- Publisher: Devolver Digital
- Release Date: Sep 23, 2025
- Also On: PlayStation 5
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Sep 23, 2025I tried hard to be in on the joke of Baby Steps for the first hour, but it lost me insanely quickly. The thing is, I don't think it even cares. The QWOP-iness of the movement actually is well-done, and there are some moments of absurdity that worked for me. It then just shifts too far from a stupid but fair rage game, to a stupid but cheap-feeling rage game with no redeeming qualities. You'll painfully wander aimlessly for hours. You'll cringe hard at the "humor" that gets way too gratuitous, gross, and vulgar completely unjustifiably. This becomes a mostly mean-spirited game that even wants to drive you insane with the soundtrack. Laugh and watch someone else experience it if you want to, but do not play it yourself.
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Sep 25, 2025Few times have I been so pleasantly surprised as I was while playing Baby Steps. Its first fifteen minutes are a design masterclass, and everything that follows is just as impressive. More of an open-world comedy full of exploration than a frustrating game, this is an experience everyone can enjoy [Recommended]
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Sep 23, 2025It's a structure that can feel punishing, unforgiving, tedious, and enraging in turns. But it's also a structure that leads to moments of the most genuinely satisfying sense of achievement I can remember having in modern gaming...It's about a miles-long journey starting with a single, halting step. It's about putting one foot in front of the other until you can't anymore. It's about climbing the mountain because it's there. It's about falling down 1,000 times and getting up 1,001 times.
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Sep 23, 2025Baby Steps is meant to infuriate you. It’s designed to test your patience with deviously placed setbacks that will eat up an entire session’s worth of progress with no remorse. You’ll laugh. You’ll swear. You’ll probably quit at least once. But if you see it through to the end, you’ll find prizes waiting for you that are more powerful than any cool sword: grace, compassion, and a good place to piss.
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Sep 23, 2025In Baby Steps, you aren’t just traversing treacherous environments, but also getting around with your own ramshackle body. Your legs betray your exhaustion; your head screams as you make another agonizing misstep. It’s a hiking experience that reflects the reality of folks who lose their motor skills when faced with the prospect of climbing up yet another craggy hill.