Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “Baby Steps” demo version. Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had… putting one foot in front of the other.
A literal walking simulator in every sense, Baby Steps unfurls a meditative odyssey where locomotion itself is the ultimate gauntlet. Players inhabit Nate—a down-and-out soul catapulted from the lethargy of his parents’ basement into a misty mountainscape, forced to rediscover mobility step by shambolic step. With every footfall governed by tactile, physics-driven controls, simply traversing a muddy incline or hopping a log becomes a delightfully clumsy act of willpower, patience, and comic misery. The world, stitched together by dynamic soundscapes and rib-tickling touches like a fully simulated onesie-soilage system, pulses with oddball charm. From the creative minds behind Getting Over It and Ape Out, Baby Steps asks not for speed or grandeur, but the kind of slow, bumbling perseverance that reveals the joy, absurdity, and introspection of struggle. Here, the mountain looms not just as a destination, but as a mirror for Nate’s, and perhaps every player’s, hard-won growth.
Developer: Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Genre: Action, Adventure, Third Person, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Casual, Indie
Release Date: 8 Sep, 2025
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows, Playstation 5
Link: Steam
Review copy was demo.
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