It's Cursed House 9 ... a member of the beloved Cursed House series. It's got match 3 mostly with mini-games like spot the difference, clear the board of playing cards, etc. It's one of my favorite match 3 series.

The main fun for me is figuring out what the heck you need to do! The main goal is easy ... clear all of the coins. Well, coins can be frozen, locked, hidden in a chest, blocked by obstacles, split into two pieces, etc. So, you have to do a little mumbo jumbo to clear the obstacles, open the chest, join the split coins, unfreeze the coins, etc. This mumbo jumbo is doing by matching three. It moves obstacles around, unlocks coins, helps join coins, fires cannons, moves mirrors to adjust laser beams ... the base system of the game. You have to look at the board and see what needs to be done first, second, and then last. This isn't always obvious, but trial and error will get you there.

I recommend playing the game first with unlimited moves/time, and then repeat with limited moves. I am not big on time.

I am giving this a thumbs up. The absolutely ONLY way I would give this a thumbs down is if no more Cursed House games are brought to Steam...

"Cursed House 9 - Match 3 Puzzle" is an atypical match-3 game with minigames as bonus. It runs flawlessly and it will stimulate your brain! A very tricky match-3 with power-ups and unique ways to solve the puzzles. You get to banish the evil creatures and through the use of an ancient amulet that you slowly power up, to restore the house to its former glory! The game contains a variety of minigames such as Spot the Difference, Hidden Objects and Solitaire.

The levels themselves are hard but leave an impression and above all they are fun. So you will be glad it wasn't a piece of cake that required no thinking and ended in 10 minutes. The visual effects, animations and music will help a lot in keeping you calm and focused on the task at hand.
If you are stuck, you can use the hint system, which I find very good, comprehensive and helpful. On top of that, they have added a beautifully crafted grimoire as help.

It will keep you busy for hours but without overstaying its welcome and you can always replay it due to its nature.

One of the most fun and intriguing match-3 puzzle games out there.

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none of the cursed house games recognizes my achievements, why???

As the game progresses the mouse pointer at the start of a level becomes more and more sticky and hard to move. Eventually it disappears entirely and the game is impossible to play further.

Mouse pointer mysteriously started to work on 4/3 after about a week of problems.

Game has 120 levels and becomes a grind. I believe Level 65 is unsolvable and had to skip it.

The ending is interesting but not sure if worth it for all the time spent.

An enjoyable game that has you follow strategies to conquer each level, interspersed with hidden object, solitaire or other games. By the end you will have cleaned up the cursed house to its former glory. I have played all the Cursed House games and every one is fun.

Good game play if you like match 3 games. 120 Levels! Some people confuse this with other simple match 3 games but there is actually a strategy involved to correctly move through each level and each level requires a different strategy. I never played any of the other Cursed House games in this series and its a bit overwhelming in the beginning with little insight as to what or how to play the game other than the brief guide that describes how the various obstacles can be eliminated. However by the time you get 10 or 15 levels under your belt it starts to make sense. Took me 32 hours to get through the 120 levels... not to mention the one off game where a Beetle is pushing gems around .... it can make you crazy!