Tropico 5
Haemimont Games · 2014 · Strategy, City Builder, Simulation, Sandbox, Multiplayer
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About Tropico 5
Build and rule your own banana republic across four centuries, from colonial times to the distant future, managing your dynasty's power while navigating trade, research, and political intrigue. For the first time, take on up to three rivals in cooperative or competitive multiplayer, where you can either collaborate to prosper or wage economic and military war on a shared island.
The Eras - Start your reign during colonial times, survive the World Wars and the Great Depression, be a dictator during the Cold War, and advance your country to modern times and beyond. From the 19th century to the 21st, each era carries its own challenges and opportunities. The Dynasty - Each member of El Presidente’s extended family is present on the island and may be appointed as a ruler, a manager, an ambassador or a general. Invest in the members of your Dynasty to unlock new traits and turn them into your most valuable assets. Research and Renovate - Advance your nation by discovering new buildings, technologies and resources. Renovate your old buildings to more efficient modern buildings. Advanced trade system and trade fleet - Amass a global trade fleet and use your ships to secure trade routes to neighboring islands or world superpowers, both for export and import. Explore your island - Discover what lies beyond the fog of war. Find valuable resource deposits and explore the ruins of ancient civilizations. All new art - All artwork has been re-designed from scratch to provide Tropico 5 with a unique visual identity. Choose from over 100 buildings from each of the individual eras. Cooperative and competitive multiplayer – Up to 4 players can build up their own cities and economies on any given island map. Players can choose to share resources, supplies and population or declare war on each other.DLC & expansions
🎁 Complete the collection
Base game + 12 of 13 DLC at today's best prices (some DLC unpriced).
-51%Tropico 5 - Generalissimo
-51%Tropico 5 - Gone Green
-51%Tropico 5 - Inquisition
-51%Tropico 5 - Joint Venture
-51%Tropico 5 - Mad World
-51%Tropico 5 - Surfs Up!
-51%Tropico 5 - T-Day
-51%Tropico 5 - The Big Cheese
-14%Tropico 5 - Supervillain
-14%Tropico 5 - The Supercomputer
-14%Tropico 5 - Espionage
-14%Tropico 5 - Waterborne
Free to playTropico 5 - Map Pack
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Tropico 5 is praised as a deep and entertaining management sim with excellent variety in campaigns, missions, and gameplay systems that hold up well, offering a fun and relaxed experience of running a quirky island dictatorship with plenty of content and sandbox freedom. However, players note that the gameplay pace can be quite slow, and some feel the game lacks the atmosphere and music of its predecessor Tropico 4, with occasional frustrations around unpredictable citizen happiness mechanics.
sooo much variety in content when it comes to campaigns, missions, events, level of detail... ventures... and etc. the complete edition of tropico 5 is one of the most entertaining management, city builder, economy simulators out and still totally holds up in 2026. incredibly fun, detailed, full of depth and unique gameplay systems to play around with. of course this rules with it's sandbox mode... buuuuut the campaigns are nice and well paced, each not overstaying their welcome and testing your management skills against different types of islands with different conditions and etc. its incredibly fun and you suprisingly each starts of paced really well. the tutorial element of the game does not force you through a step by step slog but rather just guides you through general goals with a few floating tips and events. it's such a great approach to a complex sim game. im going to cut my review short here... theres a lot more here... a loooooooot! it definitly worth your time at full price in 2026. do not skip this! this is a great entry to get into the tropico games and even complex sim games. it;s so player friendly and fun. tons of humor and quirky events to keep you hooked…1 found this helpful
If you ever wanted to know what it feels like to be a totally corrupt island dictator while jamming to non-stop salsa music, Tropico 5 is exactly what you need. jumping back into this brings back so many good memories of just chilling out and building my own goofy banana republic. You start with a tiny colonial town and drag it all the way into the modern age by building plantations, slapping down tourist traps, and raking in cash. The best part is just how funny and relaxed the whole vibe is, especially when your super shady advisors tell you to do totally illegal stuff just to keep the superpowers happy. But let's be real, running a whole island can get pretty messy sometimes. Your citizens will randomly get super mad at you for basically no reason, and trying to keep all the different political groups happy at the same time is a total headache. The military fights are also incredibly clunky, and you might actually lose an election if you forget to magically "fix" the votes at the last second. But honestly, accidentally ruining your own economy and cheating to stay in power is just part of the joke. If you want a sunny, hilarious city builder that doesn't take itself seriously a…1 found this helpful
It´s ok but Tropico 4 has better music and a better campaign. T5 has some nice features but lacks the atmosphere of T4. 6/10
El Presidente city builder game. Fun lighthearted campaign
It's nice to be a banana republic's dictator.
Fun city builder, gameplay is very slow, so I watch movies while playing it.
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