Tropico 4 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Tropico 4 is a city builder, simulation and strategy game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media Digital.
Released on October 27th 2011 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain and Korean.

It has received 12,375 reviews of which 11,349 were positive and 1,026 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.60€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Vista / 7 (32 or 64-bit)
  • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 (Geforce 6600 or higher, Radeon X1600-Series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c
  • DirectX®: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 5 GB free hard disk space
  • Sound: DirectX compatible

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March 2025
Still the best outing for Presidente. The most fun, the easiest to play, and a great example of what all city building and management games should be. The graphics, after 14 years, are of course dated, but everything else is perfect. One of my favorite games, and definitely my favorite Tropico game. Still fun after 14 years.
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Oct. 2024
With the right expension: one of the best game I ever played, top 20. Worth 50$ with DLC. If you love RollerCoaster Tycoon or zoo Tycoon you Will probably love this game
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Aug. 2024
I would say that this is my favourite city building game. Its smaller scale allows you to focus on the human elements and politics (in a satirical/entertaining way) while building your tropical island. Its simplicity (compared to its successors) makes it more relaxing to play.
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Aug. 2024
Probably the best in the series. Tropico 5 may have better visuals and overhauled UI, and T6 is, well, doing it's own thing I guess, But Tropico 4 is best at scratching that itch when it comes to the fun management and broad complexity/obsurdity in the Tropico series. Kind of the highlight of Haemimont Game's contribution. Not to mention it can practically run on a potato. I spent 2 years between classes playing this on an ASUS Transformer T100 with an Intel Atom Z3740 and integrated graphics. Fun game. City Managing is easy. Traffic control is hard. Viva La Tropico.
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May 2024
Tropico 4 is just an improved version of Tropico 3 with more buildings, unique missions and a few other minor new features. The series does not really fundamentally change its core mechanics until the 5th and 6th Tropico games. The Tropico series is very political and the best part of that is it manifests as game mechanics instead of just in the story , art style and references. Tropico is a city builder where you rush for objectives and accept a lot of inefficiency along the way. Inefficiency is built into the design of the game with shoddy construction, roads that usually refuse to be straight and citizens building slums in random places whenever there is a housing shortage. Your job for this mission is to export bananas and build a statue of yourself, not build a place where people actually want to live. Why educate people when you can bring in an immigrant and give them a big house? Why build a normal sustainable economy when all you need to do is export one really profitable thing? Its a city builder about low-trust societies, export economies in the developing world and the real dangers of even of the most benign dictatorships. Tropico 4 is a great game and definitely worth getting. The DLC is also good, but also not needed to enjoy the game. No key features are locked behind DLC, just more missions to play through and some optional buildings.
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Tropico 4
8.9
11,349
1,026
Online players
149
Developer
Haemimont Games
Publisher
Kalypso Media Digital
Release 27 Oct 2011
Platforms
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