It's easy to underestimate this game. It's so weird to try and quantify the experience you get when you play it. More than once, I had this kind of dread that I wasn't going to enjoy a portion of the experience only to be delighted both with the music and the art. Some of the transitions of perception will genuinely catch you off guard and leaving you thinking "that was really cool but was it on purpose?"
By the end I was convinced that Bear in the Snow is too thoughtful and cohesive to be coincidence. If you liked the game Passage by Jason Rohrer, you'll dig this experience.