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Tropico 5 cover art

Tropico 5

Haemimont Games · Kalypso Media Digital · 2014-05-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreXboxAmazonMicrosoft Store

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 23, 2014 (Linux), Nov 07, 2014 (Xbox 360), May 23, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2015 (PlayStation 4), May 24, 2016 (Xbox One), Sep 19, 2014 (Mac)

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.

172
playing now
79%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (116 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 25h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

172 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Tropico 5 is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Haemimont Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows in May 2014, with versions for Linux, OS X and Xbox 360 released later in 2014 as well as versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One released in April 2015 and May 2016 respectively.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 172 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 6,192 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 360k–865k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,411 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.29-64%
GOG$9.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-03-15) · bundled 16×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 145 of 153 observed days · $6.29 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14514520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

172472026-08-06 21:00 — 108 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 56 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 113 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 110 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 135 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 127 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 70 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 133 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 142 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 104 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 97 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 100 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 97 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 63 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 120 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 136 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 49 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 83 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 118 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 66 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 120 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 130 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 62 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 73 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 122 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 74 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 172 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$45.59$1.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.422015-04-22 — best price $39.992015-08-03 — best price $21.952015-12-02 — best price $39.992016-02-23 — best price $4.992016-08-01 — best price $6.282016-12-19 — best price $6.252017-06-27 — best price $39.992017-11-24 — best price $24.992018-04-03 — best price $19.992018-08-22 — best price $19.992018-11-29 — best price $19.992019-03-28 — best price $6.002019-07-26 — best price $19.992019-10-27 — best price $15.602020-02-03 — best price $16.992020-06-01 — best price $7.002020-09-08 — best price $7.492020-12-07 — best price $17.992021-03-18 — best price $19.992021-06-06 — best price $19.992021-09-23 — best price $7.992022-01-02 — best price $24.992022-04-04 — best price $24.992022-07-18 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $9.992023-02-17 — best price $9.992023-05-26 — best price $16.682023-09-13 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $8.792024-03-06 — best price $24.992024-06-01 — best price $18.992024-08-26 — best price $12.492024-11-27 — best price $9.902025-02-26 — best price $24.992025-05-29 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $7.992026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $16.682026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

62182026-05-30 — 44 pageviews2026-06-02 — 30 pageviews2026-06-05 — 30 pageviews2026-06-08 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 34 pageviews2026-06-14 — 47 pageviews2026-06-17 — 52 pageviews2026-06-20 — 29 pageviews2026-06-23 — 38 pageviews2026-06-26 — 55 pageviews2026-06-29 — 40 pageviews2026-07-02 — 33 pageviews2026-07-05 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 32 pageviews2026-07-11 — 25 pageviews2026-07-14 — 40 pageviews2026-07-17 — 54 pageviews2026-07-20 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 51 pageviews2026-07-26 — 56 pageviews2026-07-29 — 35 pageviews2026-08-01 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 39 pageviews2026-08-07 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 44 pageviews2026-08-13 — 42 pageviews2026-08-16 — 34 pageviews2026-08-19 — 54 pageviews2026-08-22 — 39 pageviews2026-08-25 — 53 pageviews2026-08-27 — 62 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.3%
earned "Heir And Now"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing13 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)46,6632%71
Steam (Steam)27,4251%70
Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,3044%70

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opComedyEconomySandboxPoliticsStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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