Steam Powered Giraffe came back nine years later and somehow the robot cowboy folk-pop got even better. SteamWorld Heist II's vocal soundtrack is this nautical-tinged collection of harmonized weirdness that shouldn't work as game music but absolutely does.
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"Honeybee" is pure vaudeville warmth, the kind of song that makes you stop mid-heist just to listen. "Dancing in Our Graves" goes darker while keeping those signature three-part harmonies locked in. The fact that you hear these songs playing in-game from robot performers who exist in the world is still one of the coolest diegetic music decisions in gaming.
Douglas Holmquist handles the score side with equal care. If you liked the first Heist's bar songs, this is a full tavern upgrade.