Deal | Steam: “One of the best city-building simulators, ever” is back at its lowest price

The Tropico series has long been one of the best-known city-building and dictator simulations. Instead of medieval towns or realistic metropolises, the games revolve around a Caribbean island nation ruled by players as “El Presidente.” The still-current latest installment in the series is now available on Steam with a 70% discount for around $12 instead of $40, which, according to SteamDB, matches its lowest price to date. For city-building fans, this could be a good opportunity to prepare for Tropico 7, which is expected to launch sometime this year.

In Tropico 6, players guide their tropical island nation through several historical eras, from the colonial period to the modern age. Compared with its predecessors, new features include larger archipelagos made up of multiple islands, bridge building and, for the first time, the option to steal world-famous monuments such as the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty and place them on your own island. As usual, the focus is not only on building up the island nation itself, but also on managing the political power structure behind it.

German gaming magazine GameStar awarded the sixth installment in the city-building strategy series 81 out of 100 points, praising above all its freedom of play, strong presentation and substantial amount of content. Anyone looking for a serious challenge, however, is unlikely to find it here. According to GameStar, Tropico 6 is rarely truly demanding, even on higher difficulty settings, but nevertheless offers a successful mix of city building and politics. Windows Central even wrote in its review that it is “One of the best city-building simulators, ever.”

The roughly 29,000 Steam reviews are 87% positive. On Metacritic, it holds a Metascore of 78 and a User Score of 6.8. Steam Deck compatibility is listed as “Playable.” Thanks to controller support, the game should also be reasonably playable on the handheld.

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