- #1 Fright Animatronics
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: New Games Corporation
Windows
Fright Animatronics is a first-person psychological horror game. Welcome to your new job as a night shift guard and technician in our pizzeria. Your task is to repair animatronics, to monitor them and the pizzeria building using video surveillance
Why similar: Simulation 20.3%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Action 12%, Action-Adventure 11.8%
- #2 Echo of the Walls
96% matchMixed71% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: STuNT
Windows
Enter a world where the lines between reality are blurred. Like Daniel, you came here in search of the truth, but found yourself trapped in a terrifying mind game. Your only key to freedom and understanding is an ancient Polaroid camera, capable of capturing the invisible.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Simulation 22.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Action 13.5%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #3 Dream Liminal
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: liminalDream studio
Windows
A single-player and multiplayer experience exploring liminal spaces, dreamcore, and Frutiger Aero aesthetics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Simulation 21.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 15.4%, Action-Adventure 13.3%
- #4 MITNAL
94% matchNo user reviews85% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: MixoNat
Windows
Play as Emily, drawn to a remote Mayan ruin after her brother insists it’s safe, amazing and beautiful. Explore an ancient Mayan site spanning jungle, temple, and catacombs as it becomes clear that he didn’t understand what he uncovered.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Simulation 25.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Action-Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 7.2%
- #5 Streamchat: Horror Live
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hikma Maulana
Windows
A first-person livestream horror game where you explore abandoned locations, survive terrifying encounters, and experience dynamic audience interactions through realtime chat and donation systems.
Why similar: Simulation 23.7%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Adventure 17.8%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #6 Red Father
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeanNPCdevPub: BeanNPC Games
Windows · Linux
RED FATHER is a first-person retro horror game set in December 1980. Explore and solve puzzles across Graham Labs, a mysterious computer research facility, and uncover something you were never meant to find. It calls itself Red. It wants to be your friend.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Adventure 18.7%, Action 18.4%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #7 Paracosma
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luking
Windows
Paracosma is a surreal first-person psychological horror game set in eerie liminal spaces. Capture strange anomalies with your camera, solve environmental puzzles, and survive mysterious threats while uncovering fragments of your lost identity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Simulation 23.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Action 16.6%, First-Person 5.6%
- #8 A Game About Mining Rocks
91% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Syllec
Windows
A Game About Mining Rocks is a single-player survival game where you mine rocks, gather minerals, sell them, and upgrade your gear to explore deeper. Reach the bottom to find a legendary crystal, but be careful something down there is waiting for you.
Why similar: Simulation 35.1%, Adventure 22%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 8%
- #9 Schoolboy Escape 2: Village
91% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: D one GamesPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Grandma and grandpa won’t let you have fun? Outsmart them and plan your runaway! Immerse yourself in an incredible adventure, solve puzzles and stay out of sight!
Why similar: Simulation 25%, Adventure 19.7%, Action 16%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #10 Fee Payment & Cigarettes
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: wanmeibd
Windows
Fee Payment & Cigarettes is a first-person psychological horror anomaly-spotting game. Enter a hospital in first-person, finish all payment checklists. Spot anomalies, then head to the payment counter or retreat to the smoking area to calm down.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Simulation 19.3%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 11.8%, First-Person 7.4%
- #11 O2
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Beyond StarZ
Windows
A short deep-sea horror game where you explore a dark and mysterious ocean, photograph strange discoveries, and uncover what lurks beneath the depths.
Why similar: Simulation 32.8%, Adventure 23.9%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Action 16.2%, 3D 6.4%
- #12 Hotel 8
89% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Gvn Studios
Windows
In Hotel 8, you find yourself caught in a loop. To break free, you must detect anomalies. Once you locate an anomaly, you have to decide which direction to take; making the wrong choice sends you right back to the beginning.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Simulation 16.2%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #13 SoundRoom
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MEYOSOFT
Windows
Guess the type of instrument being played.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Simulation 19%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 5.9%
- #14 KUMASAMA
86% matchVery Positive83% of 190 reviews2026
Dev: UNCHIFIREFLY
Windows
A large brown shadow lurks in the abandoned factory; the night hides her form.Something terrifyingly massive is concealed within this town.I think of her, and of the days I can never go back to.“KUMASAMA” is a horror adventure set in the present day.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Simulation 21.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 6.1%
- #15 Aery - Flow of Time
87% matchPositive91% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Enjoy a combat-free journey through colorful worlds! Lean back and enjoy the scenery as a little bird in search for a cure in different eras of timw! A great game for relaxing and calming down after an exhausting day.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Simulation 18.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 8.5%, Nature 7.9%
- #16 Fright Animatronics 2
86% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: New Games Corporation
Windows
Fright Animatronics 2 is a first-person horror game where your task is to work in a warehouse for a week. What can go wrong?
