Games

Diablo 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Mass Effect 1

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

- little big adventure 2
- sim city 4
- starbound

Any Fromsoft soulsborne game.

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)

Everything by Jeremy Soule. Especially Guild Wars 2 and Skyrim.

Crysis 2

Overwatch

A Hat In Time

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.

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

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

Minecraft

Any of Marty O'Donnell's Halo soundtracks

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

Edit: and The Talos Principle

Need for Speed 3 -- the original hot pursuit has an amazing techno and rock soundtrack.

GTA V has an awesome soundtrack (listen to the original score, not the music they licensed)

The very first Hitman and Hitman Contracts had some killer techno/electronic soundtracks.

Any of these are great to play in the background while you work.

Shenmue: Orchestral Soundtrack

Neotokyo Soundtrack

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

Jet Set Radio Live

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.

Civilization Beyond Earth and Battletech have marvelous soundtracks

Cloudpunk OST for a Blade Runner vibe.

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

Loop Hero

The Forest

Strafe

Kingdom: Classic

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

Stellaris. Absolutely fantastic.

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.

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

@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.

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

Tropico 3

No-one has suggested Baldur's Gate 3?

Portal 2, Minecraft, Half Life 2, Black Mesa, Team Fortress 2, Battle Block Theatre, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal,...