Minecraft

The Nitronic Rush soundtrack is some really awesome techno. It feels very Tron-esque at times.

Doesn't look like anyone listed the Ori soundtracks by Gareth Coker yet, they're amazing. Also can't go wrong with WoW if you're looking for more classic fantasy style.

• Risk of Rain 2
• Hollow Knight
• Earthbound

Non-game instrumental artists:

• GoGo Penguin
• Floating Points (especially "Promises")
• Kiasmos
• Max Cooper
• Boards of Canada
• Reid Willis
• C418

I have listened to Rimworld, Disco Elysium, and EVE Online's soundtrack while working. Though it's probably my emotional attachment to EVE more than anything lol

That nobody mentioned Transport Tycoon Deluxe is criminal. I recommend the live-action version recorded for the mobile release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuJy9oCdUns

Lots of Elder Scrolls and Elder Scrolls Online

Lots of Metal Gear stuff

Kingdoms of Amalur

Shadow of the Colossus

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (badass 80s music)

Assassins Creed 3

If you like metal... the tracks from 2004 Painkiller rocks.

Shadow of the Colossus OST https://youtu.be/57jIlw6HmCE?si=Lf3pXvLo7vT1DAeB

The Dead Cells soundtrack. Especially:

• Prisoner's Awakening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzK3z8MLSpA&list=PLombWqRALIZDwEsPJuGvD6soVFA46I7f2&index=3)
• Clocktower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ1Pk8HBYJU&list=PLombWqRALIZDwEsPJuGvD6soVFA46I7f2&index=21)
• Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg0R4w7LvG4&list=PLombWqRALIZDwEsPJuGvD6soVFA46I7f2&index=20)
• Lighthouse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fqHBOTFgcI&list=PLombWqRALIZDwEsPJuGvD6soVFA46I7f2&index=41)

ATM I love the soundtracks of:

• Civilization 6
• Genshin Impact
• Persona 3
• Rimworld (+ P-music mod)

Persona 3/4/5 (not all tracks are instrumentals, but most of them are and they are straight bangers)

Katana Zero Danganronpa 1, 2, V3 Silent Hill 1, 2, 3 (all I can vouch for, but I hear the later games still have banging soundtracks) Crosscode Kingdom Hearts 1/2 Nier Automata Minecraft Donkey Kong Country 1/2 VA-11 HALL-A Catherine Full Body Deadbolt Risk of Rain 1/2

Some of these you'd have to sift through, like Silent Hill is one part industrial creepy noise, and one part absolutely incredible hip hop and rock

- little big adventure 2
- sim city 4
- starbound

Psychonauts 2. Peter McConnell only got better as the years went by.

Not a game, but you can't go wrong with most of the Ocean's Eleven-Thirteen soundtracks, if you like funky jazzy stuff.

Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters has some great tunes.

Edit: and The Talos Principle

How is there not a Single mention of celeste? It is one of the few things that can keep me focussed for hours.

No-one has suggested Baldur's Gate 3?

Cloudpunk OST for a Blade Runner vibe.

Shenmue: Orchestral Soundtrack

Neotokyo Soundtrack

Those are my favourites but I'll also put something different here too,

Jet Set Radio Live

Civilization Beyond Earth and Battletech have marvelous soundtracks

I know it's a little obscure, but if you like Kamen Rider and ancient games, the music from this game is awesome

Stellaris. Absolutely fantastic.

Loop Hero

The Forest

Strafe

Kingdom: Classic

Overall, Surviving Mars might be my favorite work soundtrack. Assorted tracks from Stellaris plus the Age of Wonders and Civilization series are also good. Something about the soundtracks in 4X games and games like them always puts me in a productive mood while not making me emotional and thus distracted like RPG soundtracks can sometimes.

Since you like FF, I'd suggest looking into Uematsu's other works as well, especially Lost Odyssey. For similar ones in the genre, there's also Yasunori Mitsuda's work in the Chrono and Xeno series.

I prefer Sci-fi background noise so Surviving Mars is my favorite. Mass Effect is ok but I find it gets a little too cinematic and bombastic at times. FTL and Into The Breach, or really anything by Ben Prunty is good too

Can't go wrong with pretty much any pre-Skyward Sword Zelda. SS itself also has Ballad of the Goddess, which was good, but I can't remember any other tunes from it or BOTW that aren't just reprises of tracks from previous games.

Portal / Portal 2

"Science Is Fun" is a great track, as are the end songs "Still Alive" and "I Want You Gone".

Rise of Nations soundtrack is fantastic sandis the only "video game music" that I semi-regularly listen to.

Especially check out "High Strung" that would always play in multiplayer whenever a player dropped a nuke on another player.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL829D6AF91A5C465E&si=yvPeVG9kuDx71mZb

My favorite soundtrack ever, of course, is that of The Secret of Monkey Island (MT-32) by Michael Land. A lot of nostalgia there.

I also very much like the soundtrack to Dune by Stephane Picq. There's an edition that combines the Adlib, Adlib Gold, and MT-32 versions which is "chef's kiss". Alternatively, I can recommend the Space Opera edition.

Strike Commander by Nenad Vugrinec on MT-32 is also great.

For chiptunes, I really liked Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 by Alex Mauer.

Or, for a real classic, Earthbound by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka.

Yes, I have a bit of a thing for retro sounds. 😁

@MacedWindow Diablo 2 for sure

Commenting here because I tend to enjoy game soundtracks and want to look these up.

I liked the music in La-Mulana 1&2.

There's a lack of Ace Combat in this thread so I'm going to single out 7's but they're all pretty good.

Also Redout has a soundtrack to spike your heartrate

The Battlefield V soundtrack is pretty great, in my opinion.

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