Seven untitled tracks of pure unsettling atmosphere is exactly what a game about absorbing sentinels on a surreal landscape should sound like. Sentinel Returns on PS1 took the original's eerie stillness and wrapped it in late-90s ambient electronica.
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The compositions hover in this space between dark ambient and minimal techno, never fully committing to either. Just tension. Some tracks build from almost nothing into these slow, pulsing drones that sit right at the edge of uncomfortable.
Others feel more like distant transmissions from somewhere you shouldn't be hearing from. The whole soundtrack treats silence as an instrument, which is perfect for a strategy game that's basically a fever dream. If you play anything for the vibes, Sentinel Returns delivers on pure dread.