The Gardens Between
Time-bending puzzle adventure across islands built from childhood memories
The Voxel Agents · Released Sep 19, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 2,763
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 7 years ago
- Jun 1, 2019
Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Gardens Between?
In this 3D single-player puzzle adventure, guide Arina and Frendt through dreamlike island gardens, shifting time back and forth to solve puzzles and reach each island's summit. Objects scattered across the islands reveal memories of their childhood friendship.
For you if...
- +you like brief, relaxed puzzle games without time pressure
- +you enjoy stories about friendship told without dialogue
- +you prefer simple controls and time-based spatial puzzles
Not for you if...
- −you want a long game with tougher puzzles
- −you dislike moving back and forth to solve puzzles
What players say
94% of 2,763 reviews are positive
Players praise the time-based puzzles, visual style, music, and friendship story. Some find the game too short or its puzzles too easy, and a few find the back-and-forth movement tedious.
Screenshots and trailer
The Gardens Between system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 7
- Processor
- 1.8 GHz
- Graphics
- Intel HD 4000 Series
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Recommended
- OS
- 10
- Processor
- 2.4 GHz
- Graphics
- GeForce 780
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 17
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