Why similar: Simulation 25.6%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Action 15.1%, Exploration 6.4%
- #17 MicroMan
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glob Games Studio
Windows
It is not easy to be equal in height to an ant, isn’t it? The world of yours changes drastically after you accidentally fall into the reduction capsule. Fight for your life against scary spiders, frogs or rats! Try to survive in the urban jungle. Find a way to return to your original height!
Why similar: Simulation 35%, Adventure 24.2%, Action 21.7%, Action-Adventure 5.7%, Nature 4.9%
- #18 False Earth
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DuffoPub: Breakbound Studios
Windows
Descend deep into the Earth beneath the Kola Superdeep Borehole, exploring underground layers as a geologist sent to investigate strange signals — and uncover that Earth is not what science believes it to be.
Why similar: Adventure 23.9%, Simulation 21.2%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 9.2%
- #19 Station 5
84% matchMixed50% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: Raynmakyr
Windows
You are trapped in an underground subway. Observe your surroundings carefully and take the correct trains to reach the 'Station 5' and exit the subway.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Simulation 24.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 7.7%
- #20 I'm a Cowboy, Baby!
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sever
Windows
A co-op adventure for 3–4 players where you play as cowboys moving a large herd of cattle across the Wild West. Keep the herd moving, healthy, and together, protect it from bandits, wildlife, tornadoes, and harsh weather, and get as many cattle as possible to the ranch alive.
Why similar: Adventure 18.5%, Action 18.1%, Simulation 16.5%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 8.1%
- #21 A walk in Hwaseong Temporary Palace at night
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Magnifier Entertainment
Windows
In the fleeting moment after the sunset fades but before night fully arrives, take a calming walk through Hwaseong Temporary Palace, a place that holds 300 years of history.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Simulation 30.5%, Adventure 22.8%, 3D 6.3%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #22 Space Between
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Edelweiss Studios
Windows
What happens when you’re trapped between life and death? A journey through the darkest parts of yourself, and the choice to fight for what you want most.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Simulation 29%, Adventure 22.1%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 7.3%
- #23 Live checkpoint
82% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Balyk gamePub: Astero
Windows
The game is a 2D platformer with a side view of the game. The main task of the game is to protect the checkpoint from bloodthirsty zombies and prevent them from breaking inside
Why similar: Simulation 35.6%, Adventure 24.6%, Action 22.7%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Indie 4.8%
- #24 The Shattered Mind of Lucas Hayes
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ilyandily
Windows
A first-person walking simulator focused on atmosphere and introspection, where players explore surreal spaces, discover memories, and move at their own pace through a calm, dreamlike experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.4%, Simulation 21%, Adventure 15.2%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 9.1%
- #25 Graveyard404
79% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: RenStudio
Windows
A first-person observation horror where you must spot unsettling anomalies in a repeating graveyard to break a deadly loop. Your memory is your only weapon.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.4%, Simulation 20.5%, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 13.8%, 3D 6.1%
- #26 Cursed Silence
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marco Brunetti
Windows
"Cursed Silence" is a relentless plunge into the abyss of psychological horror. Can you confront unfathomable terrors and uncover the mystery shrouding Emily, or will you succumb to the chilling embrace of the void where reality and dreams collide?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Adventure 18.4%, Action 18.1%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #27 Floor 10 Anomaly
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Félix Landry
Windows
Something lurks on the 10th floor of Hotel Fleur-De-Lys. Anyone trying to reach floor 10 is unable to. As if the hotel was trying to prevent the guests from reaching it. The hallways keep repeating themselves, only subtle signs are your clue forward to discover what lies ahead.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Simulation 25.9%, Adventure 12.5%, Action 8.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #28 Anomaly Loop
78% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Simulation 25.3%, Adventure 19%, Puzzle 10.6%, Stylized 5.7%
- #29 YaeiJinja
77% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Kikka
Windows
Yaei Shrine is a game where you must sense disturbances and guide the girl safely to the shrine.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Simulation 24.3%, Adventure 18.3%, Action 14.3%, Exploration 6.1%
- #30 Maze Mart
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Pimeine
Windows
You play as Isaac looking for a bottle of milk. Through small labyrinths you will have to choose how the story will end.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Adventure 20.9%, Action-Adventure 16.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Simulation 9.4%
- #31 Disposition
77% match9 user reviews60% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Astro Hound
Windows · Mac
Disposition is an escape-room-inspired game about strategic memory placement. You go through a sequence of engaging tasks where you must detect anomalies and observe details, all while being timed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.3%, Simulation 24.8%, Adventure 17.9%, Physics 7.6%, Exploration 7.6%
- #32 夏まつり零
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MeteorWing
Windows
とある夏の日、二人の少女と村で遊ぶことに 的あて、水鉄砲、虫相撲、縄跳び、鬼ごっこ、花火… しかし夜になると、突然一人だけいなくなってしまい… いろんな遊び満載の、とある夏の日の出来事
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Simulation 29.8%, Adventure 23.8%, Exploration 8.9%, 3D 4.8%
- #33 The Cold Forest
76% matchMixed50% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: RealGames DevPub: My Way Games
Windows
The Cold Forest is a hardcore survival walking simulator game. You have a goal, and it's important, but can you achieve it?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Simulation 25.9%, Adventure 19.9%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 7.5%
- #34 The Quantum Mechanic
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joseph DeMartiniPub: DeMartini Games
Windows
Employed by the Valen Federation in the war against invaders, repair alien technology and solve puzzles in a solar system on the brink of dimensional collapse. Featuring single-player campaign and online co-op, fight against the invaders as a solo mechanic, or with friends as interdimensional cats.
