The Gardens Between

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 33
  3. Negative: 4 out of 33
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  1. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 20, 2018
    7
    The Gardens Between
    A short charming puzzle
    The Gardens Between is a puzzle game where you play as 2 friends spending their final day together… And you control both of them… However not separately… The gardens Between takes place across 19 levels and is a little less than 2 and a half hours long… Here you’ll be doing increasingly challenging puzzles involving a lamp… The controls    The Gardens Between
    A short charming puzzle
    The Gardens Between is a puzzle game where you play as 2 friends spending their final day together…
    And you control both of them…
    However not separately…
    The gardens Between takes place across 19 levels and is a little less than 2 and a half hours long…
    Here you’ll be doing increasingly challenging puzzles involving a lamp…
    The controls and Idea is simple... you can move forwards or backwards which will rewind time or progress time… and both characters move simultaneously... so there is no back and forth nonsense going on here exactly…
    there is a bit.. but it’s more of lining things up, passing the light onto the little box helpers in levels, or figuring out codes or ways to line up the environment to get past…
    All with the end goal of getting the light to the end…
    getting over the different environmental obstacles in your way trying to stop this from happening
    nothing ever too difficult which I appreciate…
    it’s a quick little charming brain teaser…
    and I felt the gameplay consistently changing things up slightly as the game goes on while keeping the goal the same…
    but slowly new obstacles will be thrown at you which will carry onto the problem solving of levels throughout..
    There are so many unique and memorable puzzles here…
    this is definitely a game puzzle game fans should give a shot…
    There’s not much of a story and things won’t necessarily challenge you…..
    But there is something special and enjoyable here in the Gardens between
    I give the gardens between
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  2. bergcamp101
    Sep 14, 2020
    7
    Small nice game with a big heart and creative puzzles. Couldn't expect more.
  3. marketbroiler
    Sep 23, 2021
    7
    This game is…okay. It’s a short, linear puzzle game that doesn’t have much of a story and is probably most akin to Captain Toad Treasure Tracker in gameplay. But rather than moving freely you move you characters backward and forward through time, while manipulating their available pathways and objects through time as well. Doing this to get to the end of each stage. It’s got some neatThis game is…okay. It’s a short, linear puzzle game that doesn’t have much of a story and is probably most akin to Captain Toad Treasure Tracker in gameplay. But rather than moving freely you move you characters backward and forward through time, while manipulating their available pathways and objects through time as well. Doing this to get to the end of each stage. It’s got some neat little puzzles and I didn’t mind it being short, but something felt missing. I think it needed a interesting story to dress up the puzzles to keep you wanting to see what was next. A real reward for completing each puzzle. Without the more interesting story, it just felt like it was a string of stand alone puzzles that shouldn’t have bothered with a theme or story at all.… Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Feb 29, 2020
    75
    The Gardens Between's story certainly does not shine but the game features a brilliant concept and artistic design and delivers a truly enjoyable experience.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Feb 26, 2019
    75
    I was impressed with the concept. I just craved more of it and was left with a melancholy feeling myself once the memories ceased. [Issue #37 – January/February 2019, p. 19]
  3. Nintendo Insider
    Feb 25, 2019
    70
    There are fleeting moments of brilliance to the puzzle design in The Gardens Between, but, between them, the pace meanders to the point where my interest started to wane. There can be no doubt that it’s unlike anything else that you will have played before, but, in turn, the wondrous idea that lies at its core never feels like it blossoms into something that manages to enter its stride. The potential and talent is clear, though, and I greatly look forward to seeing what The Voxel Agents create next.
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