diff --git a/lib/listener/steps.js b/lib/listener/steps.js
index aa33d1e14..85750f278 100644
--- a/lib/listener/steps.js
+++ b/lib/listener/steps.js
@@ -2,21 +2,15 @@ const debug = require('debug')('codeceptjs:steps')
 const event = require('../event')
 const store = require('../store')
 const output = require('../output')
-const { BeforeHook, AfterHook, BeforeSuiteHook, AfterSuiteHook } = require('../mocha/hooks')
 
 let currentTest
 let currentHook
 
 /**
- * Register steps inside tests
  */
 module.exports = function () {
-  event.dispatcher.on(event.test.before, test => {
-    test.startedAt = +new Date()
-    test.artifacts = {}
-  })
-
   event.dispatcher.on(event.test.started, test => {
+    test.startedAt = +new Date()
     currentTest = test
     currentTest.steps = []
     if (!('retryNum' in currentTest)) currentTest.retryNum = 0
@@ -36,13 +30,13 @@ module.exports = function () {
 
     output.hook.started(hook)
 
-    if (hook.ctx && hook.ctx.test) debug(`--- STARTED ${hook.ctx.test.title} ---`)
+    if (hook.ctx && hook.ctx.test) debug(`--- STARTED ${hook.title} ---`)
   })
 
   event.dispatcher.on(event.hook.passed, hook => {
     currentHook = null
     output.hook.passed(hook)
-    if (hook.ctx && hook.ctx.test) debug(`--- ENDED ${hook.ctx.test.title} ---`)
+    if (hook.ctx && hook.ctx.test) debug(`--- ENDED ${hook.title} ---`)
   })
 
   event.dispatcher.on(event.test.failed, () => {
@@ -88,4 +82,61 @@ module.exports = function () {
     store.currentStep = null
     store.stepOptions = null
   })
+
+  // listeners to output steps
+  let currentMetaStep = []
+
+  event.dispatcher.on(event.bddStep.started, step => {
+    if (!printSteps()) return
+
+    output.stepShift = 2
+    output.step(step)
+  })
+
+  event.dispatcher.on(event.step.started, step => {
+    if (!printSteps()) return
+
+    let processingStep = step
+    const metaSteps = []
+    let isHidden = false
+    while (processingStep.metaStep) {
+      metaSteps.unshift(processingStep.metaStep)
+      processingStep = processingStep.metaStep
+      if (processingStep.collapsed) isHidden = true
+    }
+    const shift = metaSteps.length
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < Math.max(currentMetaStep.length, metaSteps.length); i++) {
+      if (currentMetaStep[i] !== metaSteps[i]) {
+        output.stepShift = 3 + 2 * i
+        if (!metaSteps[i]) continue
+        // bdd steps are handled by bddStep.started
+        if (metaSteps[i].isBDD()) continue
+        output.step(metaSteps[i])
+      }
+    }
+    currentMetaStep = metaSteps
+
+    if (isHidden) return
+    output.stepShift = 3 + 2 * shift
+    output.step(step)
+  })
+
+  event.dispatcher.on(event.step.finished, () => {
+    if (!printSteps()) return
+    output.stepShift = 0
+  })
+}
+
+let areStepsPrinted = false
+function printSteps() {
+  if (output.level() < 1) return false
+
+  // if executed first time, print debug message
+  if (!areStepsPrinted) {
+    debug('Printing steps', 'Output level', output.level())
+    areStepsPrinted = true
+  }
+
+  return true
 }
diff --git a/lib/mocha/cli.js b/lib/mocha/cli.js
index 64fd72d49..e9a0ffa32 100644
--- a/lib/mocha/cli.js
+++ b/lib/mocha/cli.js
@@ -79,44 +79,6 @@ class Cli extends Base {
           output.test.started(test)
         }
       })
-
-      if (!codeceptjsEventDispatchersRegistered) {
-        codeceptjsEventDispatchersRegistered = true
-
-        event.dispatcher.on(event.bddStep.started, step => {
-          output.stepShift = 2
-          output.step(step)
-        })
-
-        event.dispatcher.on(event.step.started, step => {
-          let processingStep = step
-          const metaSteps = []
-          while (processingStep.metaStep) {
-            metaSteps.unshift(processingStep.metaStep)
-            processingStep = processingStep.metaStep
-          }
-          const shift = metaSteps.length
-
-          for (let i = 0; i < Math.max(currentMetaStep.length, metaSteps.length); i++) {
-            if (currentMetaStep[i] !== metaSteps[i]) {
-              output.stepShift = 3 + 2 * i
-              if (!metaSteps[i]) continue
-              // bdd steps are handled by bddStep.started
-              if (metaSteps[i].isBDD()) continue
-              output.step(metaSteps[i])
-            }
-          }
-          currentMetaStep = metaSteps
-          output.stepShift = 3 + 2 * shift
-          if (step.helper.constructor.name !== 'ExpectHelper') {
-            output.step(step)
-          }
-        })
-
-        event.dispatcher.on(event.step.finished, () => {
-          output.stepShift = 0
-        })
-      }
     }
 
