Tropico 3 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?

Tropico 3 is a simulation, strategy and city builder game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media Digital.
Released on November 13th 2009 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,844 reviews of which 1,643 were positive and 201 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.37€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Tropico 3 into these genres:

Simulation Strategy City Builder Management Politics Sandbox Singleplayer Economy Satire Comedy Funny Cold War Great Soundtrack Political Sim Atmospheric Multiplayer Classic Open World

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Windows

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7
Processor: CPU with 2.5 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 5 GB Available HDD Space
Video Card: 128 MB 3D Graphic Card with Shader Model 3.0 support
Sound Card: 16-bit Sound Card
DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c

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March 2025

Tropico 3 is a mirror reflecting our collective comfort with authoritarianism as long as it happens to someone else. Its entertainment value derives precisely from the psychological distance between player and consequences—the same mechanism that enables actual dictatorships to function. You'll enjoy it most if you don't think too deeply about why you're enjoying it.

March 2025

The main trump card of this game is the style. Thanks to it, you are well immersed in the era of the Cuban missile crisis. The graphics (although outdated) are pleasing to the eye. The downside of this game is that it is easy (personally, I easily completed the entire campaign) and there are few activities in the game itself (this was partially added in the subsequent parts) A good game, I advise you to play it a little For developers. I ask you to consider the possibility of creating a new Tropico 7 in the old, darker setting. The new parts are not particularly popular precisely because of the transition to a cartoonish, not serious setting. Try to create a strategy about a Caribbean dictator that is both complex and attractive in its setting. I hope everyone will support this proposal. Thank you. Главный козырь этой игры является стиль. Благодаря ему, ты неплохо погружаешься в эпоху карибского кризиса. Графика (хоть и устарела) но приятна глазу. Минус этой игры в том, что она лёгкая (лично я с лёгкость прошёл всю кампанию) и мало активностей в самой игре (это частично добавили в последующих частях) Хорошая игра, советую вам немного в нее поиграть Для разработчиков. Прошу вас рассмотреть возможность создать новую тропико 7 в старом, более мрачном сетинге. новые части не особо заходят именно благодаря переходу к мультяшному, не серьёзному сетингу. Попробуйте создать одновременно сложный и привлекающий сетингом стратегию про карибского диктатора. Надеюсь это предложения поддержат все. Спасибо.

Nov. 2024

Classic of gaming and probably one of the best of the tropico series. Good balance of simplicity and yet difficulty to master. Would recommend.

Aug. 2024

There are a variety of ways to play the game. It's a lot of fun and doesn't take itself too seriously.

May 2024

The Tropico series is great because it is one most unique line of city builders ever made. Its art style, campaigns and mechanics go outright against what most city builders games try to do. Tropico is overtly political in its humor and unusually narrative based in its story. Instead of trying to build sustainable well-planned cities Tropico is all about rushing for objectives and accepting a lot of inefficiency along the way. The artstyle is also unique with inefficiency built into the design of the game with shoddy construction, roads that simply refuse to be straight and people building slums in random places whenever there is a housing shortage. It compliments the gameplay and story well. Tropico 3 pushes the games into 3D. The series does not really change too much mechanically until 5 & 6. The next game Tropico 4 is just a better version of 3, but 3 is still worth playing through because it has its own style and story.

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