Game Music: 8-Bit, RPG Battle and Stream Background Tracks
Chiptune, RPG battle themes and dark horror ambience for indie games, streams and gaming videos. Download the full MP3, commercial projects included.
Game and stream music
8-bit and RPG tracks come first, followed by a few playful 8-bit tunes and horror ambience from other pages, handy for horror games or funny streams.
13 tracksMP3 192 kbps
Stream Is Live
Energetic chiptune with a square wave lead and catchy melody, made for opening a stream.
Eight-Bit Expedition
Bright, adventurous chiptune with a square wave melody that comes back near the end.
Jumpy Little Hero
Bouncy square wave melody and light noise drums, cheerful and a little silly.
Pixel Village Square
A warm, friendly 8-bit town theme, like a peaceful village in a retro game.
Tiny Puzzle Room
Quick square wave arpeggios and a playful lead, light and clever like a puzzle game.
Heroes Draw Swords
Fast strings, bold brass, timpani and distorted guitar for a heroic RPG battle.
Last Tower Showdown
Staccato strings, heavy brass and distorted guitar for an all-out boss fight.
Lantern in the Dungeon
Low strings, harp arpeggios and an eerie flute-like synth for dungeon exploration.
Hearth and Fiddle
Lute, fiddle and wooden flute in a cozy fantasy RPG inn tune for menus and calm streams.
Pixel Pratfall
An 8-bit comedy tune with quirky leaps in the melody, goofy and fun for outtakes.
Wobbly Robot Walk
A wobbly square wave lead in a light, cartoonish 8-bit tune.
Rust in the Hallway
Low drone, metallic textures and detuned piano, slowly rising dread with no jump scares.
Attic Lullaby
A slightly detuned music box over a low cello drone, quiet and unsettling.
You're free to use this music, commercial projects included. Downloading means you agree to the terms. Read the license
Credit appreciated, not required.
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By use
Podcast
Intro & Outro
Gaming
Business
Vlog & YouTube
Funny
Suspense
Chill
Focus Music
Sleep Music
Lofi
Brown Noise
White Noise
Pink NoiseUsing it in games and streams
- Looping in a game engine
- MP3 files carry a little encoder padding at each end, so looping them directly leaves a tiny gap. Convert to WAV or Ogg before you import into Unity, Godot or a similar engine, then set your loop points.
- Making your own loop
- These tracks have real endings and weren't built as loops. To loop one, jump back to the start at a bar line before the ending and add a 0.5 to 1 second crossfade.
- Stream volume
- Viewers should hear you first, the game second and the music last. In OBS or similar software, add the music as its own audio source, well below your mic, so you can adjust it while you're live.
- Match the footage
- Use battle themes for fights, 8-bit tunes for exploring and puzzles, dark ambience for horror sections and calmer tracks for menus and commentary.
- Game jams
- When a jam leaves no time for music, drop in tracks from here so your game isn't silent, and swap them later if you want.
- Credits
- Credit isn't required, but a line in your game credits or stream description with the track name and link is always appreciated.
Three styles on this page
8-bit tracks use square and triangle waves like old consoles. They're upbeat and work for pixel-art games, retro streams and menu screens.
RPG battle tracks push forward with fast strings, brass and drums, for boss fights, versus matches and highlight reels. The dungeon track is slower and darker, for mazes and puzzles.
Horror ambience has almost no melody, just low drones and sparse piano. Use it for exploring in horror games, or to build tension in a stream.
Game music questions
Can I use it in a game I sell?
Yes. Commercial games on Steam, app stores and elsewhere are included, with no fee and no sign-up. The few things that aren't allowed are listed on the license page, like registering tracks in YouTube's copyright matching system (Content ID), which could lead to copyright claims for other people using them.
Can I play it on Twitch or YouTube streams?
Yes. We haven't registered these tracks in Content ID, YouTube's copyright matching system, so normally playing them on stream won't get you a copyright claim. Each platform has its own rules for music in streams, so check those before you go live.
Why is there a small gap when I loop a track?
MP3 encoding adds a little silence at the start and end. Convert the file to WAV or Ogg and set loop points, or join the copies with a short crossfade in your editor.
Can I remix or rearrange the music?
Yes. You can cut it, change the speed, remix it and combine it with other material. You just can't release a lightly changed version as music on streaming services.