History TokenEvilTeammate / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000RogueTrader'': Given the universe, many party members tend to be morally grey. Still, one party member recruited in the late game manages to stand out, even by the standards of the grim darkness of the future, for being utterly, openly, and unrepentantly ''evil'': [[spoiler:the Drukhari Marazhai Aezyrraesh, a sadistic killer who can only join the party and be reined in because he's [[EnemyMine out of options]]]]. Other party members may be shaped by the setting's FantasticRacism, fanaticism, and [[ShootTheDog the harsh necessities of their 'verse]], but [[spoiler:Marazhai]] is just in it ForTheEvulz and won't pretend otherwise.

** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' has three (and a half); Lae'zel, Astarion, Minthara, and Shadowheart. Lae'zel is a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens githyanki]] Fighter [[FantasticRacism who looks down on other races]] and approves of being a cold-hearted brute to everyone you come across. Astarion is a vampire LovableRogue who enjoys murder and underhanded behavior. Minthara is a drow Oath of Vengeance Paladin and {{sadist}}ic BloodKnight [[DefeatMeansFriendship initially]] in service to the BigBad. Shadowheart is a Cleric for a ReligionOfEvil, but acts as a TokenHeroicOrc to them as she has stricter limits on how far she's willing to go in service to her GodOfEvil who she ([[GoodCannotComprehendEvil falsely]]) believes to be [[TheSacredDarkness just misunderstood]]. She [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold approves of selfish behavior, but hesitates to cross the line]] into full-on malice. They [[HeelFaceTurn soften up as the game goes on]] however, unless an evil-aligned PlayerCharacter inspires them to become ''[[VideoGameCrueltyPotential worse]]''.

** Viconia. A skillful healer and a NeutralEvil drow [[LoveRedeems unless you're romancing her in TOB]], which sends her to TrueNeutral. [[spoiler:Regardless, she returns in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' as the BigBad of Shadowheart's storyline, as she was the one who raised her as a TykeBomb.]]
** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' has three (and a half); Lae'zel, Astarion, Minthara, and Shadowheart. Lae'zel is a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens githyanki]] Fighter [[FantasticRacism who looks down on other races]] and approves of being a cold-hearted brute to everyone you come across. Astarion is a vampire LovableRogue who enjoys murder and underhanded behavior. Minthara is a Drow Oath of Vengeance Paladin and {{sadist}}ic BloodKnight [[DefeatMeansFriendship initially]] in service to the BigBad. Shadowheart is a Cleric for a ReligionOfEvil, but acts as a TokenHeroicOrc to them as she has stricter limits on how far she's willing to go in service to her GodOfEvil. She [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold approves of selfish behavior, but hesitates to cross the line]] into full-on malice. [[spoiler:Her questline revolves around you helping her decide whether to [[MoralEventHorizon cross that line]] [[DefectorFromDecadence or not]].]]. They soften up as the game goes on, however.

** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' has three (and a half); Lae'zel, Astarion, Minthara, and Shadowheart. Lae'zel is a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens githyanki]] Fighter [[FantasticRacism who looks down on other races]] and approves of being a cold-hearted brute to everyone you come across. Astarion is a vampire LovableRogue who enjoys murder and underhanded behavior. Minthara is a Drow Oath of Vengeance Paladin and {{sadist}}ic BloodKnight [[DefeatMeansFriendship initially]] in service to the BigBad. Shadowheart is a Cleric for a ReligionOfEvil, but acts as a TokenHeroicOrc to them as she has stricter limits on how far she's willing to go in service to her GodOfEvil. She [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold approves of selfish behavior, but hesitates to cross the line]] into full-on malice. [[spoiler:Her questline revolves around you helping her decide whether to [[MoralEventHorizon cross that line]] [[DefectorFromDecadence or not]].]]

** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' has three (and a half); Lae'zel, Astarion, Minthara, and Shadowheart. Lae'zel is a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens githyanki]] Fighter [[FantasticRacism who looks down on other races]] and approves of being a cold-hearted brute to everyone you come across. Astarion is a vampire LovableRogue who enjoys murder and underhanded behavior. Minthara is a Drow Oath of Vengeance Paladin and {{sadist}}ic BloodKnight in service to the BigBad who's MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers with ''three'' good-aligned companions. Shadowheart is a Cleric for a ReligionOfEvil, but acts as a TokenHeroicOrc to them as she has stricter limits on how far she's willing to go in service to her GodOfEvil. She [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold approves of selfish behavior, but hesitates to cross the line]] into full-on malice. [[spoiler:Her questline revolves around you helping her decide whether to [[MoralEventHorizon cross that line]] [[DefectorFromDecadence or not]].]]

** [[spoiler:Magik, if you get her, in a weird way. When she joins you, she could count as a normal heroine. However, as of ''Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen'', Magik turned out to be EvilAllAlong at the time, so she could've counted. However, for the game, her 'evilness' has been toned down a bit, subverting this trope.]]

** ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2'' has the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} with Songbird, Penance, [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Green]] [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Goblin]], and the [[Characters/MarvelComicsMacGargan Mac Gargan Venom]] (though Eddie Brock is available as his alternate costume). While Songbird is a genuinely reformed supervillainess and Penance is TheAtoner, the latter two only join your group after you [[spoiler:free them from being controlled by the Fold, a hive mind of nanite-possessed people]]. Judging from their dialogue with other characters, where they're total {{Jerkass}}es, they're not too happy about it. The partnership between them and the heroes is a strict EnemyMine to take down their common foe. On the DLC side, Magneto returns along with the introductions of ComicBook/{{Juggernaut}} and ComicBook/{{Carnage}}.

* ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000RogueTrader'': Given the universe, many party members tend to be morally grey. Still, one party member recruited in the late game manages to stand out, even by the standards of the grim darkness of the future, for being utterly, openly, and unrepentantly ''evil'': [[spoiler:the Drukhari Marazhai Aezyrraesh, a sadistic killer who can only join the party and be reined in because he's [[EnemyMine out of options]]. Other party members may be shaped by the setting's FantasticRacism, fanaticism, and [[ShootTheDog the harsh necessities of their 'verse]], but [[spoiler:Marazhai]] is just in it ForTheEvulz and won't pretend otherwise.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': Preceptor Seluvis is this among Ranni the Witch's inner circle. While Blaidd and Iji are both friendly, affable men who are childhood friends of Ranni and is completely loyal to her, Seluvis is a pompous jerkass who's brought onboard only because of his expertise in puppet magic, [[spoiler:and in fact plots to betray her by turning her into a mindless puppet of his own]].

* ''Franchise/{{Blazblue}}'':

** It's revealed in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma'' that [[BloodKnight Azrael]] is one in Sector Seven. At least [[spoiler:Kokonoe]] can be touted as a NominalHero. Azrael is already said to be a villain of the series, though he may be unrelated to whatever the main villains are planning.

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' features DLC character Krieg, an escaped Hyperion test subject transformed into a mutant Badass Psycho, with all the power and insanity that implies. Salvador is up there as well, though he's not as insane and mostly in it for the guns.