Erica

Erica is a live-action immersive video game developed by Flavourworks and published by Sony Entertainment. The game was released on August 19, 2019 on PlayStation 4.

Overview
The game is an interactive film with live actors that are not digitally recreated in graphic format. The player controls the actions of the main character Erica, choosing various solutions in the dialogues taking place on the screen or specific actions. Choosing options, the player watches the continuation of the film in accordance with his choice. Some of these decisions will directly affect the course of the story.

According to the developers, while watching a full-length film, players get the opportunity to form their own path in the plot and decide for themselves what events on the screen should be believed.

The Sony's PlayLink system is also supported, which allows you to play using your smartphone.

Plot
The plot of the game revolves around a young woman named Erica, who is haunted by nightmares of the day her father was murdered.

New traumatic events occur, and it is believed that whoever killed her father might come fore her now, and others. Erica travels to Delphi House, a place where both her mother and father worked. A close friend of her father believes that Erica's memories are the key to identifying the killer. In an attempt to get to the truth, Erica will discover a wide variety of secrets about the causes of crimes. But it depends on the actions of the player whether the heroine will reveal the real truth.

Reception
Erica received both positive and mixed reviews, and Metacritic attributes it an aggregated score of 69/100 from 40 critic reviews.

Erica's musical score, composed by Austin Wintory, was nominated for "original composition" awards at the 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards and the 2019 International Film Music Critics Association Awards.