The Next BIG Thing

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

The Next BIG Thing is a adventure, point & click and puzzle game developed by Pendulo Studios and published by Focus Entertainment.
Released on April 21st 2011 is available on Windows and MacOS in 4 languages: English, French, German and Russian.

It has received 656 reviews of which 555 were positive and 101 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 0.74€ on Steam and has a 85% discount.

The Steam community has classified The Next BIG Thing into these genres:

Adventure Point & Click Puzzle 2D Classic Great Soundtrack Retro Cult Classic 1990's Escape Room Singleplayer

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Vista SP1 or 7
Processor: Intel/AMD 2.0GHZ equivalent, or higher
Memory: 1GB (XP)/2GB (Vista/7)
Hard Disk Space: 8GB
Video Card: : 256 MB 100% DirectX 9 compatible, ATI Radeon X800/Intel GMA 3000/Nvidia GeForce 6800 or Higher*
DirectX®: 9.0
Sound: DirectX 9 compatible
Additional: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR GAME ACTIVATION. *SIS AND VIA/S3G Graphics Controllers Not Supported

MacOS

OS: MAC OS X 10.6.6 or higher
Processor: Intel/AMD, 2 GHz or better
Memory: 1GB
Hard Disk Space: 8GB
Video Card: : 256 MB ATI Radeon X800/Intel GMA 3000/NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or higher
Additional: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR GAME ACTIVATION.

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Aug. 2024

Jugado y completado en 7 horas. Los gráficos de escenarios y personajes son muy atractivos y están muy bien animados. Las conversaciones son divertidas. Los puzzles, en general, no son complicados. La historia es ingeniosa y nada convencional, tal vez demasiado extraña, a mi me ha costado entrar. Si hay algo que no me ha gustado demasiado es la manera en que las distintas partes de la aventura se van presentando, recurren a un narrador para llevar la continuidad entre esas partes, y a mi me ha resultado poco simpático. Aún así yo recomendaría el juego.

Aug. 2024

click and point adventure with awesome characters. Nice and crazy, some riddles are not intuitiv but the included help button helps to save what ever the next big thing is ...

March 2024

Some bugs and crashes and the odd random out of context puzzle, but aside from that it's a very good P&C game, great story and a lot of fun. I just wish I could play the first one, Hollywood Monsters, as well, here on Steam.

Feb. 2024

Witty and entertaining. The core elements for a great adventure are there, even if it is a bit short overall.

Feb. 2024

The Next Big Thing is an icon adventure game in a mild, not so serious fantasy setting. You collect items, solve puzzles, save your characters from tough situations and unravel a plot, progress through story. ++ Graphics : Although it's an old game it looks pretty enough running in 1080p. If you want to run the game in windowed mode, use DxWnd. (Install /extract it, import the next big thing from "exports" folder, modify it to show your game file and pick the same resolution you set in game's configuration tool. Leave it there and start the game normally from steam. ) ++ Writing / Setting : Some dialogues are a bit repetitive sometimes but overall it's good and fun. Looking objects multiple times and talking multiple times gaves you new flavor options, if not real options. ++ Gameplay : There are no "wrong" choices. Usually every new area is solved with the suff you gain access, so it is not similar to old adventure games that you run around with a million items. If you find something in "this" puzzle phase it is used now. This somewhat simplifies the game but also streamlines it. You don't have an inventory more than 5 items throughout the game. I played with no hints, no help option and I only wandered twice in whole game yet it was finished in 5 hours. Overall it's a small fun game if you love the genre. If you are new, it is also nice for starters since it's not too complex. +- Technical : Crashed once. Save often. (W10Pro with DxWnd)

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