Remember that trailer that dropped announcing the Baby Steps demo on Steam?
Yeah, the one that showed the infamous tower? Well, that nightmare of a tower is tucked away past the second checkpoint in an area called the Poison Forest.
You’ll meet a donkey there (be respectful! Look him in the eyes and only the eyes. Don’t you dare glance anywhere else). He tells you your next goal is through the forest. Easy, right? Wrong. The forest is basically a slapstick comedy arena where you slip, slide, and yeet yourself off cliffs in ways you didn’t even know were possible.
And then…there it is. A tall, ominous tower. Naturally, being gamers, we head straight for it. But before you can start your heroic climb, some NPC shows up and tells you, “Don’t bother, there’s nothing up there.” Suspicious. Who tells a gamer not to climb something? Obviously, this means we’re climbing it. How bad could it be? He said it only took him a few minutes.
Spoiler: he’s a liar.
The climb is brutal. It’s not just “oh I slipped” brutal, it’s rage-quit, controller-snapping, “why am I like this” brutal. Every step requires the precision of a surgeon and the patience of a saint. And when (not if) you fall, the ragdoll physics don’t just nudge you back a bit, they send you flying back to the start in glorious, humiliating slow motion. It makes the run-backs in Hollow Knight: Silksong look like a casual stroll.
But still, we press on. Because surely the devs wouldn’t design a tower like this and put nothing at the top, right? Surely there’s a secret, a collectible, a cutscene, a hat… something?
So, what’s actually up there? (Spoiler Alert)
Nothing.
Absolutely, gloriously nothing.
That NPC wasn’t trolling. There’s no hat, no lore dump, no Nate commentary, no cheeky wink from the devs. Just the crushing realization that you wasted several hours of your life for bragging rights and a personal growth arc you never asked for.
To be fair, I never made it to the top myself—there’s one cursed “hurdle” I just couldn’t clear. I eventually caved and asked around. The answer was unanimous: there’s truly nothing waiting up there. At first, I felt defeated. Then I realized if I had actually made it, I would’ve been furious.
Instead, I laughed. Because this is exactly what you sign up for in a Bennett Foddy game: absurd struggle, wasted time, and somehow, genuine improvement. After failing my way through 90% of that tower, I can honestly say my Baby Steps skills are sharper than ever.
So maybe, just maybe, climbing the tower wasn’t pointless after all.
Did you manage to reach the top of the tower yourself? If you did, let us know, so we can revel in your climbing prowess! Also, are you enjoying your time with Baby Steps so far? Check out our review for Baby Steps here! We also have a few guides for the game down below with more coming soon!
