I have a radio station I listen to that specializes in this. But there are some games that work better than others. What first comes to your mind?
I was playing the Stardew Valley OST at work this week. That’s music to get shit done at a relaxing pace.
Zelda botw. Lots of piano mixes on youtube
It’s relaxing until the Guardian music kicks in!
Uplink is a game about hacking that’s got fantastic tracker music for it’s soundtrack. Blue Valley is just great background music, no strong melodies, just chords and vibes.
Doom or doom eternal.
How do you study when your entire body is urging you to bang your head to the tune?
Paradox games are pretty good (Stellaris particularly)
Portal/Portal 2 aswell
Solar 2 is also a personal fav but hard to find OST other than on YT
FEZ has a great soundtrack. Also Sword & Sworcery.
Tunic has an excellent soundtrack that’s one of my favorites for work music. https://invidious.reallyaweso.me/watch?v=nnvjKf_mRYM
The Cyberpunk OST goes crazy, and the Risk Of Rain franchise has some killer stuff.
Stellaris is quite good for that
Stray has a great soundtrack
Anything from Supergiant Games
I just make a point to remove the songs with lyrics because lyrics distract me.
Crono Cross, anything from monster hunter Tri and up.
Something I’ve been using during work these days is Maplestory bgm playlists. Reminds me of my youth, and jav a very calming effect on me :)
I use Wh40k: Mechanicus & Ixion