Gaming Playlists
Relive your favorite gaming moments with soundtracks and ambient mixes from iconic video games. From indie gems to AAA classics, these playlists bring nostalgic vibes for gamers and music lovers alike.
Animal Crossing — Relaxing Music with Rain Sounds
Kazumi Totaka's hourly Animal Crossing themes with rain laid over them — the most-played cozy game mix on YouTube. Relaxing loops to draw or wind down to.
Baldur's Gate 3 — Official Ambiences by Larian
Larian's own ambience series: campsite, Underdark, hag's hut, monastery, swamp and Rivington. Six hours of Faerûn mixed by the studio that built it.
Baldur's Gate 3 — Peaceful, Relaxing Ambience & Music
Almost three hours of calm Baldur's Gate 3 music and world ambience recorded across Act 2. The longest BG3 mix here, sized for a whole work session.
Baldur's Gate 3 | Relaxing Forest Ambience + Unofficial Music
Daytime forest field recordings layered under quiet Baldur's Gate 3 cues — birdsong and wind over Slavov's score. Nearly two hours of wilderness calm.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Relaxing OST Mix
Lorien Testard's Expedition 33 score cut down to its calm half — piano, solo cello and Alice Duport-Percier's vocals over Belle Époque Lumière.
Diablo II — Soundtrack with Rain Ambience
Matt Uelmen's Diablo II score with rain running underneath — two hours of Tristram guitar and dungeon drone for dark, quiet work.
Diablo II: Resurrected OST — Dark Ambient & Gothic
Matt Uelmen's full Diablo II soundtrack, remastered for Resurrected — the Tristram Theme's 12-string guitar, then dark gothic ambient all the way down to Hell.
Disco Elysium — Noir Detective Jazz OST
British Sea Power's Disco Elysium score — weary post-rock location themes like Whirling-In-Rags for the streets of Revachol. Melancholy game music for night work.
DOOM: The Dark Ages — Official Soundtrack
Finishing Move's score for DOOM: The Dark Ages — downtuned guitars stacked against orchestra and choir. Heavy work music for when ambient won't cut it.
Elden Ring — Limgrave Ambience for 10 Hours
Ten hours of the Limgrave overworld: wind across open grassland, distant strings and nothing hunting you. Elden Ring ambience without the boss fights.
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — Relaxing Music & Ambience
Jeremy Soule's Oblivion score over remastered Cyrodiil — Reign of the Septims, Auriel's Ascension. Relaxing fantasy game music to study or sleep to.
Fallout 4 — Walking the Commonwealth in 4K
Three and a half hours walking post-apocalyptic Boston at a slow pace, in-game score left underneath. Wasteland ambience for work and sleep.
Forests of Autumn | Peaceful Skyrim Music & Ambience
Jeremy Soule's quieter Skyrim cues over the golden aspens of the Rift, the hold where it is always autumn. Peaceful game ambience to study or fall asleep to.
GTA 5 — Night Drive Through Los Santos
An hour driving Los Santos after dark with the NaturalVision mod on and slowed ambient playing. Freeway lights, wet tarmac, nowhere to be.
Half-Life 2 — Lab Practicum (Bridge Music)
Kelly Bailey's Lab Practicum from Half-Life 2 (2004) — the sparse, tense ambient cue that plays crossing the collapsed Highway 17 bridge. Moody focus music.
Hollow Knight — Relaxing Music with Rain, Fire & Snow
Christopher Larkin's Hallownest themes under four ambience beds — rainstorm, fireplace, night, snow. Two and a half hours of quiet ruin.
Kingdom Come Deliverance II - Relaxing Ambient Music
Jan Valta and Adam Sporka's score for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — lute, hurdy-gurdy and choir over Bohemian meadows. Relaxing medieval music for focus.
Life is Strange — Max Caulfield OST by Jonathan Morali
Jonathan Morali's Life is Strange soundtrack, with Syd Matters songs like Obstacles and To All of You. Hushed indie folk music for rainy Arcadia Bay evenings.
