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Tropico 3
Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“I own all the Tropico games and I enjoy them all.I would pick Tropico 3 as the most fun of them all.It is not as challenging as Tropico 2 but that is not the kind of challenge I'm into so I didn't mind. The original and it's expansion are classics but I prefer #3 Tropico #3…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Tropico 3 is a pretty fun game. While you don't have as many options of creation and aren't really in battle with any other nation as you would in Civilization games, you're faced with a much different, and in my opinion player-friendly playstyle. You're essentially in control…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Tropico 3 is a light city/state building simulator. + Nice graphics + Polished gameplay + It gets you in to that tropican mood. + Funny - If you've played an older Tropico, its more of the same. Even the character traits are the same. I expected more or different elements to the…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Tropico for iPhone out now alongside updates for iPad version
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Strategy · City Builder · Management · Politics · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Economy · Satire · Comedy · Funny · Cold War (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7 Processor: CPU with 2.5 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 5 GB Available HDD Space Video Card: 128 MB 3D Graphic Card with Shader Model 3.0 support Sound Card: 16-bit Sound Card DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c