Hollow Knight
One of my favorite horror settings in games is in Hollow Knight, a Souls-ish Metroidvania that is definitely not a particularly scary game. Still, at a certain point in your travels, you are bound to fall into Deepnest, a horrifying pit in the heart of Hallownest, Hollow Knight’s underground bug kingdom. There is little light here, obscuring some of your view, and there’s not really any music here either. Instead, you’re forced to constantly listen to the chitter of bugs that can be seen writhing in the foreground of the environments. It is the worst place imaginable, and one of the greatest highlights of the immensely varied and deeply layered world of Hollow Knight, the second best game ever, just behind Bloodborne. You can own Hollow Knight for $7.49, and you should.
