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The 25 best video game soundtracks of all time

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23 games

Games in this list, in the article's order

The writer's editorial order from the original article. We index, we don't re-rank.

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Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
2001 ·50 writers · 88 pieces
→02
Undertale
Undertale
2015 ·51 writers · 40 pieces
→03
Persona 5
Persona 5
2016 ·60 writers · 101 pieces
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Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas
2010 ·115 writers · 257 pieces
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Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed II
2009 ·6 writers · 4 pieces
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Baldur's Gate III
Baldur's Gate III
2023 ·252 writers · 1157 pieces
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BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite
2013 ·43 writers · 69 pieces
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Transistor
Transistor
2014 ·26 writers · 25 pieces
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Journey
Journey
2012 ·34 writers · 69 pieces
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII
1997 ·20 writers · 16 pieces
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2020 ·136 writers · 337 pieces
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Dark Souls
Dark Souls
2011 ·40 writers · 36 pieces
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1998 ·18 writers · 19 pieces
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Halo 3
Halo 3
2014 ·41 writers · 44 pieces
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Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64
1996 ·21 writers · 21 pieces
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
1992 ·15 writers · 12 pieces
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Minecraft
Minecraft
2016 ·91 writers · 92 pieces
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Doom
Doom
2016 ·86 writers · 107 pieces
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Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley
2016 ·219 writers · 609 pieces
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NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata
2017 ·109 writers · 175 pieces
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Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy
2004 ·8 writers · 5 pieces
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
2015 ·31 writers · 32 pieces
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The Last of Us
The Last of Us
2013 ·42 writers · 61 pieces
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