nods.

Lots of humour
Distinctive, stylised art style
Strong, story-driven narrative

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The closest matches for The Big Con are The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, The Procession to Calvary and Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Big Con special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

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2009PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable95 % positive9.75 €

A classic point-and-click adventure in which you play the bumbling would-be pirate Guybrush Threepwood, solving quirky puzzles and trading witty insults. The Special Edition adds redrawn visuals and voice acting, and lets you switch back to the original at any time.

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The Procession to Calvary

Accessible and relaxed

A point-and-click adventure in a Monty Python spirit, built entirely from Renaissance paintings. Absurd humor, quirky dialogue and inventive puzzles drive a chaotic journey through pirates, cardinals and dubious miracles.

Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge

Lots of humour

A classic point-and-click adventure where bumbling would-be pirate Guybrush faces the zombified LeChuck. Quirky puzzles, razor-sharp dialogue and a Caribbean pirate setting define it, with refreshed visuals and voice acting in the Special Edition.

Four Last Things

Lots of humour

A gloriously silly Monty Python-style point-and-click adventure built entirely from Renaissance paintings and classical music recordings. It mixes clever wit with absurd nonsense around sin and the Four Last Things.

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Reforged

Lots of humour

This classic point-and-click adventure sends George Stobbart and Nico Collard chasing a Knights Templar conspiracy across Europe. The remaster adds sharper hand-drawn visuals and refreshed audio, with dry humor and inventory-driven puzzles.

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

Accessible and relaxed

You play goofy journalist Evan, dragged into a Cold War espionage standoff in the absurd communist country of Matryoshka. This satirical point-and-click adventure shines with its quirky humor and offbeat puzzles.

Death of the Reprobate

Lots of humour

A satirical point-and-click adventure built entirely from Renaissance paintings. Bawdy Rabelaisian humour and clever puzzles drive the journey through this absurd painted world.

Return to Monkey Island

Lots of humour

A humorous pirate point-and-click adventure by Ron Gilbert in which Guybrush Threepwood once more hunts for the secret of Monkey Island. Clever puzzles, witty dialogue and a bold painterly look make it a charming continuation of the classics.

The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1 - A Dreadly Business

Lots of humour

A humorous point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, where eccentric Bertram Fiddle and his manservant Gavin hunt a serial killer. Cartoon visuals, dark comedy and classic inventory puzzles define the experience.

The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures

Lots of humour

Set in Victorian-era England, young lawyer Ryunosuke Naruhodo defends clients by picking apart testimony and exposing contradictions. Herlock Sholmes' absurd deductions and the jury mechanic make this courtroom drama especially quirky and entertaining.