Baby Steps similar games & best alternatives

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Baby Steps

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2025

Should you play it?

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 works

  • Unique and challenging walking mechanics
  • Deep narrative with emotional impact
  • Large open world with exploration
  • Humorous and quirky character interactions
  • Rewarding skill progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Punishing difficulty may frustrate some players
  • Lack of extrinsic rewards for many challenges
  • Some camera and control quirks reported
  • Minimal social or cooperative features
  • Soundtrack and audio design divisive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Someday You'll Return: Director's Cut

  • Tomb Raider: Anniversary

  • Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

  • Downward: Enhanced Edition

  • Spirit of the North 2

  • Nihilumbra

More violent

Games that feels like Baby Steps but with more combat and destruction

  • Song of Iron

  • Bright Memory

  • Rise of the Tomb Raider™

  • Blades of Fire

  • Northern Journey

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

Less expressive

Games that feels like Baby Steps but with less self-expression and customization

  • The Land of Pain

  • THRESHOLD

  • Lethe - Episode One

  • XING: The Land Beyond

  • A Highland Song

  • The Cursed Forest

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Swipe to compare nearby games with Baby Steps. These titles are not in What to play next.

Baby Steps: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026