diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/list.ts b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/list.ts
index 94e507fd4b..ee43deff68 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/list.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/list.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ListReporter extends BaseReporter {
 
   constructor(options: { printSteps?: boolean } = {}) {
     super();
-    this._printSteps = isTTY && getAsBooleanFromENV('PLAYWRIGHT_LIST_PRINT_STEPS', options.printSteps);
+    this._printSteps = getAsBooleanFromENV('PLAYWRIGHT_LIST_PRINT_STEPS', options.printSteps);
   }
 
   override printsToStdio() {
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@ class ListReporter extends BaseReporter {
     if (step.category !== 'test.step')
       return;
     const testIndex = this._resultIndex.get(result) || '';
+    const ordinal = ((result as any)[lastStepOrdinalSymbol] || 0) + 1;
+    (result as any)[lastStepOrdinalSymbol] = ordinal;
+    const stepIndex = `${testIndex}.${ordinal}`;
+    this._stepIndex.set(step, stepIndex);
+
     if (!this._printSteps) {
       if (isTTY)
         this._updateLine(this._testRows.get(test)!, colors.dim(formatTestTitle(this.config, test, step)) + this._retrySuffix(result), this._testPrefix(testIndex, ''));
       return;
     }
 
-    const ordinal = ((result as any)[lastStepOrdinalSymbol] || 0) + 1;
-    (result as any)[lastStepOrdinalSymbol] = ordinal;
-    const stepIndex = `${testIndex}.${ordinal}`;
-    this._stepIndex.set(step, stepIndex);
-
     if (isTTY) {
       this._maybeWriteNewLine();
       this._stepRows.set(step, this._lastRow);
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ class ListReporter extends BaseReporter {
     if (!this._printSteps) {
       if (isTTY)
         this._updateLine(this._testRows.get(test)!, colors.dim(formatTestTitle(this.config, test, step.parent)) + this._retrySuffix(result), this._testPrefix(testIndex, ''));
-      return;
     }
 
     const index = this._stepIndex.get(step)!;
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts
index 489e97feb7..52ac467d48 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-list.spec.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,35 @@ for (const useIntermediateMergeReport of [false, true] as const) {
       ]);
     });
 
+    test('render steps in non-TTY mode', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+      const result = await runInlineTest({
+        'a.test.ts': `
+          import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+          test('passes', async ({}) => {
+            await test.step('outer 1.0', async () => {
+              await test.step('inner 1.1', async () => {});
+              await test.step('inner 1.2', async () => {});
+            });
+            await test.step('outer 2.0', async () => {
+              await test.step('inner 2.1', async () => {});
+              await test.step('inner 2.2', async () => {});
+            });
+          });
+        `,
+      }, { reporter: 'list' }, { PW_TEST_DEBUG_REPORTERS: '1', PLAYWRIGHT_LIST_PRINT_STEPS: '1' });
+      const text = result.output;
+      const lines = text.split('\n').filter(l => l.match(/^\d :/)).map(l => l.replace(/[.\d]+m?s/, 'Xms'));
+      lines.pop(); // Remove last item that contains [v] and time in ms.
+      expect(lines).toEqual([
+        '0 :      .2 passes › outer 1.0 › inner 1.1 (Xms)',
+        '1 :      .3 passes › outer 1.0 › inner 1.2 (Xms)',
+        '2 :      .1 passes › outer 1.0 (Xms)',
+        '3 :      .5 passes › outer 2.0 › inner 2.1 (Xms)',
+        '4 :      .6 passes › outer 2.0 › inner 2.2 (Xms)',
+        '5 :      .4 passes › outer 2.0 (Xms)',
+      ]);
+    });
+
     test('very long console line should not mess terminal', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
       const TTY_WIDTH = 80;
       const result = await runInlineTest({