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
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Tangle Tower
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
- 2
Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
A cozy 2D Point & Click adventure featuring multiple playable characters and plenty of silliness. Oh, and there's time travel and relationship stuff going down too. And robots – lots of robots...
- 3
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!
- 4
Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!
- 5
3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
In a race against time, Betty embarks on a thrilling, comedy-packed adventure to crack a conspiracy that starts with a bang and ends at 3 Minutes to Midnight.
- 6
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Big Con.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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All You Can Eat
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
Meet a modern hero of our times, a man so lazy he decided to quit his job and just spend his life inside an All-you-can-eat diner. As years go by, his freeloading nature becomes legend, but then a tragedy occurs - the diner is about to close down! Will he settle down and get a regular job? Never!!!
- 8
Overboard!
Single-player alternative to The Big Con — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Con.
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
- 9
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?