Single-player games like 12 is Better Than 6
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to 12 is Better Than 6, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Bloodroots
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.
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Kusan: City of Wolves
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.
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APE OUT
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with 12 is Better Than 6.
From the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez® Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws.
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
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DEADBOLT
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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Stoneshard
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
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Stoneshard: Prologue
Single-player alternative to 12 is Better Than 6 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 12 is Better Than 6.
You come to your senses in a sinister dungeon. The Ritual is about to commence – you have only one chance to escape. Stoneshard: Prologue is a demo to the main game, presenting its basic mechanics.