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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.

12 is Better Than 6 is a action, shooter and western game developed by Ink Stains Games and published by HypeTrain Digital.
Released on November 20th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 6 languages: English, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 7,369 reviews of which 6,152 were positive and 1,217 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

The game is currently priced at 0.69โ‚ฌ on Steam with a 90% discount, but you can find it for 0.23โ‚ฌ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified 12 is Better Than 6 into these genres:

Action Shooter Western Top-Down Shooter Singleplayer Indie Hand-drawn 2D Violent Atmospheric Adventure Difficult Blood Gore Great Soundtrack Arcade Stylized Top-Down Dark Humor Funny

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System requirements

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

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS 10.6+
  • 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
  • Storage: 300 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 14.04
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 2.9 Ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 Mb
  • Storage: 300 MB available space

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May 2025
I think it's a fair warning to say this game is kinda janky as hell. Some either dumb or annoyingly accurate AI, weapons can sometimes shoot through walls, press the wrong button combos and the game crashes, and some weird UI and unintuitive levels (especially egregious in the DLC). However, this game's flow is fantastic once you're able to lock into the mechanics. The levels are *just* long enough to hold your attention without it being tiring and the hand drawn style is endearing. Overall, a good time that doesn't waste your time.
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March 2025
Top-Down Shooters are definitely not my cup of tea but even I am entertained. Shooting is tricky though and enemies can occasionally draw a little faster than you so getting used to that while moving to avoid getting shot takes time to get used to which is a challenge I accept. There are few grammar and dialog mistakes but as far as I remember I only counted about five so not a big deal. What "kinda" s*cks is its very hard to play on a controller due to aiming so I had to settle with a KBM instead. Overall though the game is well done and polished and to wrap up, my expectations for indie games/relatively smaller studios aren't sky high and this one easily exceeded it so I recommend this game especially on a sale. It's a fun time killer and achievements aren't demanding to complete either. You should be able to 100% this in a free day imo.
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Jan. 2025
Story ? skip, skip, skip... GamePlay ? decent. Graphics ? who needs them..., decent concept art whoever. Requirements? grandmas computer should do it. Buy it ? on sale.
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Nov. 2024
A pretty fun game in the spirit of Hotline Miami. This one gets the action, control and balancing pretty much on point. The western theme is very amusing but one gripe I had with the black and white stylized graphics was that occasionally it got pretty hard to spot an enemy as they blend in with the environment very well sometimes. The story is mostly nonsensical and not that interesting to begin with. Think the movie Machete and you'll get the general idea: Mexican dude wakes up with amnesia, has to regain his lost memory, Rambos a heck lot of baddies to hell on the way. It's serviceable but sometimes it seems they try a little too hard to convey that the protagonist of the game is the biggest badass in the west. The meat of the game is the fast paced shooting where you will dispose of your enemies with knives, shotguns, rifles, pistols, shovels, bows and arrows and other weapons typical of the western setting. You also have access to dynamite and with a certain perk can tie one to the back of a rat and have it run conveniently towards the closest enemy. The enemies are pretty good shots. You'll die a lot and learn a bit more about how to approach the level and try again and again. As is normal with this genre. There is a perk system as well where you can earn money in repetitive "kill everybody on the level" missions and acquire a few throughout the journey. Nothing special but I think the game would have benefited from a more varied and pronounced perk system instead of the limited set of perks we have available. All in all, a pretty fun game. If you've played games in this genre before, you'll know exactly what you're in for and on a sale, this could be that perfect purchase to sink a few evenings into.
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Sept. 2024
---{ Graphics }--- โ˜ You forget what reality is โ˜ Beautiful โ˜ Good โ˜‘ Decent โ˜ Bad โ˜ Donโ€˜t look too long at it โ˜ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- โ˜ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜‘ It's just gameplay โ˜ Mehh โ˜ Watch paint dry instead โ˜ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- โ˜ Eargasm โ˜ Very good โ˜‘ Good โ˜ Not too bad โ˜ Bad โ˜ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- โ˜ Kids โ˜‘ Teens โ˜ Adults โ˜ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- โ˜ Check if you can run paint โ˜‘ Potato โ˜ Decent โ˜ Fast โ˜ Rich boi โ˜ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- โ˜ Just press 'W' โ˜ Easy โ˜‘ Easy to learn / Hard to master โ˜ Significant brain usage โ˜ Difficult โ˜ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- โ˜ Nothing to grind โ˜ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks โ˜‘ Isn't necessary to progress โ˜ Average grind level โ˜ Too much grind โ˜ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- โ˜ No Story โ˜ Some lore โ˜ Average โ˜‘ Good โ˜ Lovely โ˜ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- โ˜ Long enough for a cup of coffee โ˜‘ Short โ˜ Average โ˜ Long โ˜ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- โ˜ It's free! โ˜ Worth the price โ˜ If it's on sale โ˜‘ If u have some spare money left โ˜ Not recommended โ˜ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- โ˜‘ Never heard of โ˜ Minor bugs โ˜ Can get annoying โ˜ ARK: Survival Evolved โ˜ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- โ˜ 1 โ˜ 2 โ˜ 3 โ˜ 4 โ˜ 5 โ˜ 6 โ˜‘ 7 โ˜ 8 โ˜ 9 โ˜ 10
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Frequently Asked Questions

12 is Better Than 6 is currently priced at 0.69โ‚ฌ on Steam.

12 is Better Than 6 is currently available at a 90% discount. You can purchase it for 0.69โ‚ฌ on Steam.

12 is Better Than 6 received 6,152 positive votes out of a total of 7,369 achieving a rating of 8.12.
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12 is Better Than 6 was developed by Ink Stains Games and published by HypeTrain Digital.

12 is Better Than 6 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

12 is Better Than 6 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

12 is Better Than 6 is playable and fully supported on Linux.

12 is Better Than 6 is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for 12 is Better Than 6. Explore additional content available for 12 is Better Than 6 on Steam.

12 is Better Than 6 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

12 is Better Than 6 does not support Steam Remote Play.

12 is Better Than 6 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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12 is Better Than 6
-90% 6.99โ‚ฌ 0.69โ‚ฌ -97% 6.99โ‚ฌ 0.23โ‚ฌ
8.1
6,152
1,217
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Ink Stains Games
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HypeTrain Digital
Release 20 Nov 2015
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