Baby Steps: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Baby Steps collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2025 and finished No. 16; the season went to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 540. The Game Awards named Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 its Game of the Year.

Baby Steps is a 2025 walking simulator video game developed by Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy. Unlike other games of its genre, the act of walking is not automated; the player must raise and lower their character's feet.

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Baby Steps finished #16 in the 2025 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

2Total awards
2Media outlets
0Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2025 season: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (540), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (48), Hollow Knight: Silksong (24), The Alters (3), Mario Kart World (3), Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Baby Steps win?

Baby Steps won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2025 season — 0.3% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Baby Steps win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 16 in 2025, behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which collected 540 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released23 September 2025
Developer—
PublisherDevolver Digital

clumsy simulator ‎
PlayStation 5
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Canada	1
United Kingdom	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
MobileSyrup	Canada	2025
TCGS	United Kingdom	2025

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.