The Gardens Between is a single-player adventure-puzzle game about time, memory and friendship.
Best friends Arina and Frendt fall into a series of vibrant, dreamlike island gardens peppered with everyday objects from their childhood. Together they embark on an emotional journey that examines the significance of their friendship.
Manipulate time to solve puzzles and reach the apex of each isle. Follow the duo as they unpack and explore their precious moments spent together, lighting up constellations and illuminating threads of a bittersweet narrative.
Vibrant, storybook-inspired art style
Dreamy tale of adventure, friendship and growing-up
Gorgeous single player experience with a meaningful personal story
Bespoke ingenious puzzles require the manipulation of time to solve
Accessible design; simple controls, and no text, speech, time pressure or complex UI
Relaxing, ambient soundtrack by feature-artist Tim Shiel
Play in full detail on your gorgeous 4k screen
"Magical moments."
- GameSpot
"Incredibly clever."
- Nintendo Life
"Every element works in unison."
- Shindig.nz
"A magical journey."
- Polygon
"You really need to play it."
- Engadget
'Excellence In Art' Winner IMGA 2020
'Apple Design Award' Winner 2019
'Best Puzzles' Winner Webby Awards 2019
Apple 'Mac Game of the Year' Winner 2018
'Game of the Year' Winner at the Australia Game Developer Awards 2018
'Most Innovative Game' Winner by Game Two 2018
'Best Technology' Winner at Sense Of Wonder Night 2018
'Best of MIX' Winner at MIX Seattle 2018
'Game Design Excellence' Winner BIC Fest 2017
This was a short and sweet puzzle game. The puzzles don't really iterate in difficulty but the settings have enough environmental texture and meaning to create a cool time.
Found the puzzles challenging enough to be engaging, but never obtuse enough to be frustrating. Good as the puzzles were, however, it's the game's bittersweet tone that really stuck with me. Easy recommend if you like pretty, melancholic games. I could just stare at the main menu for, like, an hour.
The Gardens Between costs $19.99.
Minimum: Minimum: OS: 7 Processor: 1.8 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 Series DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: OS: 10 Processor: 2.4 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 780 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space
The Gardens Between is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.
The Gardens Between has 100% positive reviews from 4 players. Metacritic score: 80/100.
The Gardens Between was released on Sep 19, 2018.
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