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Tropico 5
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
47 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“The game is ok, its decent but its the same game using the same means to dredge money from you. The game is a decent base, but soon you see a DLC that sort of adds a bit here and there, this is the 5th version yet there…”
5 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“One of my favorite city builder games ever, first played this on PS4 10+ years ago for easily 75+ hours, moved to PC a few years back and got the game again, enjoying it all over again, can't wait to jump into Tropico 6…”
5 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“A a good city building game that parodies dictatorships in Latin America.”
“I finished this one almost 10 years ago on my old MacBook Pro - didn't have any issues whatsoever. Graphics might be a bit dated now, but I really don't care. Gameplay is fun, soundtrack is great, story a bit cheesy…”
15 of the 73 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Tropico 5 is a new proposition for the series and the results are quite mixed. Right off the bat, it is visible how this game is the product of a decision by committee, as it is so bland in every way. All the mechanics…”
“whatever you do there alwais rebellion”
4 of the 73 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 73 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Tropico 5 is a new proposition for the series and the results are quite mixed. Right off the bat, it is visible how this game is the product of a decision by committee, as it is so bland in every way. All the mechanics…”
“It is fun, but while playing the game will randomly go back to the main menu. This is annoying af.”
“There are parts of this game, especially the Dynasties and upgrading El Pres & Fam, that make this my favorite tropico of all. It does have the occasional bug (like WSAD seems to stop working to move the cam), but is…”
3 of the 73 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Tropico 5 is a new proposition for the series and the results are quite mixed. Right off the bat, it is visible how this game is the product of a decision by committee, as it is so bland in every way. All the mechanics…”
3 of the 73 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Got Achievements for how good I was doing but still random rebels popped up and homeless people literally didn't want to move into free houses, it feels like the game will force bad events even if you're managing…”
Counted across 73 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 78.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“[h1]🌍 [i]Tropico 5[/i] - El Presidente Never Retires[/h1] [b]What I Played:[/b] I've been running island nations since the original Tropico back in the day, and honestly this series has been a constant in my gaming life. 66 hours into Tropico 5 and I'm still finding reasons to…”
— a player, Steam review · 67 hrs played“**APP REVIEW BY DONALD J. TRUMP FOR TROPICO 5** Everyone is talking about Tropico 5. They come up to me, the best game players, tremendous players, they say, “Sir, have you played it?” And I have. I’ve played it. And let me tell you, it’s a game. A big game. But it’s got…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“Tropico 5 is a decent city-builder with a great satirical sense of humor about politics and dictatorship, but it's hard not to feel like a step down from Tropico 4 in almost every way that matters. The era system is an interesting idea that ends up locking you out of buildings…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:01 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · City Builder · Simulation · Sandbox · Multiplayer · Economy · Politics · Management · Resource Management · Singleplayer · Comedy · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Polish, Japanese * * |
| Achievements | 70 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 400 or higher, AMD Radeon HD 4000 or higher, Intel HD 4000 or higher (DirectX 11 hardware support required) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible