Quiet, broken music box tones that make you feel lost in a ruined building. htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary on PS Vita is one of those dark puzzle games where the soundtrack does all the emotional work. "Cuddle Alone" is this fragile little loop that sounds like it's about to dissolve, and "Bedroom Dream" has soft piano drifting over static-laced pads.
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Then "Away from Shadow" shifts into something more tense and hollow. The 2016 Nightlight Edition even throws in the Yomawari main theme as a bonus, which tells you exactly what vibe they were going for. Most tracks feel like lullabies that went wrong somewhere.
That barely-there production where silence is part of the composition. Put this on if you want background music that makes your room feel like an abandoned hospital ward.