Baby Steps

Platforms

• PC

  Sep 23, 2025

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  8.0

  playscore

  7.5

  13 Critics

  9.0

  2.72K Players
• PlayStation 5

  Sep 23, 2025

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  NA

  playscore

  7.5

  12 Critics

  NA

  0 Players

21 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  Impulse Gamer

  6.8

  If you don't mind the sim-heavy frustrations related to the controls in Baby Steps, you'll enjoy Nate's adventure and all his gaffs and the game's brand of humour.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  TheSixthAxis

  6.0

  As literal a walking simulator as you could want for, Baby Steps makes no secret of being a challenging, punishing game.

  Reviewed on PC

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  PlayStation Universe

  8.5

  Good Lord, commitment has never felt so fulfilling, but does Baby Steps stumble onwards and upwards or fall flat on its face?

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  Finger Guns

  8.0

  Verdict 8 10 0 1 With intentionally difficult physics-based gameplay, Baby Steps can bring out the worst or best in you.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  PressStartAustralia

  7.5

  Baby Steps is exactly all it’s advertised to be. A clumsy, physics-first walking simulator that places an unwashed oaf at the heart of a very odd world.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  Push Square

  8.0

  Baby Steps is more than it first appears, offering up a heartfelt story about a man grappling with his insecurities as he's forced to keep going. The intentionally tricky walking and climbing is a lot of fun to grapple with, and there's plenty of silly stuff to discover in the open world setting. Your mileage may vary due to various factors, not least the amount of punishment you'll take as you scramble up the mountain, but it's a journey worth taking for those willing to persist.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  Game Informer

  6.0

  My feelings about the music extend to the whole of Baby Steps, I suppose. I see what they are going for. I understand why and how it’s funny. And I appreciate how unique it is, but I would be lying if I said I enjoyed it. It’s a truly singular experience, something we will always need more of in games. Some will enjoy struggling to climb sandy dunes and laughing at their friends falling down the same cliffside for the hundredth time, but no amount of creative appreciation will change how I felt playing Baby Steps. Every time I put the controller down, I dreaded picking it back up.

  Reviewed on PC
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  Games Radar+

  7.0

  If you like the idea of QWOP and Getting Over It but bounced off the difficulty, Baby Steps is perfect for you – most of the time. But, if you relished the frustration of those games, then this is absolutely the game for you. With a similar hiking allure to Death Stranding, Baby Steps is all about putting your best foot forward which, more often than not, the game does just as well.

  Reviewed on PC, PS5

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  PC Gamer

  8.5

  85 Read our review policy Baby Steps A Sisyphean challenge after which you'll never take pressing W to walk for granted again.

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  Hey Poor Player

  8.0

  Baby Steps, at times, struggles to walk the tightrope between frustration and satisfaction, but it stays on the rope at least as often as I was able to keep Nate on a thin wooden plank.

  Reviewed on PC

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