     runner.on('suite end', suite => {
diff --git a/lib/mocha/hooks.js b/lib/mocha/hooks.js
index 3c9aa7d4d..40b3b46e0 100644
--- a/lib/mocha/hooks.js
+++ b/lib/mocha/hooks.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class Hook {
     this.runnable = context?.ctx?.test
     this.ctx = context.ctx
     this.error = error
+    this.steps = []
   }
 
   get hookName() {
diff --git a/lib/plugin/commentStep.js b/lib/plugin/commentStep.js
index dad519e20..b368f3ca1 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/commentStep.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/commentStep.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ let currentCommentStep
 const defaultGlobalName = '__'
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
+ *
  * Add descriptive nested steps for your tests:
  *
  * ```js
@@ -100,6 +102,9 @@ const defaultGlobalName = '__'
  * ```
  */
 module.exports = function (config) {
+  console.log('commentStep is deprecated, disable it and use Section instead')
+  console.log('const { Section: __ } = require("codeceptjs/steps")')
+
   event.dispatcher.on(event.test.started, () => {
     currentCommentStep = null
   })
diff --git a/lib/step/base.js b/lib/step/base.js
index 47bbe4f5c..94afc675e 100644
--- a/lib/step/base.js
+++ b/lib/step/base.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const Secret = require('../secret')
 const { getCurrentTimeout } = require('./timeout')
 const { ucfirst, humanizeString } = require('../utils')
 
-const STACK_LINE = 4
+const STACK_LINE = 5
 
 /**
  * Each command in test executed through `I.` object is wrapped in Step.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Step {
     processingStep = this
 
     while (processingStep.metaStep) {
-      if (processingStep.metaStep.actor.match(/^(Given|When|Then|And)/)) {
+      if (processingStep.metaStep.actor?.match(/^(Given|When|Then|And)/)) {
         hasBDD = true
         break
       } else {
diff --git a/lib/step/meta.js b/lib/step/meta.js
index bc2b0a39e..c4acd8e80 100644
--- a/lib/step/meta.js
+++ b/lib/step/meta.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ class MetaStep extends Step {
   constructor(actor, method) {
     if (!method) method = ''
     super(method)
+
+    /** @member {boolean} collsapsed hide children steps from output */
+    this.collapsed = false
+
     this.actor = actor
   }
 
@@ -32,7 +36,11 @@ class MetaStep extends Step {
       return `${this.prefix}${actorText} ${this.humanize()} ${this.humanizeArgs()}${this.suffix}`
     }
 
-    return `On ${this.prefix}${actorText}: ${this.humanize()} ${this.humanizeArgs()}${this.suffix}`
+    if (!this.actor) {
+      return `${this.name} ${this.humanizeArgs()}${this.suffix}`.trim()
+    }
+
+    return `On ${this.prefix}${actorText}: ${this.humanize()} ${this.humanizeArgs()}${this.suffix}`.trim()
   }
 
   humanize() {
diff --git a/lib/step/section.js b/lib/step/section.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac93852b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/step/section.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+const MetaStep = require('./meta')
+const event = require('../event')
+
+let currentSection
+
+class Section {
+  constructor(name = '') {
+    this.name = name
+
+    this.metaStep = new MetaStep(null, name)
+
+    this.attachMetaStep = step => {
+      if (currentSection !== this) return
+      if (!step) return
+      const metaStep = getRootMetaStep(step)
+
+      if (metaStep !== this.metaStep) {
+        metaStep.metaStep = this.metaStep
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  hidden() {
+    this.metaStep.collapsed = true
+    return this
+  }
+
+  start() {
+    if (currentSection) currentSection.end()
+    currentSection = this
+    event.dispatcher.prependListener(event.step.before, this.attachMetaStep)
+    event.dispatcher.once(event.test.finished, () => this.end())
+    return this
+  }
+
+  end() {
+    currentSection = null
+    event.dispatcher.off(event.step.started, this.attachMetaStep)
+    return this
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @returns {Section}
+   */
+  static current() {
+    return currentSection
+  }
+}
+
+function getRootMetaStep(step) {
+  if (step.metaStep) return getRootMetaStep(step.metaStep)
+  return step
+}
+
+module.exports = Section
diff --git a/lib/steps.js b/lib/steps.js
index fc126629d..564608925 100644
--- a/lib/steps.js
+++ b/lib/steps.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const StepConfig = require('./step/config')
-
+const Section = require('./step/section')
 function stepOpts(opts = {}) {
   return new StepConfig(opts)
 }
@@ -12,12 +12,39 @@ function stepRetry(retry) {
   return new StepConfig().retry(retry)
 }
 
