Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
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Prices
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Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.86/day in the week to Sep 1 → 0.57/day in the week after.
About
The Eras - Start your reign during colonial times, survive the World Wars and the Great Depression, be a dictator during the Cold War, and advance your country to modern times and beyond. From the 19th century to the 21st, each era carries its own challenges and opportunities. The Dynasty - Each member of El Presidente’s extended family is present on the island and may be appointed as a ruler, a manager, an ambassador or a general. Invest in the members of your Dynasty to unlock new traits and turn them into your most valuable assets. Research and Renovate - Advance your nation by discovering new buildings, technologies and resources. Renovate your old buildings to more efficient modern buildings. Advanced trade system and trade fleet - Amass a global trade fleet and use your ships to secure trade routes to neighboring islands or world superpowers, both for export and import. Explore your island - Discover what lies beyond the fog of war. Find valuable resource deposits and explore the ruins of ancient civilizations. All new art - All artwork has been re-designed from scratch to provide Tropico 5 with a unique visual identity. Choose from over 100 buildings from each of the individual eras. Cooperative and competitive multiplayer – Up to 4 players can build up their own cities and economies on any given island map. Players can choose to share resources, supplies and population or declare war on each other.Add-ons
Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, GOG, Epic publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 14.4Kreviews | 79% | — | $9.6M |
| $19.99 | 29.5Kratings | 84% | — | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
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Reviews
Themes across 829 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Tried revisiting this after 11 years and gave up after an hour. It hasn’t aged well, clunky UI, shallow systems, and a dated feel all around. The charm is there, but everything from logistics to visuals just feels stiff and limited now. If you're curious about the series, skip this one and go straight to Tropico 6. It's far more refined and actually fun to play.
I hope 6 is better than this. Do you ever get to play more than the first 2 scenarios over and over again? why can't I just restart a mission, instead of having to restart the entire game?
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Every market we collect.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 769/day in the week to Jul 17 → 0.57/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,402 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French*, Italian*, German*, Spanish - Spain*, Russian*, Polish, Japanese**languages with full audio support
| $9.99−60% |
| 168ratings |
| 64% |
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| $19.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 834 reviews with recorded playtime.
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I like (borat) building placement i'snt as good as tropico 4 tho.
It's a beautiful and fun city building game.
I lost everything twice, I played this game though it. Good Game
Are capitalists the real bad guys????? So here I am, trying to rule Tropico, thinking, "Yeah, let’s give my citizens free homes, food, and healthcare." Then... hold up! My popularity with the communist faction is skyrocketing. Wait a minute—they’re the bad guys, right? Right?!?! Okay, I know what to do... I'll charge people for lunch and tax them for going to church. That'll make me a true capitalist! ...Hold on, that feels kind of harsh. Hmm, maybe if I give farmers agricultural subsidies to grow more food and make sure there's plenty for everyone to buy? Nope. Too much supply means lower prices. That’s bad for capitalism. Alright, tax the rich! They’ve got tons of money, and I can fund programs to help the people. Wait, no, that's anti-capitalist too... more wealth redistribution? Ugh. Okay, free cars for everyone! ...Oh, but that's too socialist, right? Maybe I should focus on public transportation instead... WHAT?! The hippies are actually happy now? And don’t get me started on Social Security. That’s basically communist, right? So what can I do to prove I’m a true-red, white, blue and capitalist American and still win this game?! Welcome to the city builder genre. Every game shows you how good leftist policies are, and how much the billionaires hate us for lobbying against them. Tropico is satirical and is not meant to be taken seriously. It doesn't misunderstand communism, capitalism, or any of the other movements in the game - it lampoons them. That’s kind of its humor. It pokes fun at all factions, exaggerated their beliefs to the point of comedy, and doesn’t pick favorites. If you want a more grounded take on class systems and how they relate to political movements in a game, try playing something like Victoria 3. But seriously… are we the baddies?? 10/10
Another fun entry in the Tropico franchise.
You don't feel like playing a dictator. On contrast, the more you play, the more you feel like El Presidente is a genuinely benevolent ruler. Sure, I have some money in a Swiss bank account, but don't they all in real life? Aside from that, it's a nice, fun city builder.
whatever you do there alwais rebellion
My wife got this for me has a gift I loved the Tropico series of games since I first tried 3's demo on Xbox. Great sequel here. My wife now calls me El Presidente` on date night. 8::::::::::::::D Oh!, El Presidente` Highly recommend this product! She'll like it too...
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