The Gardens Between Reviews
A bittersweet tale of friendship that is masterfully presented through carefully designed puzzles revolving around time manipulation.
The Voxel Agents have managed to knit a clever game concept around time manipulation with only one key plus analog stick and completely without text, which not only becomes a bit more complex from level to level, but also hardly repeats itself. If you don't mind the short playing time, The Gardens Between is a wonderfully playful and pretty puzzle adventure that's perfect for in between.
Review in German | Read full review
In The Gardens Between, a new puzzle and adventure game from The Voxel Agents, the central idea is to manipulate time. It is a puzzle game with relatively simple mechanics: you move back and forth in time, following two friends while carrying a flashlight to the top of a small island. Read our review.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
The Gardens Between is a charming, engaging, and inventive puzzler with the potential to really draw you into its world of bittersweet nostalgia. While the puzzles may lack some teeth for the brain game veteran, there's plenty of fun to be had here.
If you love indie adventure and puzzle games and more importantly looking for an impressive experience that could remind you of your childhood memories you should definitely play The Gardens Between. this game is a magnificent experience and will bring you one of the best two hours of your life.
Review in Persian | Read full review
The game design and narrative blend harmoniously, while sustained with a full-fledged soundtrack and colorful world, The Garden's Between stands out thanks to its ingenious puzzles and a simple approach on telling a small adventure full of details.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
The Gardens Between is a well-needed bite of escapism, both for the two protagonists as for the player. With cute and, more importantly, uniquely clever diorama set pieces, this tiny adventure that spans just a few hours feels as innovative as it is refreshing and heartfelt.
Overall, The Gardens Between is not particularly complex or subtle with the linear-nature of its puzzle-solving and familiar story, but the level of creativity and depth the game reaches with its uncomplicated parts is not to be understated.
A beautifully told tale of childhood memories wrapped around an inventive, if overly short puzzler, The Gardens Between nonetheless remains a warm and touching experience that deserves your time.
The Gardens Between is a beautiful and innovative journey to the memories; memories of friendship and kindness that will make you wonder. If only the journey was not so short, it could've been one of the best experiences you'll ever have.
Review in Persian | Read full review
The Gardens Between is a great way to spend autumn evening, when the bare branches unfriendly huddle outside the window, and the soul is filled with melancholy. It's time to get into the boat of memories and float in the past.
Review in Russian | Read full review
The Garden Between is a title whose narrative and aesthetics make it certainly attractive, but the design of the puzzles always remains in a quasi, being a good gameplay but that does not get to take advantage.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
The Garden Between is a nice story on the themes of friendship, that puts its focus on memory and growth. The game features pleasant and original mechanics, but the lack of longevity and some faults in the gameplay component penalize the title greatly.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The Gardens Between is a game that's overall pretty fun to play, but also one that won't leave you with very much in the end: a not so insignificant flaw for something that's trying to celebrate the value of remembrance.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The Gardens Between is an enjoyable and minimalistic adventure that has you watching two friends ascend abstract memory islands. The puzzle mechanics involving time manipulation are simple, but deliver ample variety over the short journey.
The Gardens Between has managed to stand out from similar puzzle games with style and atmosphere.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
The Gardens Between is almost a truly great puzzle game, but it gets hung up in a couple of small areas.
Control time itself in this charming puzzle game from The Voxel Agents.
The Gardens Between does not need a single word to bring the players to its world, this is a fully immersive game that features a gorgeous art style, a self-communicating plot and innovative gameplay mechanics, in an effort that will invite players to a journey that is both physical and emotional.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
The main strength of The Gardens Between is the deeper meaning found within. It utilises a largely voiceless and textless narrative to great effect. Not only is this an impressive feat on its own, it showcases the brilliance of the medium. This game eschews tradition to draw players into a fascinating world. As they witness the memories shared by Arina and Frendt, they may find themselves recalling their own childhood. While those memories aren't always the kind one can look back on with fondness, their significance can't be understated or forgotten. They are what shape us.