Games like Every Step Counts
Games like Every Step Counts include Cookie Clicker, Game Dev Tycoon, Nodebuster, Shelldiver, and (the) Gnorp Apologue. We matched them by the tags players give Every Step Counts on Steam (Education, Incremental, Economy, Simulation, and 2D): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Cookie Clicker
Shared: Incremental · Casual · Economy

Game Dev Tycoon
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Casual

Nodebuster
Shared: Incremental · Casual · Simulation

Shelldiver
Shared: Incremental · Casual · 2D

(the) Gnorp Apologue
Shared: Incremental · Economy · 2D

Digseum
Shared: Incremental · Casual · Simulation

Russian Life Simulator
Shared: Incremental · Simulation · 2D

Dorfromantik
Shared: Casual · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy

A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
Shared: Incremental · Casual · 2D

Papers, Please
Shared: Simulation · Indie · 2D

Democracy 3
Shared: Simulation · Economy · 2D

Gas Station Simulator
Shared: Economy · Simulation · Casual

911 Operator
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Education

Click and Conquer
Shared: Incremental · Simulation · Casual

Click the Button
Shared: Incremental · Casual · Simulation

while True: learn()
Shared: Education · Simulation · Science

Chef Knight
Shared: Incremental · Simulation · Casual

Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Shared: Simulation · Casual · 2D

Fortune Mill
Shared: Incremental · Economy · Simulation

Game Corp DX
Shared: Economy · Simulation · 2D

Thrive
Shared: Simulation · Education · Science

Democracy 4
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Education

Just Go
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Turn-Based Strategy

Budgie's Bug Shop
Shared: Incremental · Simulation · Casual