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The Gardens Between cover art

The Gardens Between

The Voxel Agents · 2018-09-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 16, 2022 (PlayStation 5), May 17, 2019 (iOS), Nov 30, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 20, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Nov 01, 2020 (Google Stadia), Sep 20, 2018 (Mac)

The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

1
playing now
94%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (94 ratings)
3.6h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 3.9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Gardens Between is an adventure/puzzle video game developed by Australian studio The Voxel Agents and published in September 2018 for Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4. It was later released for Xbox One in 2018, iOS in 2019, Android in 2020, and PlayStation 5 in 2022. A version for Meta Quest and Steam VR headsets with new elements was released as Hidden Memories of the Gardens Between in 2025. The game, which conveys its story through visuals and gameplay rather than dialogue or narration, follows two children, Arina and Frendt, in the treehouse in a garden between their houses. In a dreamscape, they progress through sets of island levels, each representing different shared experiences. The characters walk along a path that winds through each level, and the player solves environment-based puzzles that prevent the pair from reaching and activating a portal at the end of the path. To do so, the player controls the flow of time forwards and backwards and causes the characters to interact with nearby objects and spheres of light, rather than moving the pair directly.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (173 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 69k–165k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,758 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2023-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16616620182026Week of 2018-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.392018-09-142026-08-262018-09-14 — best price $19.992018-10-29 — best price $15.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-01-11 — best price $12.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-05-27 — best price $7.992019-08-12 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $8.992020-01-13 — best price $3.992020-01-28 — best price $19.992020-04-14 — best price $19.992020-06-15 — best price $6.192020-08-17 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-14 — best price $4.592021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-11-08 — best price $5.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-03-26 — best price $3.992022-06-20 — best price $19.992022-08-29 — best price $3.992022-10-17 — best price $19.992023-01-02 — best price $19.992023-04-24 — best price $2.592023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $9.992024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $6.792025-07-10 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $8.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6552026-05-20 — 10 pageviews2026-05-23 — 9 pageviews2026-05-26 — 5 pageviews2026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-13 — 25 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 30 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 36 pageviews2026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-01 — 19 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-07 — 15 pageviews2026-07-10 — 15 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 11 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 17 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 47 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
60.5%
earned "Great Catch!"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)20,52470%17
PS5 (PlayStation)9,29686%18
PS4 (PlayStation)7,72289%18
Steam (Steam)2,52643%17
Switch (Nintendo)670%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

LogicShortLinearPuzzleMysterySurrealRelaxingEmotionalNarrativeNostalgia

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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