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The Gardens Between

The Gardens Between

Released: 9/20/2018

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. FEATURES Manipulate time to solve ingenious puzzles Vibrant, storybook-inspired art style Dreamy tale of adventure, friendship and growing-up More than twenty gorgeous and surreal gardens islands to explore Accessible design; simple controls, no text, speech, time pressure or complex UI Relaxing ambient soundtrack by feature-artist Tim Shiel

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. FEATURES Manipulate time to solve ingenious puzzles Vibrant, storybook-inspired art style Dreamy tale of adventure, friendship and growing-up More than twenty gorgeous and surreal gardens islands to explore Accessible design; simple controls, no text, speech, time pressure or complex UI Relaxing ambient soundtrack by feature-artist Tim Shiel

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. FEATURES Manipulate time to solve ingenious puzzles Vibrant, storybook-inspired art style Dreamy tale of adventure, friendship and growing-up More than twenty gorgeous and surreal gardens islands to explore Accessible design; simple controls, no text, speech, time pressure or complex UI Relaxing ambient soundtrack by feature-artist Tim Shiel

Critics
80
Steam
94
Metacritic
71

Score Breakdown

80.2

Critic Average

61 reviews

94

Steam User Score

2,734 reviews

71

Metacritic User Score

68 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-13.6
Metacritic Disparity
+9.2
Combined Disparity
-2.2

Average of both sources

Review Timing

26 early (43%)29 launch window (48%)6 late (10%)