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The Next BIG Thing

Pendulo Studios · Focus Entertainment · 2011-04-21

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 21, 2011 (Mac), Apr 21, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!

2
playing now
83%
positive of 723 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

The Next Big Thing is a 2011 comedy graphic adventure game developed by the Spanish company Pendulo Studios and published by Focus Home Interactive. The spiritual successor to Pendulo's Hollywood Monsters (1997), it takes place in an alternate-history 1940s Hollywood where real monsters portray themselves in monster movies. The game follows reporters Dan Murray and Liz Allaire as they uncover a conspiracy within the film industry. Assuming control of Dan and Liz, the player navigates the game world, converses with non-player characters and solves puzzles.

Health check

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  • · Top 35% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 723 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.74-85%
GOG$0.75-85%
GOG$0.75-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.75-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.60 at GameBillet (2025-01-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 80 of 115 observed days · $0.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.24$0.622015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.842015-04-01 — best price $9.492015-05-13 — best price $9.492015-07-18 — best price $10.822016-03-25 — best price $2.742016-12-30 — best price $9.992017-09-07 — best price $1.992018-05-10 — best price $2.492018-11-12 — best price $2.492019-08-05 — best price $1.702020-01-24 — best price $1.992020-05-04 — best price $9.992020-08-18 — best price $8.892020-10-15 — best price $9.992020-12-03 — best price $9.992021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-03-26 — best price $9.602021-05-12 — best price $8.192021-08-17 — best price $8.382021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-03-12 — best price $5.452022-07-21 — best price $4.992022-11-16 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-08-28 — best price $0.992024-01-18 — best price $0.992024-05-30 — best price $0.992024-09-17 — best price $4.282025-01-20 — best price $0.692025-04-19 — best price $0.632025-07-18 — best price $4.122025-10-25 — best price $0.692026-02-01 — best price $4.992026-05-17 — best price $0.742026-08-23 — best price $0.742026-08-30 — best price $0.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

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Census log

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