Deepen Excursion is an indie puzzle game with a soundtrack that trades the typical ambient-electronic comfort zone for something weirder and more inventive. The title track "Deepen Excursion" establishes a rhythmic, exploratory feel that mirrors the game's sense of diving deeper into abstract spaces.
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"First Person Dream" follows with a hazy, surreal quality -- the kind of track that makes you question whether you're solving puzzles or just wandering through someone's subconscious. "Musical Squares" is aptly named, a track with a geometric, grid-like structure that feels like the music itself is a puzzle.
"Novation Nation" brings more energy and texture, while "Rosamund Snood" has one of those wonderfully odd titles that makes you curious before you even hear a note. "Don't Listen" and "Shade of Blue" pull the mood in more contemplative directions, adding emotional weight to what could otherwise be purely cerebral puzzle music.
"Radio" has a lo-fi, transmitted quality that fits its name, and "Exceeds Preunion" closes the main tracklist with a title as cryptic as the game itself. The bonus "Dee & Bee Remix" of the title track gives you a playful, reimagined take that shows the source material can flex into different shapes.
Ten tracks of strange, absorbing music for a game that clearly values its own atmosphere.