Video Game Music · GenresWhat is video game music?
Described simply, video game music is music which is featured in video games. This can encompass anything from the 8-bit tunes of early Nintendo games to the orchestral suites which back many of today's games.
About video game music
This tag can also be used to describe bands or artists who perform cover versions of songs from video games. Strictly speaking, licensed music that is featured in games (such as the soundtracks to many EA Sports or Tony Hawk games) could be considered video game music; but this is generally not considered accurate.
From Last.fm, where 10,236 listeners have tagged music as video game music.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Silent Hill 2Akira Yamaoka
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestDavid Wise
Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack植松伸夫
Terraria SoundtrackScott Lloyd Shelly
FINAL FANTASY XV Original Soundtrack下村陽子
Minecraft - Volume AlphaC418
Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack浜渦正志
Silent Hill 2 Original SoundtracksAkira Yamaoka
Video Game Music songs
- Snake Eater by Cynthia Harrell
- Zombies on Your Lawn by Laura Shigihara
- Prisonic Fairytale by Akira Yamaoka
- Overdose Delusion by Akira Yamaoka
- Pianissimo Epilogue by Akira Yamaoka
- Your Rain by Akira Yamaoka
- Angel's Thanatos by Akira Yamaoka
- Heaven's Night by Akira Yamaoka
- A World of Madness by Akira Yamaoka
- Secunda by Jeremy Soule
Video Game Music on Risocast
Baldur's Gate 3 (Original Game Soundtrack)Borislav Slavov · 2023
SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACKSEGA SOUND TEAM · 2006
DarkmatterNighthawk22 · 2007
SIGNALIS: MEMORIES (Side B)1000 Eyes · 2025
Demon's Souls Original SoundtrackSIE Sound Team · 2020
Cookie ClickerC418 · 2021
ICO～霧の中の旋律～SIE Sound Team · 2002
Dark Cloud Original SoundtrackSIE Sound Team · 2001
The Day Of NightAkira Yamaoka
The Sound of MyselfDisasterpeaceEnd of Small SanctuaryAkira Yamaoka · 2003
Nod-KraiHOYO-MiX
Neighbouring genres
In the other family. All genres
darkwavecoldwavechoralbig beatchiptunedigicorechansoncrunkdembowdarksynthcontemporary christiandjentQuestions
- What is video game music?
- Described simply, video game music is music which is featured in video games. This can encompass anything from the 8-bit tunes of early Nintendo games to the orchestral suites which back many of today's games. This tag can also be used to describe bands or artists who perform cover versions of songs from video games.
- Who are the best-known video game music artists?
- By Last.fm listening: SEGA Sound Team, Omori, Toby Fox, Capcom Sound Team, 植松伸夫 and 下村陽子.
- What genres are similar to video game music?
- On Risocast it sits with darkwave, coldwave, choral, big beat, chiptune and digicore.
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Updated 6 October 2026
Risocast HelpA music log that fills itself in. It records the songs you play on your computer and your phone, turns them into your top songs, stats and a public profile, and finds people whose taste overlaps with yours.
Yes. The app and the website are free.
A song counts once half of it has played, or four minutes — whichever comes first. Songs of 30 seconds or less, and videos or podcasts over 20 minutes, never count.
On Windows, anything that shows up in Windows' media controls: Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Deezer, browsers, foobar2000, Windows Media Player and more (VLC, iTunes and MusicBee through their free media-controls plugin). On Android, any music app — it reads the same now-playing info your lock screen shows. You can also connect Spotify or import from Last.fm.
Yes. Plays are counted on your device and sent when you're back online, and the phone app opens without a connection.
It does the same core job — scrobbling, automatically — without plugins per player, and adds taste matching: see who listens like you and how much your taste overlaps.
Your profile and listening are public so people with similar taste can find you, unless you make your profile private (then only your buddies see it); your email never is. Nothing is sold and there are no ads; anonymous usage analytics (Microsoft Clarity, Google Analytics) show what to improve. See the privacy policy for the details.
More in Help, the guides and the privacy policy.
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