diff --git a/src/python/env.py b/src/python/env.py
index cd3ae580a..37f1c161e 100644
--- a/src/python/env.py
+++ b/src/python/env.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def step(  # pyright: ignore[reportIncompatibleMethodOverride]
             if self.continuous:
                 action = tuple(action)
                 if len(action) != 3:
-                    raise ValueError("Actions must have 3-dimensions.")
+                    raise error.Error("Actions must have 3-dimensions.")
 
                 r, theta, fire = action
                 reward += self.ale.actContinuous(r, theta, fire)
diff --git a/tests/python/test_atari_env.py b/tests/python/test_atari_env.py
index 1521cc01b..e50388bb4 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_atari_env.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_atari_env.py
@@ -329,6 +329,35 @@ def test_gym_action_space(tetris_env):
     assert tetris_env.action_space.n == 18
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tetris_env", [{"continuous": True}], indirect=True)
+def test_continuous_action_space(tetris_env):
+    assert isinstance(tetris_env.action_space, gymnasium.spaces.Box)
+    assert len(tetris_env.action_space.shape) == 1
+    assert tetris_env.action_space.shape[0] == 3
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(tetris_env.action_space.low, np.array([0., -1., 0.]))
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(tetris_env.action_space.high, np.array([1., 1., 1.]))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tetris_env", [{"continuous": True}], indirect=True)
+def test_continuous_action_sample(tetris_env):
+    tetris_env.reset(seed=0)
+    for _ in range(100):
+        tetris_env.step(tetris_env.action_space.sample())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tetris_env", [{"continuous": True}], indirect=True)
+def test_continuous_step_with_correct_dimensions(tetris_env):
+    tetris_env.reset(seed=0)
+    tetris_env.step([0., -0.5, 0.5])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tetris_env", [{"continuous": True}], indirect=True)
+def test_continuous_step_fails_with_wrong_dimensions(tetris_env):
+    tetris_env.reset(seed=0)
+    with pytest.raises(gymnasium.error.Error):
+        tetris_env.step([0., 1.])
+
+
 def test_gym_reset_with_infos(tetris_env):
     pack = tetris_env.reset(seed=0)