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Baby Steps
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“It's a game about life. At first, it’s great fun watching Nate fall flat on his face and butt, ragdolling all over the place. However, the novelty wears off fairly quickly. IMO that’s the point. The real challenge begins when you realize how Nate discards any help offered, which…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“This game has much more to it than difficult controls and (spoiler hidden) . The title screen and cutscenes reveal (spoiler hidden) Only so-so IMO, but that's the choice many people make. Do you get a map? No. Life doesn't come with a map and you are guaranteed to miss some…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“There is no other game like this. Funniest game I've played and also a surprisingly nice story! Not nearly as frustrating as Getting Over It either.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch 7.1 hotfix
This patch just fixes a soft lock introduced in the last patch where Nate wouldn't get up holding the pedometer and the cup at the same time (and possibly other combinations of items). uwu
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Patch 7 (Minor bugfixes)
This is a small patch that fixes some issues and softlocks reported by players. We have a larger patch in the works coming soon. Fixed a couple of terrain holes in the Z-loop point past the mountain a
Patch 5!
Lots of small fixes and tweaks in this release, many based on community reports. Thanks to everyone who reported a bug! Spruce saplings in the forest bent a different amount in their bark and leaves w
Hotfix 4
hi!! - maxi here! this **hot fix** is just for **hot beats**. almost every song has gotten a bit of polish & many sound totally different. for a behind-the-scenes PoV: we had an unfortunate launch wee
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Walking Simulator · Action · Adventure · Exploration · Comedy · Casual · Third Person · Funny · 3D · Physics · Singleplayer · Difficult (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Official site | http://www.babystepsgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 x64 Bit Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1650 / Radeon RX 570 / Arc A380 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 19 GB available space Additional Notes: Low Quality setting, in 1080p, producing 60 FPS