Spiritfarer has an amazing OST and story. Definitely recommend it!
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- Risk of Rain 1 and 2
Earthbound and Mother 3 could be exactly what you're looking for. There's just nothing quite like them OST, story, and gameplay wise.
Little Nightmares and Little Nightmares 2 also have excellent music that perfectly complement their soul-squeezing visuals and gameplay.
Portal 2 has very little music but it is GOOD, and perfectly timed to key moments in the story. Also top notch unique gameplay, obvs.
Skyrim music is iconic for a reason.
OFF's music is similarly iconic and its story and visuals so unique and engaging you'll likely forgive it for being unapologetically RPG-maker. The latest English translation (3.0) is considered the most faithful to the original French.
FRACT OSC is a "musical exploration game" where you directly influence the soundtrack by interacting with a beautiful, surreal puzzle landscape with Tron-like visuals.
Loop Hero
Library of Ruina went nuts with its osts
One time they even patched the game just to buff a boss's music, not even the boss itself
Cyberpunk Bartender Action Va11-Ha11-A The Binding Of Isaac Antibirth Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)
For those who are already LoZ fans, Cadence of Hyrule will get your toes tapping for sure.
The Sam & Max games by Telltale have an absolute banger jazz soundtrack
Sea of Stars had some really catchy tunes.
- Hades
- Celeste
- FURI
How did you feel about Celeste? It felt pretty hard for me on the first level already. Might pick back up then!
Tough game, but the learning curve isn't too bad. Keep trying and you'll do it 💪
Celeste is hard, but so rewarding! And the OST is stunning
As a 196 regular, it would be a sin not to finish it.
Punch Club 1&2
A couple I don't see listed:
- BattleBlock theater
- Subnautica
- Children of Morta
- Stardew Valley
- Crypt of the Necrodancer
Xenoblade 1
Xenoblade X
Xenoblade 2
Xenoblade 3
You will love MAX PAYNE 3. Badass shootouts inspired by John Woo action films, eargasmic soundtrack composed by legendary noise band HEALTH and some of the best acting seen in story-driven video games.
Sonic games usually have great music but Sonic Mania in particular is full of bangers, highly recommend it.
Undertale's soundtrack has been memed to death but it's honestly really good.
If you're still in the mood for visual novels the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney games have some incredible soundtracks too.
Also, for something slower, I must give a shout out to The Sims 1. It's suave as hell and very, very catchy.
I absolutely loved Pokemon USUM‘s OST and was heartbroken when I found out the OST release was just like 1 minute long tracks that you couldn‘t easily loop (obviously it looped infinitely ingame)
- Ōkami & Ōkamiden
- Octopath Traveler 1+2 (and CotC)
- Astral Chain
- Skyward Sword
- Ys VIII
- Muramasa Rebirth
- Sakuna of Rice and Ruin
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
I don't see this mentioned enough, but persona 5 (specifically recommend persona 5 Royal) has a really great OST. As you play the game you unlock better versions of the same tracks, including vocals. It's actually really jazzy, and quite catchy! The wife and i will jam to the vocal tracks on road trips.
The game is also very good, with an interesting story! It's kinda weird in a fun way! It's like.. a pokemon-esque turn based jrpg with some like real world maintenance aspects (relationships, work a job, go to school), with great music
Yeah I really loved Persona 5. It really stands out as an unique an catchy game.
Incredibile Crisis, on PS1.
Admittedly the story is a bit thin… the game play is purposefully enraging… but it gets a big ol’double check mark on the OST requirement thanks to the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.
On a totally different note and tone, Last of Us. I dig anything Gustavo Santaolalla.
Bionic commando remake
All of the doom remakes
Timberborn
For honor
Jet set radio future