This is my take on the guess the number game. The user has three attempts to guess the number chosen at random. The number is between 0 and 9, including. It tells the user to guess higher or lower and reveals the number if the game is lost.

Input that is not a number between 0 and 9, including, is not accepted and the cursor will remain on the same line.

Green is for win and red is for retry.

I have tested the code and it works correctly. Please have a go.

guess_the_number.py

"""The user has three attempts to guess what number was chosen at random"""

__all__ = []

import random
import string

from colorama import deinit, init

right_answer = random.choice(string.digits)

as_int = int(right_answer)

MSG_ANS = 'The answer was ' + right_answer
MSG_ASK = 'Guess the number (0-9) '
MSG_OK = '\033[92mCorrect!\033[0m'
MSG_TRY = '\033[91mTry again *\033[0m'


def ask(msg_wrong):
    """
    One attempt

    Non-digits are not accepted

    Digits accepted are removed from the pool
    and are not accepted in subsequent attempts
    """
    global pool

    cursor_up = '\033[A'

    cursor_up_ask = cursor_up + '                       '

    while True:
        answer = input(MSG_ASK)

        if answer and answer in pool:
            break

        answer_sz = len(answer)
        answer_sz = answer_sz * ' '

        line = cursor_up_ask + answer_sz + cursor_up

        print(line)

        print()
        print()

        print(line, end='\r')

    if answer == right_answer:
        print(MSG_OK)

        exit()

    if msg_wrong == MSG_TRY:
        i = int(answer)

        if i > as_int:
            hint = '>'
        else:
            hint = '<'

        msg_wrong = msg_wrong.replace('*', hint)

    print(msg_wrong)

    pool = pool.replace(answer, '')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    pool = string.digits

    init()

    ask(MSG_TRY)

    ask(MSG_TRY)

    ask(MSG_ANS)

    deinit()