+function section(name) {
+  if (!name) return endSection()
+  return new Section(name).start()
+}
+
+function endSection() {
+  return Section.current().end()
+}
+
 // Section function to be added here
 
 const step = {
+  // steps.opts syntax
   opts: stepOpts,
   timeout: stepTimeout,
   retry: stepRetry,
+
+  // one-function syntax
+  stepTimeout,
+  stepRetry,
+  stepOpts,
+
+  // sections
+  section,
+  endSection,
+
+  Section: section,
+  EndSection: endSection,
+
+  // shortcuts
+  Given: () => section('Given'),
+  When: () => section('When'),
+  Then: () => section('Then'),
 }
 
 module.exports = step
diff --git a/runok.js b/runok.js
index 8bfa171db..56812e3cd 100755
--- a/runok.js
+++ b/runok.js
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ describe('CodeceptJS ${featureName}', function () {
     console.log(`Created test files for feature: ${featureName}`)
 
     console.log('Run codecept tests with:')
-    console.log(`./bin/codecept.js run --config ${configDir}/codecept.${featureName}.conf.js`)
+    console.log(`./bin/codecept.js run --config ${configDir}/codecept.conf.js`)
 
     console.log('')
     console.log('Run tests with:')
diff --git a/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/codecept.conf.js b/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/codecept.conf.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b30dc046a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/codecept.conf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+exports.config = {
+  tests: './*_test.js',
+  output: './output',
+  helpers: {
+    FileSystem: {},
+    CustomHelper: {
+      require: './customHelper.js',
+    },
+  },
+  include: {
+    userPage: './userPage.js',
+  },
+  bootstrap: false,
+  mocha: {},
+  name: 'step-sections tests',
+}
diff --git a/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/customHelper.js b/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/customHelper.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e435c3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/customHelper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class CustomHelper extends Helper {
+  act() {
+    this.debug(JSON.stringify(arguments))
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = CustomHelper
diff --git a/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/step-sections_test.js b/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/step-sections_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d28a09db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/step-sections_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+const { Section, EndSection } = require('codeceptjs/steps')
+
+Feature('step-sections')
+
+Scenario('test using of basic step-sections', ({ I }) => {
+  I.amInPath('.')
+
+  Section('User Journey')
+  I.act('Hello, World!')
+
+  Section()
+  I.act('Nothing to say')
+})
+
+Scenario('test using of step-sections and page objects', ({ I, userPage }) => {
+  Section('User Journey')
+  userPage.actOnPage()
+
+  I.act('One more step')
+
+  Section()
+
+  I.act('Nothing to say')
+})
+
+Scenario('test using of hidden step-sections', ({ I, userPage }) => {
+  Section('User Journey').hidden()
+  userPage.actOnPage()
+  I.act('One more step')
+
+  EndSection()
+
+  I.act('Nothing to say')
+})
diff --git a/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/userPage.js b/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/userPage.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..505b56b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/sandbox/configs/step-sections/userPage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const { I } = inject()
+
+module.exports = {
+  actOnPage: () => {
+    I.act('actOnPage')
+    I.act('see on this page')
+  },
+}
diff --git a/test/runner/step-sections_test.js b/test/runner/step-sections_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..340163c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runner/step-sections_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+const { expect } = require('expect')
+const exec = require('child_process').exec
+const { codecept_dir, codecept_run } = require('./consts')
+const debug = require('debug')('codeceptjs:tests')
+
+const config_run_config = (config, grep) => `${codecept_run} --steps --config ${codecept_dir}/configs/step-sections/${config} ${grep ? `--grep "${grep}"` : ''}`
+
+describe('CodeceptJS step-sections', function () {
+  this.timeout(10000)
+
+  it('should run step-sections test', done => {
+    exec(config_run_config('codecept.conf.js', 'basic step-sections'), (err, stdout) => {
+      debug(stdout)
+      expect(stdout).toContain('OK')
+      expect(stdout).toContain('User Journey')
+      expect(stdout).toContain('Nothing to say')
+
+      const expectedOutput = ['    I am in path "."', '    User Journey', '      I act "Hello, World!"', '    I act "Nothing to say"'].join('\n')
+
+      expect(stdout).toContain(expectedOutput)
+      expect(err).toBeFalsy()
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should run step-sections with page objects', done => {
+    exec(config_run_config('codecept.conf.js', 'sections and page objects'), (err, stdout) => {
+      debug(stdout)
+      expect(stdout).toContain('OK')
+      expect(stdout).toContain('User Journey')
+
+      const expectedOutput = ['    User Journey', '      On userPage: act on page', '        I act "actOnPage"', '        I act "see on this page"', '      I act "One more step"', '    I act "Nothing to say"'].join('\n')
+
+      expect(stdout).toContain(expectedOutput)
+      expect(err).toBeFalsy()
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should run hidden step-sections', done => {
+    exec(config_run_config('codecept.conf.js', 'hidden step-sections'), (err, stdout) => {
+      debug(stdout)
+      expect(stdout).toContain('OK')
+
+      expect(stdout).toContain('User Journey')
+      expect(stdout).not.toContain('actOnPage')
+      expect(stdout).not.toContain('One more step')
+      expect(err).toBeFalsy()
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+})