Baby Steps

DBLTAPDave Aubrey

9/10

I want to begin by saying that, before I’d ever played Baby Steps, I essentially wrote it off as “streamer bait,” frustration for frustration’s sake, and nothin

StevivorStuart Gollan

9/10

If the name Bennett Foddy stirs a reaction in you, be it excitement, rage or fear, you’ll already know if Baby Steps is your kind of game. Foddy is the master of melding jank physics and overwrought control systems into the kinds of challenging (nee frustrating) experiences that provide an unmatched level of satisfaction once mastered, most notably with QWOP and Getting Over It. Baby Steps is the final form of the “Foddy Game”; an open world exploration of just how far you can take a me...

IGNTravis Northup

9/10

Baby Steps is an infuriating ordeal of intentionally awkward physics that’s brutal, unbelievably stupid, and downright awesome.

Playstation UniverseBen Fellows

8.5/10

Baby Steps won’t click with everyone, but if you have the patience, it delivers one of the most memorable and oddly inspiring platformers in years. Every laugh comes with frustration, every fall makes the next step sweeter, and the whole thing somehow feels worth it. It’s clumsy and challenging, but also one of the most charmingly human games you’ll play this generation.

The Nerd StashSid Natividad

8.5/10

Baby Steps will make you laugh and cry while also somewhat motivating you to never give up. This daring new take on a 3D walking simulator might just be the most bizarre 2025 gaming subversion we've seen yet.

WellPlayedKieron Verbrugge

8/10

Part physics-based, slapstick open world walking sim, part satire of the worst parts of modern gaming, Baby Steps is a stumblecore banger that only those with a penchant for punishment and hyper-realistic donkey dicks will manage.

Push SquareStephen Tailby

8/10

Baby Steps would be a very easy game to dislike.

GamingTrendJoe Morgan

80/100

Brutally frustrating, exasperating, and exhilarating, Baby Steps is a journey befitting the legacy of its creators. While the humor may be a bit too crass for some, there’s a surprisingly poignant narrative wrapped around a fairy tale in the bizarre, uncomfortable world Nate finds himself…and a constant reminder to get back up every time you fall, to continue putting one foot in front of the other. Hooroo.

WayTooManyGamesLeo Faria

7/10

The year is 2008. An Australian man working at the University of Oxford, who used to play bass for the synthpop band Cut Copy, releases a little browser game, developed whilst procrastinating from finishing his dissertation in philosophy. That man is Bennett Foddy, and the game in question is QWOP, an utterly frustrating, but oddly engaging, “sports simulator”. In it, you have to press the Q, W, O and P keys on the keyboard to move the thighs and calves of an athlete running a race until ...

Impulse GamerJames Davie

Human existence has allowed our legs to move easily with straightforward motions fusing our brain's mechanisms with physical effort to create movement many of

CGMagazineMarcus Kenneth

6.5/10

Baby Steps, no pun intended, seems like a step backwards for Bennett Foddy and team. Losing the battle between fun and frustrating, frustrating and annoying, always wins when it comes to Baby Steps.

TheSixthAxisStefan L

6/10

Nate probably needed a bit of a wake up call, a nudge or a hefty shove to get him out of his parent’s basement, out of his onesie and into some proper clothes, and out into the real world, but Baby Steps teleporting him out to a strange world without giving him shoes or any kind of survival gear is probably a bit much. Heck, he might actually be in need of physical therapy to relearn how to walk.