The WhatsNext verdict
If you enjoy Lynchian psychological horror and investigating mysteries through unusual mechanics, Who's Lila? delivers a meaningful face-control system and layered, recontextualizing routes, provided you can tolerate opaque progression and repeated runs.
What it does best
A facial-expression mechanic that is genuinely part of the game’s meaning
A narrative structure built around secrets, routes, and recontextualization
A mystery you piece together from unsettling fragments
Uncanny psychological horror that lingers after play
What might put you off
Opaque branching and repetitive route-hunting
Fiddly facial controls and deliberately rough presentation
The setup
What you are walking into
A reverse-detective point-and-click adventure where, instead of choosing dialogue options, you control the character's face manually.
Where it lives
Genre
Vibe
Up next
