# Games like The Next BIG Thing > The closest matches to The Next BIG Thing: Runaway, A Road Adventure, The Book of Unwritten Tales, A New Beginning - Final Cut, Yesterday, and The Night of the Rabbit. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews. ## Similar games, ranked The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards). 1. [Runaway, A Road Adventure](https://imho.run/games/7210/runaway-a-road-adventure) — Same atmospheric mood as The Next BIG Thing. 292 Steam reviews, 66% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/7210/) 2. [The Book of Unwritten Tales](https://imho.run/games/215160/the-book-of-unwritten-tales) — Also Cult Classic and 1990's, like The Next BIG Thing. 958 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/215160/) 3. [A New Beginning - Final Cut](https://imho.run/games/105000/a-new-beginning-final-cut) — Also Cult Classic and Escape Room, like The Next BIG Thing. 609 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/105000/) 4. [Yesterday](https://imho.run/games/205840/yesterday) — Also Escape Room, like The Next BIG Thing. 368 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/205840/) 5. [The Night of the Rabbit](https://imho.run/games/230820/the-night-of-the-rabbit) — Shares hint system with The Next BIG Thing. 1,095 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/230820/) 6. [Lost Horizon](https://imho.run/games/40350/lost-horizon) — Also Escape Room and 1990's, like The Next BIG Thing. 226 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40350/) 7. [Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack](https://imho.run/games/37400/time-gentlemen-please-and-ben-there-dan-that-special-edition-double-pack) — A frequent pick in The Next BIG Thing players' libraries, and another Indie. 377 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/37400/) 8. [The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition](https://imho.run/games/32360/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition) — Shares dialogue driven storytelling with The Next BIG Thing. 3,019 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/) 9. [Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)](https://imho.run/games/33600/broken-sword-2-the-smoking-mirror-remastered-2010) — Shares dialogue driven storytelling and hint system with The Next BIG Thing. 533 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/33600/) 10. [Violett Remastered](https://imho.run/games/257830/violett-remastered) — Shares hint system and point and click with The Next BIG Thing. 263 Steam reviews, 54% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/257830/) 11. [Thimbleweed Park™](https://imho.run/games/569860/thimbleweed-park) — Also 1990's, like The Next BIG Thing. 2,210 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/569860/) 12. [Day of the Tentacle Remastered](https://imho.run/games/388210/day-of-the-tentacle-remastered) — A frequent pick in The Next BIG Thing players' libraries, and another Adventure. 1,982 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/388210/) 13. [The Inner World](https://imho.run/games/251430/the-inner-world) — Shares hint system and point and click with The Next BIG Thing. 458 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/251430/) 14. [Armikrog](https://imho.run/games/334120/armikrog) — Also Cult Classic and Escape Room, like The Next BIG Thing. 603 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/334120/) 15. [The Tiny Bang Story](https://imho.run/games/96000/the-tiny-bang-story) — Shares hint system with The Next BIG Thing. 1,637 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/96000/) 16. [A Vampyre Story](https://imho.run/games/313870/a-vampyre-story) — Shares point and click with The Next BIG Thing. 140 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/313870/) 17. [Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa](https://imho.run/games/8260/sam-max-201-ice-station-santa) — Shares hint system with The Next BIG Thing. 86 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/8260/) 18. [Foolish Mortals](https://imho.run/games/1848440/foolish-mortals) — Also 1990's, like The Next BIG Thing. 368 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848440/) 19. [The Darkside Detective](https://imho.run/games/368390/the-darkside-detective) — Same atmospheric mood as The Next BIG Thing. 1,987 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368390/) 20. [The Office Quest](https://imho.run/games/810660/the-office-quest) — Same whimsical mood as The Next BIG Thing. 159 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/810660/) 21. [There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension](https://imho.run/games/1240210/there-is-no-game-wrong-dimension) — Same atmospheric mood as The Next BIG Thing. 9,373 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/) 22. [Not Another Weekend](https://imho.run/games/1432200/not-another-weekend) — Shares point and click with The Next BIG Thing. 69 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432200/) 23. [Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™](https://imho.run/games/32460/monkey-island-2-special-edition-lechuck-s-revenge) — Also Cult Classic and 1990's, like The Next BIG Thing. 1,479 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/32460/) 24. [The Longest Journey](https://imho.run/games/6310/the-longest-journey) — A frequent pick in The Next BIG Thing players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,339 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/6310/) ## Machine-readable The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page): - Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=58570&n=20 - Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=58570&n=20&coop=true - Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=58570&n=20&free=true - Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=58570 - This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/58570 - API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp) ## About The Next BIG Thing The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles! ## Game info - **AppID:** 58570 - **Developer:** Pendulo Studios - **Publisher:** Focus Entertainment - **Genres:** Adventure - **Categories:** Single-player, Remote Play on Tablet, Family Sharing - **Released:** Apr 21, 2011 - **Free to play:** no - **Metacritic:** 75 - **Platforms:** windows, mac ## Links - [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/58570/the-next-big-thing) - [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=58570&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers - [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/58570/) - [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking --- *Markdown version of https://imho.run/games/58570/the-next-big-thing for AI assistants (also served for `Accept: text/markdown`). 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