Fun dictator role-play and satire
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“jailed all the religious leaders, killed the capitalists, declared martial law, banned religion, got re-elected 20 times.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Tropico 6
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Limbic Entertainment, Realmforge Studios2019City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
The verdict
A charming, funny dictator-flavored city builder with great music and satire, but many find the economy and logistics frustrating and the DLC pricey. Skip it if you want a deep campaign.
Great for
Fans of satirical city builders who enjoy role-playing a scheming dictator and tinkering with economies
Main risk
Economy and logistics feel broken or opaque, and it may feel like a weaker Tropico 4 or 5.
What players love
Great music, humor and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“THE OST IS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ PHENOMINAL.”
Steam review · 39.8 h played ↗
Addictive, replayable city building
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Tropico 6 is a fantastic, highly addictive city-builder that perfectly blends deep economic management with satirical political humor.”
Steam review · 218.1 h played ↗
Best or refined entry in the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The defintive Tropico game (for now).”
Steam review · 35.8 h played ↗
Multi-island building and heists
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“I love how you can go between different islands and steal landmarks.”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Worse than Tropico 4/5, lost features
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Tropico 6 with all the DLC is maybe about 50% at best of what Tropico 5 was.”
Steam review · 61.2 h played ↗
Bugs and broken multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Fatally bugged on mission 9”
Steam review · 99.2 h played ↗
Broken or opaque economy
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“no matter how many times I try to manage my economy it always eventually spirals into the red and stays there.”
Steam review · 26 h played ↗
Poor logistics and citizen AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“citizens insist on visiting ones far away from where they live and work, which brings productivity to a halt.”
Steam review · 37.4 h played ↗
Too many expensive DLCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“How come the DLCs, that only add minimalistic functions and gameplay, cost more than the game itself??”
Steam review · 59.7 h played ↗
No real campaign, disjointed missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“A grand total of 15 missions which are absolutely not linked in any way”
Steam review · 43 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support16 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorAMD or Intel, 3 GHz (AMD A10 7850K, Intel i3-2000)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 2GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon HD 7870, Geforce GTX 750)
Storage16 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD or Intel, 3.3 GHz (AMD FX 8300, Intel i5 3000)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 4GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon R9 380, Geforce GTX 960)
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorAMD or Intel, 3 GHz (AMD A10 7850K, Intel i3-2000)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 2GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon HD 7870, Geforce GTX 750)
Storage16 GB available space
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