aid: gardens
name: Gardens
description: >-
  Gardens (Gardens Interactive) is a distributed, remote-first video game studio
  founded in 2021 by veterans of Journey, What Remains of Edith Finch, Sky:
  Children of the Light, Blaseball, Dustforce, Guild Wars 2, and Firewatch. The
  studio builds lush, living worlds that bring players together to cultivate
  lasting friendships, and is developing an upcoming shared fantasy adventure — an
  ever-evolving online multiplayer sandbox set in a shapeshifting, unpredictable
  wilderness filled with mystery and magic, designed around meaningful moments
  shared between strangers. Co-founded by Chris Bell, Lexie Dostal, and Stephen
  Bell and based primarily out of Portland and Los Angeles, Gardens raised a
  $31.3M Series A co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. As a game studio, Gardens
  publishes no public developer API, SDK, or developer portal; this profile
  captures its identity within the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gardens/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-industry: gaming
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://gardens.dev/favicon.ico
tags:
- Company
- Gaming
- Game Studio
- Video Games
- Interactive Entertainment
- Multiplayer
- Indie Games
- Lightspeed Portfolio
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gardens-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://gardens.dev
- type: Blog
  url: https://gardens.dev/blog/
- type: Careers
  url: https://gardens.dev/careers
- type: Press
  url: https://gardens.dev/press
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://gardens.dev/privacy-policy
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gardens-games/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/gardensdevs
- type: Bluesky
  url: https://bsky.app/profile/gardens.dev
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@GardensDevs
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/gardensdevs/
- type: TikTok
  url: https://www.tiktok.com/@gardensdevs
- type: Steam
  url: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/GardensInteractive
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence