#when i got to the chasm in genshin impact I was so excited because mihoyo basically just made a pretty alright horror game

[dream-eating-youkai]

tbh mines are such good untapped Spooky Locations. like, they're isolated, dark and dangerous. Dangerous in multiple ways, in fact; of course there's the obvious danger of collapse or something, and the toll that intense physical labor takes on your body, but there's also the less immediately obvious, but often more severe danger of the thing you're mining. Many of the things humans mine actively kill the miners, things like coal or anything radioactive.

Basically mines, whether abandoned or operational, have all the ingredients for prime Spooky Real Estate. Is there Something in the mine with you? Is it abandoned, empty for a reason you don't know but a Reason nonetheless? Is it killing you quickly, collapsing tunnels and supports? Is it killing you slowly, giving you a persistent cough and wearing your body out? Is it trying to scare you off to get you to leave and never uncover whatever lays at its core? Or is it trying to trap you, to draw you ever deeper with promises of wealth, so it may claim another soul? Really unlimited potential for something scary shame writers don't use mines more often.