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Tropico 4

Haemimont Games · Kalypso Media Digital · 2011-09-01

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 24, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 25, 2013 (Mac), Oct 21, 2011 (Xbox 360)

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Tropico 4 is a $12.49 Simulation, Strategy title released in 2011, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Very Positive (92% of 12754 reviews).

65
playing now
92%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (126 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (839 downloads)
70h
to beat · completionist 119h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$12.49
steam price (US)

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

Tropico 4 is a construction and management and political simulation video game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media. It was first released in August 2011 for the Microsoft Windows platform. Like the first and third games in the series, Tropico 4 centers on a customizable main character titled "El Presidente" – the ruler who runs an island-based banana republic. The Mac OS X version of the game was released by Feral Interactive on July 25, 2013, as well as DLC packs Dash for Growth and Captain of Industry. The State of Emergency DLC pack was released by Feral on April 3, 2014.

Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 65 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 140 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 510k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,754 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Humble Store (2019-04-01) · bundled 19×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 112 of 163 observed days · $4.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

164532026-09-15 12:00 — 87 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 129 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 69 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 94 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 164 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 80 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 68 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 121 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 85 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 116 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 127 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 73 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 62 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 118 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 107 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 63 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 98 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 106 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 62 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 116 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 133 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 65 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 65 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k89Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,249 · peak 3,151Dec 2012 — avg 864 · peak 2,699May 2013 — avg 611 · peak 2,200Oct 2013 — avg 555 · peak 1,178Mar 2014 — avg 759 · peak 2,915Aug 2014 — avg 1,681 · peak 7,767Jan 2015 — avg 548 · peak 1,348Jun 2015 — avg 450 · peak 1,172Nov 2015 — avg 285 · peak 663Apr 2016 — avg 298 · peak 599Sep 2016 — avg 1,911 · peak 10,860Feb 2017 — avg 391 · peak 744Jul 2017 — avg 325 · peak 605Dec 2017 — avg 288 · peak 535May 2018 — avg 253 · peak 492Oct 2018 — avg 267 · peak 557Mar 2019 — avg 374 · peak 857Aug 2019 — avg 195 · peak 359Jan 2020 — avg 183 · peak 350Jun 2020 — avg 174 · peak 390Nov 2020 — avg 196 · peak 395Apr 2021 — avg 168 · peak 425Sep 2021 — avg 141 · peak 248Feb 2022 — avg 120 · peak 219Jul 2022 — avg 124 · peak 218Dec 2022 — avg 101 · peak 180May 2023 — avg 101 · peak 167Oct 2023 — avg 96 · peak 180Mar 2024 — avg 97 · peak 180Aug 2024 — avg 103 · peak 192Jan 2025 — avg 102 · peak 215Jun 2025 — avg 91 · peak 175Nov 2025 — avg 98 · peak 184Apr 2026 — avg 106 · peak 188Aug 2026 — avg 94 · peak 167
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.25$2.672015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-05-22 — best price $2.992015-11-27 — best price $19.992016-03-31 — best price $4.042016-10-13 — best price $3.742017-07-03 — best price $3.742017-12-20 — best price $4.992018-06-23 — best price $14.992018-11-11 — best price $11.692019-03-13 — best price $14.992019-07-17 — best price $3.002019-10-28 — best price $14.992020-03-16 — best price $3.792020-08-01 — best price $11.952020-11-28 — best price $3.742021-04-17 — best price $11.692021-08-07 — best price $14.992021-12-24 — best price $5.092022-04-18 — best price $5.992022-08-18 — best price $14.992022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-04-08 — best price $7.482023-07-26 — best price $14.992023-11-07 — best price $7.492024-02-12 — best price $7.502024-05-21 — best price $14.992024-08-29 — best price $7.502024-12-05 — best price $12.422025-03-27 — best price $5.852025-07-12 — best price $14.992025-10-28 — best price $5.392026-03-12 — best price $5.652026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

98182026-05-30 — 33 pageviews2026-06-03 — 31 pageviews2026-06-07 — 28 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-15 — 21 pageviews2026-06-19 — 22 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-27 — 44 pageviews2026-07-01 — 34 pageviews2026-07-05 — 41 pageviews2026-07-09 — 42 pageviews2026-07-13 — 30 pageviews2026-07-17 — 34 pageviews2026-07-21 — 42 pageviews2026-07-25 — 31 pageviews2026-07-29 — 28 pageviews2026-08-02 — 35 pageviews2026-08-06 — 34 pageviews2026-08-10 — 33 pageviews2026-08-14 — 38 pageviews2026-08-18 — 36 pageviews2026-08-22 — 33 pageviews2026-08-26 — 53 pageviews2026-08-30 — 56 pageviews2026-09-03 — 41 pageviews2026-09-07 — 42 pageviews2026-09-11 — 39 pageviews2026-09-15 — 31 pageviews2026-09-19 — 32 pageviews2026-09-23 — 35 pageviews2026-09-27 — 44 pageviews2026-10-01 — 20 pageviews2026-10-05 — 31 pageviews2026-10-08 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
46%
earned "The Full Monty"
12.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing11 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2011-11-03, latest 2013-02-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29,6574%70
Xbox 360 (Xbox)6,8376%60

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyComedyEconomySandboxBuildingPoliticsStrategyPoliticalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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