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Tropico 5

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

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RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Tropico 5 is an RPG, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (79% of 14419 reviews) rating.

68
playing now
79%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (116 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (1.6k downloads)
4.22★
PlayStation Store rating (29,568 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 25h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Tropico 5 trailer thumbnail

Tropico 5 - Release Trailer

≈413,256 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 68 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 4% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 360k–865k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,419 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 164 of 177 observed days · $8.99 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

149282026-09-15 12:00 — 79 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 122 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 39 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 106 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 149 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 66 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 51 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 101 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 57 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 107 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 108 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 67 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 45 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 96 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 102 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 32 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 78 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 87 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 124 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 130 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 48 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k0Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 0 · peak 5Aug 2014 — avg 817 · peak 2,758Dec 2014 — avg 703 · peak 2,796Apr 2015 — avg 512 · peak 1,242Aug 2015 — avg 902 · peak 3,145Dec 2015 — avg 692 · peak 1,730Apr 2016 — avg 750 · peak 1,822Aug 2016 — avg 1,165 · peak 4,975Dec 2016 — avg 746 · peak 2,071Apr 2017 — avg 565 · peak 1,114Aug 2017 — avg 646 · peak 1,210Dec 2017 — avg 654 · peak 1,375Apr 2018 — avg 740 · peak 1,570Aug 2018 — avg 586 · peak 1,174Dec 2018 — avg 665 · peak 1,388Apr 2019 — avg 700 · peak 1,833Aug 2019 — avg 297 · peak 568Dec 2019 — avg 328 · peak 682Apr 2020 — avg 400 · peak 715Aug 2020 — avg 252 · peak 467Dec 2020 — avg 286 · peak 708Apr 2021 — avg 250 · peak 585Aug 2021 — avg 185 · peak 339Dec 2021 — avg 166 · peak 325Apr 2022 — avg 175 · peak 329Aug 2022 — avg 160 · peak 326Dec 2022 — avg 138 · peak 293Apr 2023 — avg 137 · peak 277Aug 2023 — avg 126 · peak 239Dec 2023 — avg 120 · peak 221Apr 2024 — avg 116 · peak 227Aug 2024 — avg 117 · peak 235Dec 2024 — avg 127 · peak 233Apr 2025 — avg 116 · peak 243Aug 2025 — avg 111 · peak 215Dec 2025 — avg 102 · peak 223Apr 2026 — avg 104 · peak 204Aug 2026 — avg 94 · peak 179
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$45.59$1.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.422015-05-09 — best price $24.532015-09-08 — best price $19.022016-01-12 — best price $11.492016-07-02 — best price $21.992016-12-19 — best price $6.252017-07-17 — best price $24.992018-01-07 — best price $19.992018-06-25 — best price $19.992018-11-16 — best price $6.002019-03-28 — best price $6.002019-08-16 — best price $8.702019-12-12 — best price $5.252020-04-17 — best price $24.992020-08-26 — best price $14.692020-12-07 — best price $17.992021-04-09 — best price $7.002021-07-17 — best price $15.592021-11-25 — best price $6.232022-03-15 — best price $19.992022-07-18 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992023-04-03 — best price $8.792023-07-31 — best price $9.992023-11-22 — best price $12.492024-03-06 — best price $24.992024-06-18 — best price $19.992024-10-09 — best price $9.992025-01-13 — best price $7.122025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $7.992026-01-31 — best price $17.192026-06-19 — best price $7.192026-10-06 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

93252026-05-30 — 44 pageviews2026-06-03 — 36 pageviews2026-06-07 — 44 pageviews2026-06-11 — 34 pageviews2026-06-15 — 29 pageviews2026-06-19 — 36 pageviews2026-06-23 — 38 pageviews2026-06-27 — 41 pageviews2026-07-01 — 41 pageviews2026-07-05 — 32 pageviews2026-07-09 — 45 pageviews2026-07-13 — 47 pageviews2026-07-17 — 54 pageviews2026-07-21 — 53 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-29 — 35 pageviews2026-08-02 — 43 pageviews2026-08-06 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 44 pageviews2026-08-14 — 36 pageviews2026-08-18 — 39 pageviews2026-08-22 — 39 pageviews2026-08-26 — 59 pageviews2026-08-30 — 70 pageviews2026-09-03 — 43 pageviews2026-09-07 — 63 pageviews2026-09-11 — 53 pageviews2026-09-15 — 43 pageviews2026-09-19 — 48 pageviews2026-09-23 — 44 pageviews2026-09-27 — 41 pageviews2026-10-01 — 32 pageviews2026-10-05 — 43 pageviews2026-10-08 — 35 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

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2014-07-24, latest 2015-07-23 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opComedyEconomySandboxPoliticsStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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