The Gardens Between

The Gardens Between is a single-player adventure-puzzle game that explores time, memory, and friendship. Two best friends, Arina and Frendt, fall into a series of vibrant, dreamlike island gardens filled with everyday objects from their childhood. Together they embark on an emotional journey that examines the significance of their friendship, the memories they have built, what must be let go, and what should never be left behind.

Lost in a mysterious realm where cause and effect are malleable, the friends discover that time flows in all directions. Players manipulate time to solve puzzles and reach the apex of each isle. Follow the duo as they unpack and explore their significant moments together, lighting up constellations and illuminating threads of a bittersweet narrative.

The game is built for uninterrupted play: it works offline, contains no ads or in-app payments, and supports full HID game controllers. It can be played comfortably in landscape or portrait view, and its simple design offers accessible controls with no text, time pressure, or complex UI. Progress is saved safely through Google Play Games cloud saving, and a relaxing ambient soundtrack is provided by feature artist Tim Shiel.

The Gardens Between requires Android 7.0 or newer, at least 2.5GB of RAM, and a bit more than 500MB of storage. For the best experience, high-end phones from 2017 or newer are recommended. The game downloads data files from Google Play and requires storage permission only to read those files; no other files or information are accessed.