
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?
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Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
10 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.14/day in the week to Sep 1 → 0.57/day in the week after.
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Built nothing but pubs around my island.
Works fine and is a decent game even by 2026 standards, but extremely buggy / doesn't work at all if played alongside Tropico 3 Absolute Power DC on Windows 11. You need to juggle the .dll and config files when trying to play either game, and if you want to play the original Tropico 3 you'll need to uninstall Absolute Power. Shame this hasn't been fixed, but I realise its old and unsupported now. That'll teach me for being a cheapskate dictator and buying the cheapest version to try it out. I'd better go back to my gambling weakness then!
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.14/day in the week to Aug 14 → 0.57/day in the week after.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Jul 20 → 0.17/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain
Hours played at review time, across 55 reviews with recorded playtime.
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why bother when you could play Tropico 4, which is this game but better?
Why is Antonio Salazar here lmao
This is my first game in the franchise and I'm absolutely loving it. Most city builders feel like more of the same, but Tropico 3 is different. You guys have to try this. Highly recommended, 8.5/10!
This game is better than Tropico 5/6 :)
Not a bad game just really bland. The core gameplay loop lacks player agency and does not feel very engaging. The game is also not very forthcoming with information. All the infos you need to actually make decisions are hidden in various submenus and are hard to access. Clicking through them everytime you want to see how your tropical paradise is doing gets tedious quickly. Supposedly, the DLC [i]Absolute Power[/i] makes the game more interesting and varied. I wouldn't know though because it is unplayable and keeps crashing on start with none of the recommended fixes working at all.
если кому-то нужен русификатор = https://www.playground.ru/tropico_3/file/tropico_3_russobit_m_russkaya_ozvuchka-928737
[h1]FR/EN Tropico 3[/h1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3706269928 [h3]---FR---[/h3] Tropico 3 et son extension Absolute Power nous plongent dans cet univers propre aux jeu Tropico. Fan depuis le premier épisode, la progression est conséquente depuis le premier épisode de la saga. Les graphismes sont superbes et les musiques latines qui accompagnent le titre sont très réussies. Le jeu nous propulse dans la peau d'un dictateur et nous propose de tenter de relever un grand nombre de défis. Une fois les rouages assimilés on tente de satisfaire la population de notre île afin de rester le plus longtemps au pouvoir et atteindre les objectifs fixés. Au final le jeu est agréable et on a plaisir à jouer au "Présidente". Si vous êtes à la recherche d'un jeu de gestion exotique ne cherchez pas plus loin. Petite précision concernant le temps de jeu qui n'est pas représentatif, j'ai plus de 140 heures de jeu sur Tropico 3 et son extension Absolute Power. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3706269854 [h3]---EN---[/h3] Tropico 3 and its Absolute Power expansion immerse us in the unique world of Tropico games. As a fan since the first installment, I can attest to the significant progress made since the beginning of the saga. The graphics are superb, and the Latin music accompanying the game is excellent. The game puts us in the shoes of a dictator and challenges us to overcome numerous obstacles. Once you've grasped the mechanics, you try to keep your island's population happy in order to remain in power as long as possible and achieve your objectives. Ultimately, the game is enjoyable, and playing "President" is a pleasure. If you're looking for an exotic management game, look no further. A small clarification regarding the playtime which is not representative, I have more than 140 hours of play on Tropico 3 and its expansion Absolute Power. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3706269882
I just enjoyed it, okay?
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