Deal overview

Cris Tales Original Soundtrack is currently 95% off on Gog — down to $0.49 from $9.99.

At 95% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Cris Tales Original Soundtrack reaches on Gog — near its typical floor.

That works out to $9.50 off the Gog list price of $9.99.

This deal is for the PC version. Click View Deal to open the official Gog page — prices and regional availability are confirmed at checkout, not by GamesCreed.

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About this game

How it plays

This isn’t a game you install, it’s the score that plays underneath one. The Cris Tales soundtrack collects the music written for the RPG of the same name, a turn-based adventure about a time mage named Crisbell who can see a location’s past and future laid out alongside its present. That structural gimmick, three timelines on screen at once, gives the composers something unusual to write for: cues that need to carry a sense of decay and hope simultaneously, since you’re often looking at what a place used to be and what it’s becoming in the same frame. Expect the kind of orchestral, melody-forward writing that old-school JRPG fans associate with Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI, since those are the games Cris Tales was explicitly built to evoke. If you’ve played the game, this is a way to revisit specific story beats and battle themes without booting up a save file. If you haven’t, it works as a standalone listen for anyone who likes fairy-tale fantasy scoring with real emotional range.

Who it’s for

This is squarely for people who already care about game music as its own thing, not just background noise. If you finished Cris Tales and want the themes on your phone for a commute, or you’re a soundtrack collector who picks up scores the way other people pick up vinyl, this fits right in. It’s also worth a look for anyone drawn to hand-animated, storybook-style RPGs who wants a preview of the game’s mood before committing to it. It’s a much tougher sell if you have zero interest in the source game or in orchestral RPG scoring generally. There’s no gameplay here, no bonus content beyond the music itself, so if you were hoping for art, commentary, or extras bundled in, temper your expectations.

Is it worth it?

Soundtracks like this live or die on how much you already love the game or the genre of music it represents. For someone who connected with Cris Tales’ story and wants to keep that world close, owning the score outright feels like a natural extension of that attachment, the kind of purchase you don’t regret because you’ll actually return to it. For a curious bystander, it’s a lower-stakes way to sample the game’s tone before buying the RPG proper. Either way, it’s the sort of niche, low-risk pickup that makes a lot more sense when it’s discounted, since you’re paying for a listening experience rather than hours of gameplay. If it shows up on sale on GOG, that’s the moment to grab it rather than paying full price on a whim.

Quick facts

Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG (soundtrack release). Developer: Dreams Uncorporated, SYCK. Publisher: Maximum Entertainment. Platform: PC via GOG. Release date: July 20, 2021.