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Tropico 6
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
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
76 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“589 hours. Five hundred and eighty nine. And every single playthrough starts the same way i tell myself ok THIS time im gonna be a good leader. Democratic elections free healthcare happy citizens all of it. Then like 20…”
“Being a dictator is surprisingly fun, and the game lets you rule your islands however you want. The city-building is satisfying, the challenges keep things interesting, and the music fits the tropical vibe perfectly.…”
“Finally got around to downloading this after playing Tropico 4 for so many years. Amazing game, and very glad that I don't need a $3000 computer to play it.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This is a very fun and impactful part of the franchise. The story mission have the right amount of challenge and the sandbox mode is always fun. The art style for the portraits are less caricature and more realistic…”
“Highly addictive and well written with some really great humor within the dialogue of foe and friend.”
“Another fun, and sometimes, annoying, ok alot of time annoying game. Graphics were ok, but most of the missions were fun and all of them had many funny moments. Sound was good and voice acting was solid. They added a…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game. You will spend hours on it. I just wish that you could play against computer or other online making their islands and then we can invade or nuke each other. Trade or become allies, or spy. etc.”
“Love the Tropico games, of all the City Builder type games these always seem the most fun to play. Easy to learn but difficult to master and numerous times my carefully planned city/economy has tanked in later eras. If…”
“Tropico 6 has the most fun gameplay of the series, and I like the relatively large variety of buildings in this entry. This entry also features customizable parks.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Being a dictator is surprisingly fun, and the game lets you rule your islands however you want. The city-building is satisfying, the challenges keep things interesting, and the music fits the tropical vibe perfectly.…”
“I'm not much of a gamer. I don't even know what this genre of games is called. But, I CAN say that I actually *have fun* with this one. I failed my first couple of times, had to turn on some "cheats", but after really…”
“Tropico is simply one of the best all around city builders. Music, Humor, detail , 6 is a step up from 5. Multiplayer is there, still could use something more. but I never played a Tropico game i didn't like.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“589 hours. Five hundred and eighty nine. And every single playthrough starts the same way i tell myself ok THIS time im gonna be a good leader. Democratic elections free healthcare happy citizens all of it. Then like 20…”
“I suppose after 160 hours of playing would be good time to write a review. First, I would like to make it a point that I have a hard time recommending games that have more than 2 or 3 paid DLC. I personally find it to…”
“Big big BIG fan of Tropico 5 and 3. This instalment is a growth of 5 in terms of, there is more variations and it is a more complex system. Which isn't always a good thing, it does feel a little less intuitive than 5.…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I just revisited this game, and I'm giving it a negative review so i don't forget and revisit it again. Too many pointless and weird mechanics, not enough focus on the core gameplay loop, and everything feels sloppy…”
“Perhaps Tropico 6's biggest problem is that by being a sequel in a long-running series, it inevitably draws comparisons with the previous titles. In that respect you could say that it would be a somewhat middling game…”
“I really wish they had a "meh" option to go along with the thumbs up and down, as a thumbs down feels to harsh. Overall the game looks as you would expect it to be, however as someone whos played Tropico since I was a…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I can't recommend this game unless you're a hardcore sim geek. Not even on sale. The constantly increasing happiness expectation means each level is a race against the clock. This considerably narrows the strategic…”
“Works smoothly out of the box on Arch. A bit more complex and less intuitive than Tropico 5 but a nice game!”
“Another fun, and sometimes, annoying, ok alot of time annoying game. Graphics were ok, but most of the missions were fun and all of them had many funny moments. Sound was good and voice acting was solid. They added a…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game. You will spend hours on it. I just wish that you could play against computer or other online making their islands and then we can invade or nuke each other. Trade or become allies, or spy. etc.”
“Tropico is simply one of the best all around city builders. Music, Humor, detail , 6 is a step up from 5. Multiplayer is there, still could use something more. but I never played a Tropico game i didn't like.”
“this games awesome. Please add some sort of co-op mode!!!”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I suppose after 160 hours of playing would be good time to write a review. First, I would like to make it a point that I have a hard time recommending games that have more than 2 or 3 paid DLC. I personally find it to…”
“Base game is amazing and I've been playing it for years. Avoid the dlc, they don't add anything fun and they are just a cash-grab.”
“Honestly, if the DLC's weren't so damn expensive, I'd sing much greater praises of Tropico 6. Great game nonetheless. 8.5/10 Side note, works very well on a M1 Macbook pro running the M1 Pro. Difficult to find good…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Love the Tropico games, of all the City Builder type games these always seem the most fun to play. Easy to learn but difficult to master and numerous times my carefully planned city/economy has tanked in later eras. If…”
“Good game. I just wish that roads would connect more naturally.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I've played Tropico 3-4-5-6 and this one is absolutely my favorite after Tropico 4. It's basicly improved version of Tropico 4. I like doing missions on different maps and conditions. If you want to start a Tropico game, you should definitely go for 6. Although they still…”
— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs played“I've been playing the Tropico series since the original back in 2001. City-builders used to be one of my favorite genres, dating back to the original SimCity, but in recent years I haven't really enjoyed them as much; I find City Skylines boring and the more recent entries into…”
— a player, Steam review · 42 hrs played“I just cannot enjoy myself, even though I loved Tropico 5. It feels like a different series. The economy just does not work properly in this game, with almost full employment, good trade deals and sensible management you can still not be making any money and be living in the…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:36 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 | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Strategy · Simulation · Economy · Management · Political Sim · Multiplayer · Sandbox · Politics · Building · Political · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese * , Arabic * , Japanese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.worldoftropico.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: AMD or Intel, 3 GHz (AMD A10 7850K, Intel i3-2000) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 2GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon HD 7870, Geforce GTX 750) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 16 GB available space