Can I Run The Big Con?
Mighty Yell released The Big Con in 2021. It is an adventure indie game, published by Skybound Games. It offers a single player campaign. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. 6 languages are covered by the store listing. At 5 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Over 1 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Completionists have 51 achievements to work through. Critics scored it 77 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-4350 or Intel Pentium G4500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon HD 7770 or dedicated equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3770K or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 480 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The Big Con places its action in a mystery to unpick, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. It is played in two dimensions. 12 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. That openness is what costs performance. The Big Con has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.
Why The Big Con is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by The Big Con. nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 480 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting The Big Con within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The Big Con takes about 4 GB of disk space. The Big Con needs 64 bit Windows. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Big Con?
The Big Con targets a mainstream modern PC: AMD Radeon HD 7770 or dedicated equivalent and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 480 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.7x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.52x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.67x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against The Big Con's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run The Big Con?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Big Con?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD FX-4350 or Intel Pentium G4500; GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7770 or dedicated equivalent; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does The Big Con need?
The Big Con needs about 3 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Big Con?
The RTX 3060 runs The Big Con comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Big Con?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Big Con is the GPU.