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12 is Better Than 6
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
44 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Overall, great game, decent enough story, good gunplay, and took me 3.8 hours to beat and 100% not including the dlc (I only used a guide for the hats, and figuring out how to break bottles). The unique art-style is…”
“f you love top-down shooters that punish you for being slow, this is the one. The art style is the first thing that hits you it looks like someone spent hours doodling an ultra violent western in the back of a high…”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This isn't necessarily a bad game, but it's not good either. All the levels are very similar to each other and enemies are very cheeseable. The whole story just felt like such a drag to play, and I felt only relief upon…”
“Overall, great game, decent enough story, good gunplay, and took me 3.8 hours to beat and 100% not including the dlc (I only used a guide for the hats, and figuring out how to break bottles). The unique art-style is…”
“f you love top-down shooters that punish you for being slow, this is the one. The art style is the first thing that hits you it looks like someone spent hours doodling an ultra violent western in the back of a high…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A neat little top-down shooter game. Difficulty has its ups and downs, depending on the level length or enemy amount. Some weapons are miles better than others. Enemies are sometimes too annoying (they swarm you, know…”
“f you love top-down shooters that punish you for being slow, this is the one. The art style is the first thing that hits you it looks like someone spent hours doodling an ultra violent western in the back of a high…”
“Yeehaw cowboy It's a top down shooter style game with an unforgiving difficulty. Fun but repetative after an hour or so, nice over-the-weekend play and a nice break from whatever other game you've spent probably too…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I really wanted to love this game, or like it at the very least, but it feels too unfinished and finnicky. A lot the mechanics are mostly good but the AI feels very hacked together, the maps suffer from too much asset…”
“Got it for 40 INR including DLC. Wanted to support the Dev. Pros:- Good visuals. There is some story here, not just puzzle solving. Animation is smooth. Even low-end systems can handle it at full resolution. No Game…”
“I finished this game in about 10 hours and I must say i enjoyed it a lot. The storyline is okay, the gameplay is challenging but not too frustrating and I loved the soundtrack so much, I dare to say it's the best part…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Overall, great game, decent enough story, good gunplay, and took me 3.8 hours to beat and 100% not including the dlc (I only used a guide for the hats, and figuring out how to break bottles). The unique art-style is…”
“12 is Better Than 6 - A hand-drawn western shoot 'em up You play as an outlaw trying to just live his life. Weapons are only a small amount, like the revolver, shotgun, rifle and bow. You get dynamite as well that…”
“Yeehaw cowboy It's a top down shooter style game with an unforgiving difficulty. Fun but repetative after an hour or so, nice over-the-weekend play and a nice break from whatever other game you've spent probably too…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This isn't necessarily a bad game, but it's not good either. All the levels are very similar to each other and enemies are very cheeseable. The whole story just felt like such a drag to play, and I felt only relief upon…”
“Convoluted, can't really recommend. Feels like a very low-effort game”
“Insanely boring latinx power fantasy. Gameplay is like slow paced hotline miami which wouldnt be an issue if the camera wasnt ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ especially in bigger levels. Combat was lame. Just get hotline miami or oxto”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This isn't necessarily a bad game, but it's not good either. All the levels are very similar to each other and enemies are very cheeseable. The whole story just felt like such a drag to play, and I felt only relief upon…”
“Overall, great game, decent enough story, good gunplay, and took me 3.8 hours to beat and 100% not including the dlc (I only used a guide for the hats, and figuring out how to break bottles). The unique art-style is…”
“So yeah, I'm one of the folks that snagged this one for free, so obviously take this all with a grain of salt. With that being said, I enjoyed this one... for the most part. The guns are fun and very unique, the story…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Overall, great game, decent enough story, good gunplay, and took me 3.8 hours to beat and 100% not including the dlc (I only used a guide for the hats, and figuring out how to break bottles). The unique art-style is…”
“I would be extremely forgiving with an indie game I got for free provided it met the minimum qualifications, those being: a) It is playable with controller when advertised as such. (I am NOT asking for optimized, as I…”
“biggest piece of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that i have ever played.. boring story, it crashes, ai is fking hilarious and the design sucks do not play this”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Insanely boring latinx power fantasy. Gameplay is like slow paced hotline miami which wouldnt be an issue if the camera wasnt ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ especially in bigger levels. Combat was lame. Just get hotline miami or oxto”
“this game seems very awesome but the controller support is terrible and unplayable”
“I would be extremely forgiving with an indie game I got for free provided it met the minimum qualifications, those being: a) It is playable with controller when advertised as such. (I am NOT asking for optimized, as I…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is completed very quickly, without complaints. The plot is simple, as is the whole game in principle, although it doesn't need anything more. For a person who has fully completed the first Hotline Miami, from…”
“Great game. The combat is very fun. but, the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pickaxe. it at times forces you to use a pickaxe and fight multible enemies with it. occasionally giving you a revolver. The pickaxe is very rage inducing, you have…”
“great game if you look past the dumb luck accuracy of the enemies”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“[h1] 6.5/10 [/h1] Fun little game, story is meh, and gameplay is a bit repetitive and soundtrack is okayish. if you are looking for a topdown shooter play hotline miami.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“12 is Better Than 6 stands out immediately with its rough hand-drawn art style and gritty Western atmosphere. The mix of stealth and fast gunfights keeps every encounter tense without becoming frustrating. It’s a simple but satisfying indie shooter that rewards patience and…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I usually dont play too many niche top down games like this but this game is so much fun. I am a big fan of native american and wild west type stuff and this game is just fast paced shooting and scootin! If you wanna just game for a while and just fill up some time with…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Shooter · Western · Top-Down Shooter · Singleplayer · Indie · Hand-drawn · 2D · Violent · Atmospheric · Adventure · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 46 |
| Official site | https://inkstainsgames.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel Pentium 2.9 Ghz or equivalent Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: 512 Mb DirectX 9 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 300 MB available space