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Tropico 3 cover art

Tropico 3

Haemimont Games · Kalypso Media Digital · 2009-10-20

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?

3
playing now
89%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.49
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Tropico 3 is a video game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media. Like the previous games in the series, Tropico 3 is a construction and management simulation as well as a political simulation game, with emphasis on city building. As a thematic sequel to Tropico, the game attempts to return to the roots of the series, which puts the player into the shoes of "El Presidente" – a ruler governing over an island banana republic.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 78k–156k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,952 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%
Humble Store$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.85 at GamersGate (2017-04-13) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 104 of 158 observed days · $2.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2332026-09-15 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 23 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4718Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 40 · peak 88Dec 2012 — avg 20 · peak 58May 2013 — avg 19 · peak 48Oct 2013 — avg 57 · peak 209Mar 2014 — avg 18 · peak 47Aug 2014 — avg 33 · peak 155Jan 2015 — avg 51 · peak 118Jun 2015 — avg 42 · peak 114Nov 2015 — avg 26 · peak 78Apr 2016 — avg 24 · peak 61Sep 2016 — avg 25 · peak 70Feb 2017 — avg 22 · peak 53Jul 2017 — avg 20 · peak 57Dec 2017 — avg 16 · peak 41May 2018 — avg 15 · peak 44Oct 2018 — avg 15 · peak 39Mar 2019 — avg 24 · peak 65Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 27Jan 2020 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 29Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 33Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 31Sep 2021 — avg 11 · peak 26Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 23Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-07-08 — best price $12.332015-12-21 — best price $6.492016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-01-16 — best price $9.992017-08-07 — best price $1.942018-01-07 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $2.492018-11-13 — best price $9.992019-03-08 — best price $9.992019-07-23 — best price $9.992019-10-27 — best price $7.702020-02-02 — best price $7.852020-06-13 — best price $7.792020-08-28 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $2.992021-01-22 — best price $2.992021-04-08 — best price $2.992021-06-12 — best price $7.792021-09-17 — best price $8.892022-01-02 — best price $9.992022-04-12 — best price $4.002022-07-27 — best price $8.392022-10-25 — best price $4.992023-02-04 — best price $9.992023-05-07 — best price $4.752023-08-19 — best price $8.882023-11-21 — best price $4.592024-02-17 — best price $9.992024-05-21 — best price $9.992024-08-20 — best price $4.452024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-08 — best price $9.992025-06-09 — best price $2.392025-09-22 — best price $7.192026-01-08 — best price $8.272026-04-17 — best price $8.592026-08-10 — best price $2.702026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

44132026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 30 pageviews2026-06-07 — 18 pageviews2026-06-11 — 22 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 25 pageviews2026-06-23 — 25 pageviews2026-06-27 — 37 pageviews2026-07-01 — 44 pageviews2026-07-05 — 33 pageviews2026-07-09 — 26 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 31 pageviews2026-07-21 — 39 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-29 — 26 pageviews2026-08-02 — 34 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-10 — 42 pageviews2026-08-14 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 26 pageviews2026-08-22 — 27 pageviews2026-08-26 — 42 pageviews2026-08-30 — 44 pageviews2026-09-03 — 35 pageviews2026-09-07 — 34 pageviews2026-09-11 — 35 pageviews2026-09-15 — 28 pageviews2026-09-19 — 38 pageviews2026-09-23 — 34 pageviews2026-09-27 — 30 pageviews2026-10-01 — 26 pageviews2026-10-05 — 26 pageviews2026-10-08 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)7,0419%49

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyComedySatireEconomySandboxCold WarPoliticsStrategyManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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