Tropico 5
Island city builder where your ruling dynasty spans centuries
Haemimont Games · Published by Kalypso Media Digital · Released May 23, 2014
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 14K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 12 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 55
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 5 years ago
- Sep 29, 2020
Metacritic: 75/100 (critic reviews)
What is Tropico 5?
Tropico 5 is a city-building strategy game set in an island nation governed by your ruling family from colonial times into the modern era. Build and upgrade structures, manage research and trade routes, and appoint family members to government roles in campaign missions or sandbox play. Cooperative and competitive multiplayer lets players build cities on the same island map.
For you if...
- +you like managing a dynasty's roles and upgrades
- +you want cooperative or competitive city building with friends
- +you enjoy political satire alongside economic management
Not for you if...
- −you want to build freely without progressing through historical eras
- −you prefer city builders without trade or research systems
What players say
79% of 14,422 reviews are positive · 91% of 12 in the last 30 days
Players praise the replay value of island building and the variety of missions. Common complaints are that campaign objectives restrict their choices and that economic or political setbacks can be hard to diagnose.
Screenshots and trailer
Tropico 5 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7, Windows 8
- Processor
- 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Graphics
- GeForce 400 or higher, AMD Radeon HD 4000 or higher, Intel HD 4000 or higher (DirectX 11 hardware support required)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8 (64 bit)
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz Quad Core CPU
- Graphics
- GeForce 500 or higher, AMD Radeon HD 5000 or higher
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 70
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Aux functionality not accessible_ map editor
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- Cloud saves are not shared across platforms
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese. Text only: Polish.
Tags
- Strategy
- City Builder
- Simulation
- Sandbox
- Multiplayer
- Economy
- Management
- Resource Management
- Singleplayer
- Comedy
- Co-op
- RPG
- Historical
- Great Soundtrack
- RTS
- Funny
Recent updates
- Sep 29, 2020 · A new Update (v1.11) for Tropico 5 has been released!
- Sep 10, 2015 · Tropico 5 Update 1.10+ Hotfix 2 now available!
- Sep 10, 2015 · Tropico 5 Update 1.10+ Hotfix 2 now available!
- Sep 1, 2015 · Steam Workshop Hotfix now live!
- Sep 1, 2015 · Steam Workshop Hotfix now live!
13 DLC available.
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