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Dear patient lemmings, I am in need of your help. I'm searching for games that have some GOD DAAMN OSTs and come with a great story or/and gameplay.
Games that tick these requirements for me:
FTL: Faster Than Light
DUSK
The Sam & Max games by Telltale have an absolute banger jazz soundtrack
Interesting that no one mentioned Rebel Galaxy. Granted that the songs are probably not to everyone's liking. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRMcXkadosW43B18ZSbYFqBnFn2myQwRw
Rebel Galaxy and its sequel Rebel Galaxy Outlaw let you also customize the soundtrack completely with a very simple folder system.
It's good that developers make it easy to customize the soundtrack, although I didn't feel the need to as I found the songs for Rebel Galaxy exceptionally good. Have not played Outlaw yet. I've read reviews that gameplay wise it wasn't as good as the first one.
Caves of Qud doesn't have a very big OST but I happened to absolutely love it. The game is similar to Rogue (or more directly Dwarf Fortress adventure mode), as in time only passes when you move and everything is represented by a tile, but it has pretty good controller support as of a recent update.
Undertale, love the Temmie Village song. The OST can be heard in all kinds of videos. Maybe since you liked ULTRAKILL (based on graphics), you'll like Undertale.
NieR:Automata is an absolute banger. It has a banger of a soundtrack and a really great story. I personally love the park area and the forest.
Subnautica, the OST, really helps to create an immersive experience. It is sometimes mysterious, it can be dark but also adventurous. The music kind of guides you through the uncharted lands.
The Legend of Zelda: BotW I know, it's a WIIU/Switch game, and I know TotK is out, but the design and the music of the game are fitting so well together. The OST is so incredible.
Can't go wrong with these for sure. Do you need preliminary knowledge about Zelda if you're an absolute newbie in the series?
BOTW was my first Zelda game. Absolutely zero background needed. If I hadn't heard of the other games, I would have thought it was the first one in the series.
Wonderful, complex, textured music. Fades in and out of the ambience as if just another sound of nature.
Mighty Switch Force is apparently really fun. The music is like candy. Same composer as Shovel Knight -- Jake Kaufman.
I have absolutely jammed to the original Unreal Tournament (UT’99) soundtrack on my commute.
Some games with soundtracks I particularly enjoyed over the last couple years:
My choices are the following:
The Last Spell! An amazing soundtrack and the game is fun too!
I've never even played the game and I love the soundtrack! Rémi Gallego (The Algorithm) also did a game called Hell is Other Demons (as well as a load of actual albums) which are all great too.
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.
Loop Hero
The Elder Scrolls series if you haven't played already, battlefield 1, Terraria, Cave Story, The Ori series