Why similar: Adventure 20.1%, Action 19.8%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Simulation 9.4%, First-Person 8.3%
- #35 The House
75% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: DarkSheep Games
Windows
The House is a single player horror and thriller game. As a journalist, you are trapped in a house where the paranormal is on the rise. It's up to you to find photos, notes and tapes and escape the house to survive!
Why similar: Simulation 18.9%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Action 12.3%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #36 NAFUDA SAGASHI - Identetey:Lost -
73% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: DCG Entertainment,Inc.
Windows
“Nafuda Sagashi” is a psychological exploration game set in the liminal spaces of a Japanese school, where you wander through the building searching for lost name tags.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Simulation 24.6%, Adventure 17.8%, Action 12.6%, Exploration 6.7%
- #37 Ghost Circuit
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badlands Interactive Inc
Windows
Break into abandoned industrial sites in this first-person stealth exploration game. Climb, sneak, and discover hidden relics in places no one was meant to see. Ghost Circuit is about the thrill of the forbidden, exploring places you were never meant to see.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Adventure 18.1%, Action 17.7%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 6.7%
- #38 Backrooms Insane
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VHM Studios
Windows
Backrooms: Insane is a single-player psychological horror game with a found footage aesthetic. Explore disturbing levels, solve puzzles, find key items, and escape while timers, unpredictable events, and deadly entity hunts turn every objective into a fight for survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Adventure 18.3%, Action 17.9%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #39 MAZE
73% matchMixed52% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: 重庆旋客文化传播有限公司
Windows
Maze "is a game that simulates you in a real maze environment. Without map navigation or guidance from any auxiliary tools, you will be completely lost in it. The only thing you can rely on is your own intuition and memory. Let's see how long it takes you to get out of the helpless maze.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Simulation 17.9%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Action 11.3%
- #40 Escape from Vlogger: Runaway
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: D one GamesPub: Andgo Games
Windows
You broke into the house of a popular blogger to uncover all his secrets, but it’s not that simple! He locks you inside, and now you must do everything you can to escape. Hide, solve puzzle quests, and make your way out in this horror escape adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 20.1%, Simulation 17.9%, Action 16.6%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #41 BACKROOMS PINTEROI
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GaspachoWork
Windows · Linux
BACKROOMS PINTEROI: Explore the endless Backrooms on your own or with your friends. Survive ‘terrifying’ entities, solve puzzles, manage your resources and find your way out. Each level features new puzzles, entities and things to discover. Two new levels are added every month :)
Why similar: Simulation 23%, Adventure 18.3%, Action 17.9%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #42 SCP Studies
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FestiveAltrumPub: AltrumGames
Windows
Explore a SCP Facility set in 1992, try to stay sane and finish objectives by completing everything the SCP's have to offer. Interact with anomalous objects; experience, avoid, destroy, and use them. Learn how the facility operates and try to to keep it running as long as you can.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Adventure 21.3%, Simulation 19.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 8.4%
- #43 Forest of Lost Wanderers
71% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Unexpected Twist
Windows
Discover the wonders of nature! Explore diverse landscapes, observe thriving ecosystems, and interact with a dynamic, living environment. Find the rarest mushrooms and enjoy an unforgettable experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Simulation 26%, Adventure 20.5%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 5.5%
- #44 Jotunn - Day of Judgement
71% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2022
Dev: Wetterfest
Windows
Alone you find yourself stranded in a dark and mysterious norse forest, tasked by the gods to acitvate the forests magical runestones to open the Serpent-Gate. But you are not alone. A vicious creature lurks in the shadows of the misty forest...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Action-Adventure 18.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Stylized 6.8%
- #45 Chopped Up
69% matchVery Positive96% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: Dekaizen Studios LLC
Windows
A cozy horror cooking game with a deadly twist. Serve bizarre fantasy creatures and secretly eliminate targets as an assassin hiding in plain sight. Just keep an eye out for those out to get you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Simulation 22.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 15.9%, Action-Adventure 14.7%
- #46 ALiminal
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: onzdev
Windows
ALiminal is an ultra-realistic, first-person psychological horror experience. Traverse the unsettling liminal spaces and deep levels of the Backrooms. Submerge yourself in the solitude, confront the atmosphere, and discover the secrets hidden in the absolute emptiness.
