I’ve been looking for some more instrumental music to listen to while working, besides putting FF and Stardew on loop.
Wh40k: Mechanicus has some amazing music.
Maybe try soundtrack from Celeste, Transistor, Gris
Any Fromsoft soulsborne game.
Obligatory Nier series music mention.
Gothic 2! Full soundtrack, or a compilation of just ambient tracks
Chrono Trigger was fantastic. Look specifically for the instrumentals/orchestral on YouTube. 🤙
Thanks for commenting this so I didn’t have to!
Cuphead is a banger if you like that kinda music.
Nier Automata as well. Very different, but hauntingly brilliant.
Also, fallout radio if you’re feeling that real classic sound.
Gotta love the Ink Spots!
The Dustforce OST maybe? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBB4108C5CB4E1DD6
Same artist who did the music for TUNIC. While its soundtrack isn’t great to listen to alone in my opinion, it is phenomenal in game. To the point where watching the trailer gives me goosebumps.
Also, I emailed the artist once to ask permission to use the Dustforce soundtrack in a YouTube video I was making. They gave me permission and I sent the video to them when it was posted and they said very nice things about it.
Surprised to not see FTL mentioned yet.
I’m loving the track Balatro has too. I wish that game had more music like the one song it has.
Terraria.
Tropico 3
No-one has suggested Baldur’s Gate 3?
ATM I love the soundtracks of:
- Civilization 6
- Genshin Impact
- Persona 3
- Rimworld (+ P-music mod)
- NieR Series
- Outer Wilds
- Gris
- Death’s Door
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- Kingdom: Two Crowns
- Octopath Travler
- Octopath Traveler II
- Winter’s End (I Am Setsuna)
- Piano Collections NieR:Automata
Second on the Octopath Traveler II music. Even my son who is 9 and plays it as well as a ton of other games has only ever commented about how the music is really good on Octopath Traveler and no others (and I had never mentioned this to him). It’s definitely the best music I have every heard for a game. There was a glitch one time where the music wasn’t playing for some reason and I realized how much the music made the game come to life, NGL, I think it brings like 99% of the emotional engagement to it.
