7. Limbo (5 hours)

Limbo’s art style and gameplay captivated many in 2010, but it only keep players busy for a couple of hours though.

Limbo was one of the most pleasant video game surprises of 2010. The game featured a brilliant black and white art style, and managed to be moving without having much story or character development. In Limbo, players had to guide a boy searching desperately for his sister, while dealing with all sorts of traps and obstacles in the mysterious world of limbo.

Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the game was the brutal way in which death was depicted, as one misstep could lead to the protagonist being cut to shreds by a sawblade, or perhaps impaled on spikes or electrocuted… But even if Limbo was only good for a few hours of gameplay, solving the game’s puzzles was enormously satisfying in this hit indie game.