5 underrated indie games with unique artstyles

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It's no secret that indie games continue to push the boundaries of the gaming medium. While the mainstream gaming business is largely focused around pushing out safe, tried-and-true formulas, these guys aim for new and unprecedented ways of approaching game development from every angle.

That's a blessing for gamers out there who are keen on unearthing intriguing experiences that haven't been done or seen before. So here are five indie games released in the past decade that boast interesting art directions not really seen in other games.

Indie developer Alexander "Demruth" Bruce's 2013 first-person puzzler is a hallucinogenic trip down the unknown. The game doesn't have a narrative but rather introduces philosophical ideas for the players to dwell on and the notion that perception isn't reality; the countless, mind-bending puzzles and cryptic hints help mess with the player's psyche even further.

The visual style is minimalistic, largely black and white with a dash of color where needed. Demruth described this as a deliberate design choice to allow players to easily distinguish and detect elements that need attention.

But this pairs with the gameplay to lend a serene yet mildly chilling, almost dread-like atmosphere that clings to the player as they run down hallways trying to make heads or tails of the confusing contraptions before them. The game is only available on PC.

This sidescrolling co-op puzzler from SFB Games was one of the first few indie games released for the the Nintendo Switch's launch in 2017. The concept has two players controlling Snip and Clip each, who are two paper beings with feet; the aim is to solve the game's 2D physics puzzles with one player cutting a shape out of another to fit the objective as