The Big Con
- Developer
- Mighty Yell
- Publisher
- Mighty Yell
- Released
- 31 August 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
- UK price
- £12.79
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Genres: point and click , adventure , indie
Flex your inner teenager in The Big Con, an adventure game where you hustle across the country as a teen trying to save your family video store. In classic 90s con movie style, you'll get to persuade and pilfer your way to greatness using a whack of potential grifts.
Best gaming PC for The Big Con in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Big Con today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Mighty Yell on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit |
| CPU | AMD FX-4350 or Intel Pentium G4500 | Intel Core i7-3770K or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | AMD Radeon HD 7770 or dedicated equivalent | nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 480 |
| Storage | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run The Big Con?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-3770K and your GPU is at or above nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.