Tropico 3
Cold War city builder about running a tropical dictatorship
Haemimont Games · Published by Kalypso Media Digital · Released Oct 20, 2009
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 1,950
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 8
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 79/100 (critic reviews)
What is Tropico 3?
A single-player city-building and management game set on a tropical island during the Cold War. As its dictator, you build roads and buildings, develop tourism or industry, make election promises, and deal with rival superpowers. There are 15 campaign missions and a random map generator.
For you if...
- +you like city building mixed with elections and satire
- +you enjoy managing an island economy across campaign missions
Not for you if...
- −you want action instead of planning an island economy
- −you dislike managing elections alongside city construction
What players say
89% of 1,950 reviews are positive
Players praise the mix of island building, politics, and humor. Some recommend Tropico 4 instead, and reports differ on whether the base game and its Absolute Power expansion run without troubleshooting.
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Tropico 3 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7
- Processor
- CPU with 2.5 GHz
- Graphics
- 128 MB 3D Graphic Card with Shader Model 3.0 support
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB Available HDD Space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
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