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Tropico 6

Limbic Entertainment · Kalypso Media · 2019-03-29

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SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Mar 29, 2019 (Linux), Mar 29, 2019 (Mac), Nov 06, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 27, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 31, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Tropico 6 is a 2019 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $13.49, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 29,507 reviews).

560
playing now
88%
positive of 30k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (6.0k downloads)
4.04★
PlayStation Store rating (3,234 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 70% recommend · from 85 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.49
steam price (US)

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

Tropico 6 is a construction, management and political simulation game in the Tropico series, developed by Limbic Entertainment, published by Kalypso Media, and announced at E3 2017. Originally intended for a 2018 release, Tropico 6 was released on Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux in March 2019, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2019. It was released for the Nintendo Switch in November 2020, and on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in March 2022.

Trailer

Tropico 6 trailer thumbnail

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≈418,983 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 560 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 900 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~113/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 16,694 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 740k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,609 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-70%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at MacGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 137 of 190 observed days · $7.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20192026Week of 2019-03-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,787 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k4022026-09-15 12:00 — 798 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 889 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 513 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 942 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,275 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 556 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 575 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 883 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 621 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 890 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 804 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 552 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 440 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 819 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 828 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 442 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 735 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 740 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 455 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 941 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,155 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 500 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 560 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.8k0Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 3,771 · peak 11,907Jul 2019 — avg 962 · peak 2,127Oct 2019 — avg 889 · peak 2,427Jan 2020 — avg 984 · peak 2,364Apr 2020 — avg 1,300 · peak 2,534Jul 2020 — avg 1,946 · peak 9,828Oct 2020 — avg 945 · peak 1,954Jan 2021 — avg 1,227 · peak 2,633Apr 2021 — avg 1,260 · peak 3,857Jul 2021 — avg 1,399 · peak 3,031Oct 2021 — avg 919 · peak 1,817Jan 2022 — avg 1,038 · peak 2,069Apr 2022 — avg 893 · peak 1,748Jul 2022 — avg 1,034 · peak 2,027Oct 2022 — avg 803 · peak 1,680Jan 2023 — avg 1,024 · peak 1,897Apr 2023 — avg 830 · peak 1,474Jul 2023 — avg 993 · peak 1,910Oct 2023 — avg 1,031 · peak 2,608Jan 2024 — avg 1,091 · peak 2,353Apr 2024 — avg 741 · peak 1,350Jul 2024 — avg 970 · peak 1,815Oct 2024 — avg 964 · peak 2,745Jan 2025 — avg 900 · peak 1,588Apr 2025 — avg 922 · peak 1,778Jul 2025 — avg 815 · peak 1,578Oct 2025 — avg 909 · peak 1,763Jan 2026 — avg 1,198 · peak 2,611Apr 2026 — avg 817 · peak 1,523Jul 2026 — avg 791 · peak 1,521Aug 2026 — avg 785 · peak 1,414
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 8 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 7 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 6 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 9 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$0.002018-01-052026-10-142018-01-05 — best price $0.002019-05-10 — best price $39.992019-09-15 — best price $39.302019-12-04 — best price $49.992020-02-04 — best price $44.992020-04-24 — best price $25.442020-07-23 — best price $29.992020-09-26 — best price $37.992020-12-03 — best price $44.992021-02-16 — best price $24.992021-04-24 — best price $49.992021-06-18 — best price $20.002021-08-27 — best price $20.002021-11-16 — best price $39.992022-02-04 — best price $39.992022-04-17 — best price $16.952022-07-16 — best price $39.992022-10-10 — best price $19.372023-01-03 — best price $29.952023-03-24 — best price $16.002023-06-06 — best price $39.992023-09-04 — best price $9.992023-11-06 — best price $15.992024-01-22 — best price $39.992024-04-01 — best price $16.002024-06-10 — best price $4.792024-08-14 — best price $15.992024-10-25 — best price $13.602025-01-02 — best price $39.992025-03-08 — best price $39.992025-05-19 — best price $13.992025-08-11 — best price $14.002025-10-25 — best price $14.002026-01-22 — best price $39.992026-04-22 — best price $13.992026-07-23 — best price $11.972026-09-21 — best price $11.992026-10-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

150642026-05-31 — 102 pageviews2026-06-04 — 80 pageviews2026-06-08 — 130 pageviews2026-06-12 — 64 pageviews2026-06-16 — 91 pageviews2026-06-20 — 84 pageviews2026-06-24 — 101 pageviews2026-06-28 — 110 pageviews2026-07-02 — 85 pageviews2026-07-06 — 100 pageviews2026-07-10 — 93 pageviews2026-07-14 — 70 pageviews2026-07-18 — 109 pageviews2026-07-22 — 121 pageviews2026-07-26 — 111 pageviews2026-07-30 — 91 pageviews2026-08-03 — 130 pageviews2026-08-07 — 93 pageviews2026-08-11 — 85 pageviews2026-08-15 — 133 pageviews2026-08-19 — 115 pageviews2026-08-23 — 104 pageviews2026-08-27 — 150 pageviews2026-08-31 — 135 pageviews2026-09-04 — 101 pageviews2026-09-08 — 121 pageviews2026-09-12 — 105 pageviews2026-09-16 — 81 pageviews2026-09-20 — 121 pageviews2026-09-24 — 116 pageviews2026-09-28 — 98 pageviews2026-10-02 — 110 pageviews2026-10-06 — 72 pageviews2026-10-09 — 121 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11302026-10-01 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "Just One...More...Term..."
5.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop11 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Arabic

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2019-03-29, latest 2025-03-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,2132%40
Xbox One (Xbox)4,4012%40
PS4 (PlayStation)3,03411%41
PS5 (PlayStation)1,14211%41
Windows (Xbox)1,0354%40
PS5 (PlayStation)5478%41
PS5 (PlayStation)10415%41

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

Co-opFunnyEconomySandboxBuildingPoliticsStrategyPoliticalManagementSimulation

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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