This image is taken from the most effective 1st person horror game created named Amnesia: the Dark Descent.
In this game light is a friend - a friend whose presence you will constantly yearn for as there are few sources of light and barely any well lit rooms or areas. Light is important in game not only for path finding but also to keep your character sane. The less light your character is exposed to, the more distorted his perception of things and his surroundings become.
The lighting from this picture well represents the usual lighting in the game. Small amount of light just enough to give you a sense of direction but useless when it comes inspecting or examining things. The lighting is also particularly here as it obscures the figure in the center whose a sort of "bogey man" that must be avoided in order to survive. Obscuring this "bogey man" makes him more mysterious but as the same time more terrifying as the player has no idea what to expect from him except a swift horrible death.
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