Moody orchestral darkness with a tactical edge. Blackguards Collector's Edition from 2014 on PC is a Dark Eye RPG where you play convicted criminals, and the soundtrack matches that grimy, morally gray energy. "Burn Them All" opens with the subtlety of a fireball to the face.
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"Dance of the Crypt Lice" is somehow both creepy and weirdly fun, and "The Living Forest" has this unsettling organic quality like the trees are deciding whether to kill you. Thirteen tracks that cover swamps, crypts, mountains of tears, and one very unfortunate torturer.
The score keeps things tense without ever letting up on the fantasy atmosphere. If you want a soundtrack for a game where every party member has a criminal record and the forest wants you dead, this is it.