Metro Exodus - Aurora Train Ride
Alexey Omelchuk's acoustic guitar over the rumble of the Aurora crossing the wilderness in Metro Exodus. Train ambience and game music for deep focus.
Minecraft — Calm C418 Ambient Soundtrack
C418's Minecraft soundtrack — Sweden, Subwoofer Lullaby, Wet Hands. Sparse ambient piano from Volume Alpha that a generation of players did their homework to.
Morrowind — Peaceful Solstheim Ambience
Three hours crossing the ash and snow of Solstheim with Jeremy Soule's Morrowind score underneath. Slow Elder Scrolls atmosphere for reading and deep work.
Old School RuneScape — Classic Relaxing Music
Two hours of 2007-era RuneScape MIDI by Ian Taylor: Flute Salad, Newbie Melody, Scape Soft. Relaxing nostalgia for grinding, or for falling asleep to.
Red Dead Redemption 2 — Relaxing Wilderness Campfire
Three hours at a campfire in Rockstar's American West: crackling wood, night insects, Woody Jackson's score drifting underneath. Western ambience for slow evenings.
Relax Gaming — Chill Video Game Soundtracks
Chill video game music from cozy indies like Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing and A Short Hike. Acoustic, gentle soundtracks to relax to after a long day.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. — Post-Apocalyptic Ambient OST
Zone ambient and campfire guitar songs from S.T.A.L.K.E.R., MoozE's 2007 score through Heart of Chornobyl. Bleak post-apocalyptic ambient music for late nights.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — Ambient Walking Through the Zone in 4K
Almost four hours walking every region of Heart of Chornobyl in 4K — Cordon, Pripyat, the Red Forest, the reactor. Zone ambience with no combat in it.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Ambience — Zaton | Dark Zone Atmosphere & Music for Sleep, Study, Relax
Dark ambience from Zaton, the swamped opening zone of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. Anomaly crackle and brooding music for late-night focus or sleep.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly Ambience — Cordon Rookie Village | Campfire & Zone Atmosphere for Sleep, Study
Cordon Rookie Village ambience from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly mod — campfire crackle, distant Zone wind, and slow drones for sleep or late-night study.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. CoC Atmosphere
Wind over abandoned villages, distant anomalies and Geiger ticks from the Call of Chernobyl mod's Yanov area. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. ambience for focus, gunshots included.
Skyrim Ambience - Tavern by the Fire
A Skyrim tavern by the hearth: crackling fire, a blizzard outside, Jeremy Soule's lute and dulcimer kept low. Cozy fantasy ambience for reading or D&D nights.
Stardew Valley — Relaxing Farm Music
ConcernedApe's Stardew Valley soundtrack in one calm pass — Overture, Cloud Country, Grandpa's Theme. Pixel-farm music for study and slow evenings.
Terraria — Full Soundtrack for Building & Focus
Scott Lloyd Shelly's complete Terraria score. Bright chiptune-adjacent themes for overworld days and quiet caverns, made for very long building sessions.
The Neverhood — Complete Claymation Game Soundtrack
Terry Scott Taylor's full score for The Neverhood, the 1996 claymation adventure — jug-band swing, scat vocals, kazoo. Odd, upbeat background for work.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Peaceful Night in Toussaint
A slow night flight over Beauclair with the Blood and Wine score — moonlit vineyards and lantern light across Toussaint. Witcher 3 music to relax or fall asleep to.
World of Warcraft - Journey Through Azeroth
Slow flyovers of every World of Warcraft zone over the original music by Jason Hayes, Russell Brower and Tracy W. Bush. Fantasy game soundtrack for quiet evenings.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Are these actual game soundtracks?
- These playlists include both official game soundtracks and fan-made ambient mixes inspired by popular video games. You will find everything from iconic OSTs to atmospheric reinterpretations.
- Can I use gaming playlists as background music while playing?
- Yes — many of these playlists work perfectly as alternative in-game soundtracks or background music for tabletop gaming, adding atmosphere without competing with gameplay audio.