Games like The Next BIG Thing
Closest overall match: Secret Files: Tunguska (★ 3.6). Highest rated: The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned at about 1 hours.
We compared The Next BIG Thing against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 8 came closest. What ties them together most: Point & Click, Singleplayer and Mystery.
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72%
1. Secret Files: Tunguska
Shares Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, Family
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70%
2. Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate
Shares Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3
-
63%
3. Runaway, A Road Adventure
Shares Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3
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61%
4. The Inner World
Shares Point & Click, Comedy and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Family
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60%
5. The Book of Unwritten Tales
Shares Point & Click, Comedy and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3
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60%
6. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Shares Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3
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59%
7. Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy
Shares Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3
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57%
8. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Shares Point & Click, Comedy and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Family
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Next BIG Thing?
On our similarity model, Secret Files: Tunguska is the closest match to The Next BIG Thing — shares Mystery, Point & Click and Singleplayer.
Which game like The Next BIG Thing is rated highest?
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 332 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Next BIG Thing on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.