Single-player games like The Big Con
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Big Con, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
- 1
Death Comes Skiing
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
When a retired cross-country ski team meets to celebrate their past victories, the past soon catches up to them. It's up to you to make sense of the slaughter that follows in this comedic point-and-click murder mystery.
- 2
Murder by Numbers
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
- 3
Life is Paine
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Life is Paine is a humorous Point and Click Adventure where you play a bard which has lost his voice due to an unfortunate accident and tries to regain it.
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Friday at Ours
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Friday at Ours is a time management-adventure game about overcoming your anxiety and visiting a party you weren't invited to.
- 5
Puzzle Spy International
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Big Con.
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle rules, decode cryptograms and decipher clues as you solve wordplay & logic puzzles across the globe!
- 6
Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
- 7
The Holy Gosh Darn
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Play as Cassiel, a foul-mouthed angel trapped in a time loop with a mission to save Heaven. Use the magical clock bestowed upon you from Death (yes, that Death, from Manual Samuel, stop asking) to jump between timelines across Heaven, Hell, Earth and Helheim to stop Heaven from going boom. Again.
- 8
Teenage Blob
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Half game. Half album. All awesome! A colourful art-punk adventure towards the best night of your life. Guaranteed to cheer you up in half an hour or your money back!
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A Knight in the Attic
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Guide Guinevere on a quest to save the kingdom from darkness. Find mysterious objects in a living labyrinth board to solve unique puzzles and defeat the evil Mordred, all from the comfort of your grandmother’s attic.
- 10
Missile Command Delta
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Missiles are incoming. The stakes are high. Only you can stop the destruction. Manage your pool of defenses strategically to survive rounds of incoming missiles in this high-pressure, tactical turn-based game. Will you be able to unravel the mystery in time?