The Gardens Between
Puzzle
Manipulate Time In A Surreal World.
- Rating
- 3.9
- 765 ratings
- Downloads
- 67.4K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- $4.99
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Oct 10
- 2025 · v1.10
Screenshots
About The Gardens Between
The Gardens Between is a single-player adventure-puzzle game about time, memory and friendship.
"A masterwork."
- The Guardian
“An incredibly clever puzzle formula.”
- Nintendo Life
"Full of creative touches and small magical moments."
- GameSpot
"A magical journey that’s well worth your time."
- Polygon
“You really need to play it.”
- Engadget
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: the memories they’ve 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 find that time flows in all directions. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and reach the apex of each isle. Follow the duo as they unpack and explore their significant moments spent together, lighting up constellations and illuminating threads of a bittersweet narrative.
BUILT FOR YOU
• Play offline - anywhere, anytime
• Enjoy uninterrupted: no ads, no in-app payments
• Play your own way with full HID game controller support
• Play comfortably in landscape or portrait view
• Simple design; accessible controls, no text, time pressure or complex UI
• Your progress is safe with Google Play Games cloud saving
• Relaxing, ambient soundtrack by feature-artist Tim Shiel
AWARDS
• 'Best Puzzle Game’ Winner - Webby Awards 2019
• 'Game of the Year' Winner - AGDA 2018
• 'Most Innovative Game' Winner - Game Two 2018
• ‘Best Technology’ Winner - Sense Of Wonder Night 2018
• Plus another twenty industry award nominations. See full list at thegardensbetween.com
REQUIREMENTS
• Android 7.0 or newer
• At least 2.5GB ram
• Requires a bit more than 500mb of storage
• For the best gaming experience we recommend high-end phones from 2017, or newer
PERMISSIONS
The Gardens Between is a large game that downloads game data files from Google Play. The READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is required by the Unity Game Engine to read these files from Google Play after they have been downloaded. We do not read any other files or information on your storage.
CONTENT CREATORS
Video creators, podcast creators, and streamers: We would love to see your content on Youtube, Twitch and beyond! We support and promote channel creators so please feel free to share your experiences with the game. You have our permission to promote and monetize your content.
"A masterwork."
- The Guardian
“An incredibly clever puzzle formula.”
- Nintendo Life
"Full of creative touches and small magical moments."
- GameSpot
"A magical journey that’s well worth your time."
- Polygon
“You really need to play it.”
- Engadget
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: the memories they’ve 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 find that time flows in all directions. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and reach the apex of each isle. Follow the duo as they unpack and explore their significant moments spent together, lighting up constellations and illuminating threads of a bittersweet narrative.
BUILT FOR YOU
• Play offline - anywhere, anytime
• Enjoy uninterrupted: no ads, no in-app payments
• Play your own way with full HID game controller support
• Play comfortably in landscape or portrait view
• Simple design; accessible controls, no text, time pressure or complex UI
• Your progress is safe with Google Play Games cloud saving
• Relaxing, ambient soundtrack by feature-artist Tim Shiel
AWARDS
• 'Best Puzzle Game’ Winner - Webby Awards 2019
• 'Game of the Year' Winner - AGDA 2018
• 'Most Innovative Game' Winner - Game Two 2018
• ‘Best Technology’ Winner - Sense Of Wonder Night 2018
• Plus another twenty industry award nominations. See full list at thegardensbetween.com
REQUIREMENTS
• Android 7.0 or newer
• At least 2.5GB ram
• Requires a bit more than 500mb of storage
• For the best gaming experience we recommend high-end phones from 2017, or newer
PERMISSIONS
The Gardens Between is a large game that downloads game data files from Google Play. The READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is required by the Unity Game Engine to read these files from Google Play after they have been downloaded. We do not read any other files or information on your storage.
CONTENT CREATORS
Video creators, podcast creators, and streamers: We would love to see your content on Youtube, Twitch and beyond! We support and promote channel creators so please feel free to share your experiences with the game. You have our permission to promote and monetize your content.
What’s new
Version 1.10 · Updated October 10, 2025
- Added Vibrations/Haptics for supported devices - Added support for 16KB page sizes for Android 15.0+ - Fixed Unity Security Vulnerbility (Sep-2025-1) Thanks for playing #TheGardensBetween <3 Tweet @TheVoxelAgents with your favourite moment! Or find us on Instagram, Facebook or Youtube.
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User reviews
Loved this game so much I bought it!!
Just Beautiful 🥰
Absolutely beautiful, so intricate and thoughtfully designed. Maybe one of the best games I've ever played. I would play worlds and worlds of this, but the story as it was is perfect. Love the bittersweet ending and the music was gorgeous. 10/10
Awesome game play and great take on the happiness of childhood! Simple story line but fleshed out extremely well, love this game!
Visually this game is enchanting. The first few areas are quite simple but don't let that put you off. That the developer managed to make the game challenging with such simple controls is a great accomplishment, perfect for mobile play. What a beautiful game.
Beautiful game, fun puzzles that aren't too challenging, lots of lateral thinking in both game design and game play.
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| App | Rating | Price | Installs | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gardens Between | 3.9 / 5 | $4.99 | 50,000+ | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1 | 4.6 / 5 | 0.99 USD | 50,000+ | Dec 14, 2015 | Compare |
| Krystopia: Nova's Journey | 3.6 / 5 | 5.99 USD | 500+ | Oct 20, 2020 | Compare |
| AntVentor: Puzzle adventure | 3.9 / 5 | 1.99 USD | 10,000+ | Oct 27, 2025 | Compare |
| Layton: Curious Village in HD | 4.5 / 5 | 9.99 USD | 100,000+ | Sep 18, 2025 | Compare |
| TOHU | 3.8 / 5 | 9.99 USD | 5,000+ | Sep 24, 2021 | Compare |
| Infamous Machine | 4.6 / 5 | 2.99 USD | 100,000+ | Aug 25, 2020 | Compare |
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