Soft piano and strings that hit different when it's late and quiet. Till I Reach Your Tomorrow is a visual novel from 2008 and the soundtrack does exactly what those games need, it makes you feel things before anything even happens on screen.
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Smile Girl has this gentle repeating melody that sticks in your head for days. The Town That Forgot God shifts into something heavier with minor key piano that actually carries weight. Crystal Cage layers these delicate synth pads over plucked strings and it just floats.
So many character themes too. If you've ever gotten emotionally wrecked by a VN soundtrack at 3AM, this one belongs in that rotation.