Acoustic guitar and soft strings that sound like sitting by an actual fire while the world goes quiet around you. The Last Campfire, from Hello Games of all studios, has this tender little score that wraps around its puzzle gameplay like a wool blanket.
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"Lost in the Marshlands" layers gentle piano over ambient textures that make you forget you're solving block puzzles, and "Forest King Awakens" shifts into something more mythic with deep cello and choir swells. "Snake Cave Wanderings" gets appropriately eerie without ever breaking the cozy spell.
The whole thing feels handcrafted and small in the best way. If you want a soundtrack that makes everything feel okay for a couple hours, this is it.