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The Big Con

Mighty Yell · Skybound Games · 2021-08-31

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 31, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 31, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 31, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 31, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!

The Big Con is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 to 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1734 reviews).

2
playing now
93%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (4 downloads)
4h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

The Big Con is an adventure game developed by Mighty Yell and published by Skybound Games. It was released for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on August 31, 2021. A Nintendo Switch version was released on June 1, 2022. Versions for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were released on August 31, 2023. Set in the 1990s, the game follows Ali, a teenager who works at a video rental store owned by Linda, her mother. After learning that her mother owes $97,342.18 to loan sharks, she meets Ted, a con artist. They travel across the United States, earning money to save Linda's store. The Windows version of The Big Con received favorable reviews, while the Xbox Series X/S version received mixed reviews.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 542 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity up 384% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 37k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,829 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-12-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 54 of 96 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12912920212026Week of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3002026-09-15 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 21 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 24 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
491Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 37Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 27Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 20Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 20 · peak 112Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 94May 2026 — avg 16 · peak 58Jul 2026 — avg 49 · peak 208Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 105
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492021-08-102026-10-142021-08-10 — best price $11.992021-09-23 — best price $9.952021-11-18 — best price $7.792021-12-13 — best price $5.692022-01-23 — best price $14.992022-03-02 — best price $11.812022-04-08 — best price $14.992022-05-21 — best price $8.992022-06-22 — best price $14.992022-08-10 — best price $5.992022-09-23 — best price $5.992022-12-10 — best price $14.992023-02-07 — best price $14.992023-03-24 — best price $3.692023-06-06 — best price $14.992023-07-18 — best price $11.692023-09-21 — best price $3.492023-11-17 — best price $4.082023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-03-05 — best price $2.992024-03-28 — best price $14.992024-06-08 — best price $3.742024-08-03 — best price $11.012024-08-31 — best price $11.502024-10-26 — best price $3.652024-11-23 — best price $3.752024-12-21 — best price $3.152025-01-23 — best price $14.992025-04-16 — best price $13.392025-06-13 — best price $13.392025-07-25 — best price $3.112025-08-30 — best price $3.072025-10-29 — best price $3.702025-12-09 — best price $14.602026-02-17 — best price $3.112026-04-13 — best price $3.592026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-08-20 — best price $3.742026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8122026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 27 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 81 pageviews2026-10-11 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "The Video Store Employee"
33.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-09-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)4,76216%52
Steam (Steam)8339%51
PS5 (PlayStation)5944%53
PS4 (PlayStation)1164%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CrimeFunnyIndie1990'sComedyCartoonyColorfulStylizedAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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