Games like Desolation Tycoon

In "Vagrus: The Riven Realms," you are a vagrus, leading a caravan across a dark fantasy world to survive and explore. With a focus on narrative and strategy, the game features a vast open world, unique locations, and various factions. Your goal is to punish the Empire for its wrongdoings while dealing with the perils of this strange realm. The Prologue is available for free on Steam, with about 3-5 hours of playtime.

Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator where you scavenge the wasteland for resources and complete missions to expand your trading empire. Recruit a unique team of adventurers, establish trade routes, and upgrade your truck to explore and dominate the Dustlands. Manage resources and fight off dangers to transform your city into the region’s capital.

Merchant of the Skies is a trading game with management elements, where you play as a captain of an airship. Explore a fantasy world, trade goods between various islands, upgrade your ship, and manage your own floating trade empire. The game features day/night and weather cycles, random events, and multiple endings.

"Caravan" is a single-player historical role playing game set in a pre-medieval Oriental setting. As the heir to the throne, you lead a caravan through dangerous landscapes, completing quests, fighting enemies, and experiencing atmospheric adventures to bring back joy to your mother. The game features delightful graphics, outstanding music, and a good story, but requires patience due to grinding.

"Dust to the End" is a sandbox survival game set in a western-themed world. Gather resources, craft tools, build shelters, and fend off hostile enemies to survive. Navigate through a procedurally generated map with dynamic weather and day/night cycles, and make your way to the end of the world. Team up with friends or go solo in this challenging open-world adventure.

"Bounty Train" is a wild west simulation game where you build and manage your own train, hiring a crew and traveling through North America facing various challenges. The game features true-to-original locomotives, historic events, and strategic combat. Your goal is to complete quests, overcome enemies, and manage resources efficiently.

"This Merchant Life" is a business simulation game where players run their own medieval trading company. Manage resources, negotiate with customers, and navigate the politics of the era to expand your business. The game features a dynamic economy and a variety of challenges to test your strategic skills.

"Thea: The Awakening" is a strategic survival game set in a world of Slavic folklore and monsters, where you lead a group of survivors after an apocalyptic event. The game features turn-based combat, rogue-like elements, and various ways to explore and interact with the world. Your choices in building defenses, resolving conflicts, and uncovering the story will determine the survival of your group.

Star Traders: Frontiers is an open-universe space RPG where you captain a customizable starship and crew through a galaxy fraught with political intrigue, alien threats, and internal conflicts. Choose your path as a pirate, merchant, bounty hunter, or military captain while exploring procedurally generated star systems, engaging in dynamic battles, and shaping the fate of the galaxy.

"Galaxy Squad" is a top-down shooter game where players control a spaceship in various missions across the galaxy. The game features fast-paced combat, challenging enemies, and a variety of upgrades to customize and improve the spaceship. The objective is to complete missions, defeat bosses, and save the galaxy from a dangerous alien threat.