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Why Baby Steps Is the Best Sports Game in Years (Analysis)

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ADVENTURE·COMEDY·REL 2025.09.23
Baby Steps’25
The Consensus: Is It Worth Playing?
Baby Steps is a physics-based walking simulator in which the player manually controls each footstep to guide an unemployed man named Nate toward a distant mountain. Developed by the creators of Ape Out and Getting Over It, it was released for PC and PlayStation 5 in September 2025.
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Writing on Games
12:10
positive
When it comes to sports games and the potential for really gripping storytelling therein, I'll take Baby Steps any day of the week.
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Many A True Nerd
27:25
mixed
I'm not sure I want to use the word fun, but you know, it's kind of fascinating and interesting and amusing and I quite like it anyway.
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