Who's Lila?

Who's Lila?

Released Feb 2022

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

94% positive · 3,730 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $11.99
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Evaluation

Who's Lila? launched on February 23, 2022 and received a small burst of post-launch activity: a soundtrack DLC on March 24, 2022, a palette editor and Steam Workshop feature patch on the same date, and a handful of bug fix patches in the weeks following release. Both DLC items listed on the store (the DAEMON bonus content and the Soundtrack) are marked as released. No further content updates for the game have been made since early 2022. Since then, the developer (Garage Heathen) has shifted focus entirely to new projects — first announcing Dystopian Debugger in August 2023, then announcing a new game called Last Look along Woodward Boulevard in October 2024, and releasing a demo for that new game in July 2025. None of these posts reference additional content planned for Who's Lila?. The game launched as a self-contained narrative experience with 15 endings, and all announced content has shipped. Development of Who's Lila? is complete.
Evidence
Soundtrack DLC and in-game palette editor with Steam Workshop support released — the last update made to Who's Lila?.
news post · Mar 24, 2022 source content shipped
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Who's Lila? launched on February 23, 2022 with 15 endings, achievements, unlockable palettes, and 50+ music tracks.
news post · Feb 24, 2022 source content shipped
high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Released
Mar 2022
Released
Feb 2022

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About this game

Who's Lila is a point-and-click adventure where, instead of choosing dialogue options, you control the character's face manually.


Life’s never been easy for William, but today is special – a girl named Tanya Kennedy suddenly goes missing and the only thing Will's friends know – he was the one to see her last.

Will you remain secretive and make William act as though nothing happened, or will you let true emotions show through his mask?

In Who's Lila, a specifically trained face-recognizing neural network allows you to make this choice! In dialogue, instead of choosing a text option, input facial expressions by moving parts of the character’s face. The neural network will then analyze the emotion and output the result, thus progressing the plot.


Apart from the struggles provided by your own face, you will be met with a gritty dither-punk world of Who’s Lila. Prepare yourself for dream-like landscapes, surreal architecture, steam-filled factory interiors, and David Lynch-inspired beauty of the industrial and the mundane.

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«Sometimes there is fear in the unknown, but we are good detectives and we have to know everything»
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David Lynch

Will you make sense of this strange story, or will you lose yourself in the beautiful mystery? Will you try to discover every possible turn of events, or will you stick to a single storyline?
And most importantly, will you be able to answer the ultimate question:

Who is Lila?

Features:

  • Neural network-powered emotion detection
  • 15 endings and choice-driven gameplay
  • Steam achievements
  • Ditherpunk visual style
  • 6+ hours of gameplay
  • Unlockable palettes
  • 50+ unique soundtrack pieces written specifically for the game
  • And more..
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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