Why similar: Simulation 28%, Adventure 21.1%, Action-Adventure 17.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%
- #47 Die Daddy Die
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mad Cauldron
Windows
Die Daddy Die is a 3d adventure and platform game in which you control a slime thrown by a Cosmic God, capable of deforming his body at will, solving traps and situations that arise in order to continue advancing.
Why similar: Adventure 27.9%, Action 27.2%, Action-Adventure 22.7%, Exploration 11.8%, 3D 7.5%
- #48 Room 7
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amoor_Art
Windows
Spot the anomalies, choose the right door, and escape the loop before it kills you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Simulation 16.3%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #49 Belt Nine
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hidden Mugs
Windows · Mac · Linux
A simple space exploration game where you can shoot all sorts of things! Visit planets! Maybe take on quests! The galaxy is filled with a bunch of wormholes and nobody knows who put them there. The ship AI is an absolute menace and thinks he's a DJ!
Why similar: Simulation 24.9%, Adventure 19.4%, Action 16.1%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 7.4%
- #50 Miner's Hell
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DRAGO
Windows
Experience the dangers of being a miner when disaster strikes. Work with rescue crews to see the light of day again. Explore mine shafts dating from today back to 1870, the technology and dangers miners faced back in the day and those they face today.
Why similar: Simulation 28%, Adventure 20.3%, Action 20.3%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 8.7%
- #51 Lumenal: A Photo Break
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Birich Studio
Windows
Lumenal is a relaxing photography game. Take photos for assignments across different locations — cats, dogs, people, storefronts. As you progress, new sites, new shooting techniques, and better cameras unlock. And three unique missions are waiting for you along the way.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Simulation 26.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Nature 8.8%, Exploration 8.2%
- #52 Liminality
67% matchMixed62% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Lory Games
Windows
Liminality is a single-player experience focused on liminal spaces. Dive into the eerie but relaxing lukewarm water of the poolrooms. Navigate through the liminal spaces, where reality blurs, and uncover the secrets that lie beneath the surface.
Why similar: Simulation 20.9%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 12%, Relaxing 11%
- #53 ALONE?
70% matchMixed41% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: Deceptive Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.
Why similar: Simulation 29.2%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Adventure 20.2%, Action 18.1%, Puzzle 8%
- #54 The Hole Keeper
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OldYacht
Windows
God has chosen you not for strength, but for obedience. Do not question. Do not turn away. Walk. Feed. Repeat.
Why similar: Simulation 26.5%, Walking Simulator 26.2%, Adventure 19.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 6.6%
- #55 The Street 10
68% matchMixed54% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: randomspin
Windows
Caught in an infinite alley, look for Street 10 to find your way out.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Simulation 26.3%, Adventure 19.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #56 Fear Night Tales - Brothers Kebab Saloon
67% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: TeaPose Games
Windows
You are the person who looks after the kebab shop because your brother is sick. You learn how to make kebabs and get to know the customers. But there seems to be something strange here...
Why similar: Simulation 23.8%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Adventure 17.2%, Action 16.8%, Action-Adventure 14.8%
- #57 Theater of Death
67% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: GiBarPub: RoBot
Windows
Wander through dark corridors, look into abandoned editing rooms, penetrate dusty archives and uncover the secrets of the movie studio and its employees. Collect puzzle pieces: Study notes, letters, photos, listen to audio recordings to understand what happened on the set of the cursed movie.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Simulation 18.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Action 11.4%, Puzzle 10%
- #58 The Underpass
65% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Journeyman Studios
Windows
Trapped in an endlessly-looping underpass, you must stay alert for changes - large or small - to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Simulation 25%, Adventure 18.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 8%
- #59 First
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quantized BitPub: badd
Windows
In First, you explore liminal spaces, solve puzzles and execute logical actions that open the path ahead. Discover where you are - while something watches your every move.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Adventure 17.2%, Action 16.7%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Puzzle 9.9%