
Lose yourself in a dreamlike journey through memory, time, and friendship. Step into the story of Arina and Frendt as you guide them across surreal islands built from cherished childhood moments. With time in your hands and wonder at your feet, explore an evocative world reimagined for VR.
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Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between is a tranquil single-player adventure-puzzle game about time, memory and friendship. With twice the content of the original, Hidden Memories invites you to unlock Arina's personal diary and solve 40+ new puzzles — woven seamlessly into a deeper, more intimate journey.
🧩 40+ New Puzzles – Delightfully inventive puzzles designed exclusively for VR.
🎨 Vibrant Art Style – Beautiful, storybook-inspired islands that you can now visit yourself.
🌟 An Expanded Award-Winning Narrative – Delve deeper with Arina’s illustrated diary offering new insights and perspectives.
✨ Whimsical VR Interactions – Deepen your connection to the story with intuitive, hands-on gameplay.
🌌 Comfortably Immerse Yourself – Relax in serene islands seated or standing with no pressure, fail-states, or complex UI.
Control time itself to solve puzzles built from the emotional architecture of memory. Move time with your hands as dreamlike islands revolve before you — each one a sculpted memory, built from the emotions and objects that shaped Arina and Frendt’s past.
⏳ Manipulate time to solve puzzles and reach the apex of each isle.
🎮 Play retro video games, wield paintbrushes, and dig for dino bones at the museum.
🧸 Interact with objects to solve puzzles - from childhood toys to symbolic tools of self-expression.
🌙 Discover surreal dreamscapes where every detail carries emotional weight.
☑️ Playtime for most players: Roughly 4 - 8 hours depending on puzzle solving confidence.
Through Arina’s evolving diary, experience the subtle, sometimes bittersweet shifts of a childhood bond growing older. Each island captures a turning point, a feeling, or a forgotten moment—rendered in vivid color and texture. Explore themes of memory, growth, and the spaces between people.
Delve deeper into the story through Arina's diary entries and artistic evolution.
Venture into the moments that defined their friendship—and changed them forever.
See the past with new perspective, in a world made to be felt as much as seen.
Winner of 14 awards, including: 'Game of the Year', Webby 'Best Puzzles', and the 'Apple Design Award', as well as twenty more international nominations including IGF 'Excellence in Visual Art'.
Hidden Memories (VR) praised by press: 9/10 Gaming Trend, 8/10 , 8/10 GeekGasm, 8.5/10 The VR Realm, 8/10 Use A Potion, 8/10 IndieGames.eu, 7.5/10 PixelByteGaming, 8.5/10 MKAU Gaming.
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese +1 more
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When I first Heard of the VR Hidden Memories, I unfortunately kind of wrote it off as 'just' a port of the Mobile game original. But this really isnt the case, is a spin-off companion game that adds to the original game with original VR elements. The upside of this there is more to this game than I originally thought, the downside is, it does feel slightly incomplete as the original had more 'story' in it than this which is fine if you played the original but without it I feel like it makes the story more vague than intended and the characters bond a little weaker. The gameplay consists of two elements, the linear time travel, you basically more the characters forward or backwards on a timeline but have some objects that need to be pressed to manipulate or timeline path they take. The second is effectively a Hidden object items hidden around the little diorama to fine, this is mostly for completion’s sake it's optional but is where the bulk of the VR gameplay derives from. however a few of the puzzles here are a bit more involved and have you doing math and a few basic mini games. I think the games format works well for VR the little Diorama style world is fun and quant. The controls could use some tweaking I found the grabbing to be a little overzealous and on Pimax touching the grip (not pressing) would trigger grab leading to a lot of accidental inputs The game took me about 3.6 hours to beat doing most but not all of the optional bits, a completionist might take 4.5 hours at a guess. Overall I think if you played the original game I would recommend it and if you are into just kind of easy chill puzzle games I would recommend the game.
🌿 Hidden Memories of the Gardens Between überzeugt mit einer wunderschönen Atmosphäre und einem charmanten Grafikstil. Das Spiel erklärt sich intuitiv selbst, sodass man direkt eintauchen kann, ohne lange Anleitungen zu brauchen. Die rund 40 Level sorgen für viel Spielspaß, da die Rätsel angenehm abwechslungsreich und unterschiedlich schwer sind – mal entspannt lösbar, mal fordernd. Wer ein stimmungsvolles Rätsel-Adventure mit ruhiger Erzählweise sucht, wird hier definitiv fündig. Klare Empfehlung! ✅ Schaut euch gerne mein Video Review an: Hidden Memories of the Gardens Between VR - Test & Review – Wunderschönes Rätsel-Adventure https://youtu.be/kXcHwLq5To4
My two minute review here: https://youtu.be/PYr8rRR71o8?si=ySwoK_KOVTy0ashb I think this game is good if priced less than 10 dollars. Very pleasant graphics and relaxing atmosphere. Puzzles are simple, VR interactions are really limited, no physics, and clunky controls at times. Overall: buy it on sale.
très chouette puzzle game. On évolue dans des espèces de dioramas où on suit un parcours dans les souvenirs de 2 enfants On fait avancer et remonter le temps pour intervenir sur éléments qui permettent de progresser. Il faut être attentifs aux détails Visuellement c'est très réussi, les persos sont bien animés. Je dirai que son seul défaut est au niveau des contrôles. On doit "attraper" le vide pour déplacer notre point de vue (un peu comme dans Demeo), ce qui en soit fonctionne très bien; mais comme c'est la même touche pour attraper les objets, il n'est pas rare d'attraper un objet du décors plutôt que de se déplacer. Ça n'en reste pas moins un très joli et reposant jeu d'énigme
ну ни чё так, для релакса пойдёт..)
7/10 - nostalgia Didn't play 2018, 'the garden between', only this VR. Charming cute visuals, music. the 'time winding puzzles' are weak, easy.. may put off some people early. but finishing the 'Art book' of each stage gets clever and fun. and nice finish, ending, where most vr games fail. Total 7 hours game-play blind, easy it may seem, got me stuck few times! Good VR experience for all age and 8-90's nostalgia for adults. Surprised there aren't many reviews, and most steam achievements at 10%'s, worked well with Quest 3 + VD Streamer.
excelente juego de chill, simple y bonito.
Works on Reverb G2. Disclaimer: I've received this game for free via Curator Connect. HMotGB is a VR port of The Garden Between with additional puzzles and hidden object mechanics. I've never saw any other game that would almost double its amount of content for a VR version before. It is a casual puzzle based around time manipulation with cozy atmosphere and diorama-like miniature levels, that look great in VR. The difficulty is quite low, but it's not insultingly easy, and new hidden object interactions add their own unique challenges. The game runs smoothly and I've encountered no bugs during 4+ hours of playtime. HMotGB is currently a hidden gem with only 4 Steam reviews and 20 Quest ones, probably due to lack of marketing. I've only heard the game briefly mentioned once on Youtube, before getting the review copy.
Great, occasionally dreamlike, diorama style puzzle game with soft lo-fi music to help you drift through the adventure. Puzzles are mostly fun and simplistic with only a couple headscratchers (usually environmental based logic required). VR interactions are minimal as this was originally a mobile game, but the few VR interactions that are implemented were used well. Clearable in roughly 4 hours though mileage may vary depending on completionists. Serene but fun, and family friendly.
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