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
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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
The Eve Symphonic Orchestra is so good though.
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
Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters has some great tunes.
Edit: and The Talos Principle
Everything by Jeremy Soule. Especially Guild Wars 2 and Skyrim.
Crysis 2
Overwatch
A Hat In Time
Total Annihilation
VVVVVV
Minecraft
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)
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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
If you like metal... the tracks from 2004 Painkiller rocks.
Commenting here because I tend to enjoy game soundtracks and want to look these up.
Shenmue: Orchestral Soundtrack
Those are my favourites but I'll also put something different here too,
Spiritfarer has an excellent soundtrack, which is utterly wasted on such a mediocre game.
As an added bonus, some of the tracks on the OST are longer than you'll ever experience in game because they cut them short for some reason.
I know it's a little obscure, but if you like Kamen Rider and ancient games, the music from this game is awesome
Cloudpunk OST for a Blade Runner vibe.
Civilization Beyond Earth and Battletech have marvelous soundtracks
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.
Stellaris. Absolutely fantastic.
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
I liked the music in La-Mulana 1&2.
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".
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. 😁
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
The Battlefield V soundtrack is pretty great, in my opinion.
BF1 also has a really great soundtrack made by the same people.
Portal 2, Minecraft, Half Life 2, Black Mesa, Team Fortress 2, Battle Block Theatre, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal,...
Tropico 3
No-one has suggested Baldur's Gate 3?