An alternate-history WWI tactics game where a Chinese empire colonizes Siberia, and the soundtrack actually commits to that globe-trotting premise. Steam Squad's 16 tracks bounce from British imperial pomp to Eastern European marches to East Asian motifs without feeling like a geography textbook.
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"The Moscow Nights" carries real melancholy beneath its military cadence. "Forbidden City Assault" shifts the tonal palette entirely, bringing in instrumentation that grounds the Tianxian Empire fiction. "Pubs Go To War" opens with this almost cheeky energy that slowly gets heavier.
The whole score treats its weird alternate timeline seriously, which makes the steampunk setting feel earned rather than gimmicky. If you're into tactical wargames and want a score that matches the ambition of the worldbuilding, give this one a spin.