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Tropico – Strategy Game Review
Tropico is a Strategy/Simulation game from Feral Interactive Ltd, first launched in 18th December 2018.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 1,980+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Tropico Stand Out
All hail El Presidente! The proud nation of Tropico is now in your hands and badly in need of modernisation!
As the freshly elected leader of an underdeveloped Caribbean island with untapped resources and enormous potential, hopes are high that you will deliver Tropico into the glorious future its people deserve. The opportunities are boundless in this humorous city-builder with a political twist.
YOU RULE!
Develop and manage every aspect of Tropico, from its roads, buildings and people, to its military, trade and foreign policies.
BE A VISIONARY LEADER
Transform Tropico into the country you want it to be: a booming tourist paradise, an industrial powerhouse, a police state, or all three!
PLAY POLITICS
Recount elections, calm unruly elements, manage public opinion and reward your loyal followers…
BUILT FOR iOS
Exercise complete control with an intuitive touch interface and gameplay mechanics designed and refined for mobile gaming.
EXERT ABSOLUTE POWER!
From printing your own money to growing your own fanclub, Tropico includes all the extra edicts, missions, landmarks and leisure facilities of its popular expansion pack, Absolute Power.
ADDITIONAL MISSION PACKS
Fleece revolutionary llamas and search for alien life in the free 'Postcards from Tropico' mission pack. Or play the markets and face God’s wrath in 'The Tropican Dream' mission pack, available via in-app purchase.
This game requires iOS 14 or later and just under 3GB of space to install.
Supported iPhones:
• iPhone 6S / 6S Plus and later
• Any iPhone SE
• iPod Touch (7th generation, 2019)
Supported iPads:
• iPad mini (5th generation, 2019) and later
• iPad Air (3rd generation, 2019) and later
• iPad (5th generation, 2017) and later
• Any iPad Pro
Copyright © 2023 Kalypso Media Group GmbH. Tropico is a registered trademark of Kalypso Media Group GmbH. All rights reserved. Developed for and published on iOS by Feral Interactive Ltd. Apple, the Apple logo and iOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Feral and the Feral logo are trademarks of Feral Interactive Ltd. All other logos, copyrights and trademarks are property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Tropico is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 31st August 2023
Recent improvements include:
• Adds the new mission pack 'The Tropican Dream', available via in-app purchase
Download & Availability
Tropico is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 6s / iPhone 6s Plus / iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 1st Gen) / iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 1st Gen, Cellular) / iPad Pro (9.7-inch) / iPad Pro (9.7-inch, Cellular) / iPhone SE (1st Gen) / iPhone 7 / iPhone 7 Plus / iPad (5th Gen) or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game runs great on the iPad. We really like all the add ons. We have been playing it off and on mainly because its very replayable and also you dont need an internet connection to enjoy it. We were hoping for more content eventually to keep it fresh.
The best strategy about caribbean islands.
We have been playing Tropico since it came out on the PC and it is a great experience. Having it at our fingertips is such a plus. 5/5 recommended.
The game TROPICO is so good, realistic, and sometimes funny! We know what you might be thinking $12.99 !?!?!?!!?!? Holy – Thats exactly what we were like. We looked at the videos and we did not trust them because of how other games are, but we were going to take the risk, so far we love it and is definitely the best risk we took! We love its realism and we wish they would continue developing it and though we would like some sky scrapers and more tech companies and stuff like that.
The game is very immersive. There is sooo much detail. And lots of in game information. You can see and track each in game person; see all kinds of information about them . You can see how happy they are , how much they have, how happy they are with you!.you can be a democracy . Or a dictatorship. You can bribe people , cause them to have an accident .. Its so detailed and immersive. Theres so much to do the controls are easy to use. Its so fun. Truly an amazing game . And well done for iPhone.
More new packs please! Loved the one you put out a year ago, way overdue for a new one.
Good is all we can say it is great.
We love playing this game! It works fantastic in the iPhone.
First we really love this game but we dont like how on the sandbox mode you only get 50 year time limit we wanted to play a game with no time limit it been about a year since you last updated this game and im really hoping you didnt abandon it because we really wanted to have a unlimited game time like we saw on the Tropico 6 game for computer.
Please consider adding better building options, more complex missions, politics more involved, add a option to show u while ur placing a building to see the pollution it gives out. We understand it wont compare to the console version and new versions, but u guys can do more with this 2. We love the game but we do want to see u guys make a new game v2 or consider updates adding content, if you want to bring in money and things ppl can buy from game store to add to there games. This can be the best mobil game out there seriously you guys are lacking and should revisit this Mobil game.
We left a poor review after the app wouldnt work correctly on a new device and the issue was fixed the very next day along with a developer response letting us know it had been resolved. Rest easy getting Feral Interactive games. Theyre one of the good ones.
It is a great game but you should be able to edit how much people, collage people, and make better laws and more laws. You should be able to have specific groups of people who do something you dont like arrested by the military. You should also be able to automatically arrest people who dont live or pay for their home.
Awesome game .programmers : Need to Demo roads though.
Update! We finally beat War or Peace. We think there is a bug but we loaded a saved version and started from that point.around 1964 or so, and boom..we got the right notifications and was able to finish the campaign. We have been able to beat every campaign EXCEPT War or Peace. Even cheating with tons of cash and a gazillion army bases. We cant find anyone online that has beat it. We just want to know one thing..is War or Peace beatable? Or is there a bug. If anyone has beat it Ill keep trying. Oh and lets get some more campaigns please.
Fun game to play. We takes a while to figure out how to access all the information you need but great way to kill time without using WiFi.
We LOVE this game. However The Great Game scenario is supposed to give you the option to pick either a capitalist approach or a communist approach for your victory conditions, yet that option is never given so you are guaranteed to lose! Please fix.
Will there ever be a modern times expansion pack? Or an addition to more buildings that such as the parliament building? We would absolutely purchase.
One of our favorite games. We appreciate they are still making new levels.
Thought it was just a us problem, but apparently 2 of the campaigns in this game are not completable due to broken programming. No matter what you d o you're guaranteed to lose. There are no in game hints about what* to do on there levels and we checked online forums and everyone says the same thing, the two campaigns are straight up broken and there's no solution because the game's distributors clear don't care that they're selling content that doesn't actually function.
A refund PLEASE! We need to make other purchases! Please understand. We explain more in the email we sent to support.
Good gamewant to add simplified Chinese.
Best in its class for mobile city building.
Tropico is a awesome and extremely fun game. We have been playing Tropico for a long time. We cant wait to play with the new update The Tropican Dream.
Its really fun but multiple scenarios so far (The Great Game, Freedom) have bugs where events that are necessary to progress the scenario dont trigger. In The Great Game, we restarted like six times and only when we returned to it the next day did we get the pop ups elucidating the end game conditions and allowing us to choose one. Similar thing happened in Freedom twice (so far we havent successfully gotten through it yet) where we didnt get the building contracts that were supposed to pop up.
Im still playing after the first week and still enjoying it so far.
Wonderful game and great port! Unfortunately some events dont get triggered leading to some missions being impossible to complete.
Love this game its our intro to the tropico series but please add cloud saves to allow users to alternate between iPad and iPhone with the same presidente pot favor ! Only reason why this is not five stars. Great work dev team you guys killin it.
Well made & fun but had to stop playing as our iPhone 12 was overheating, which hasnt been an issue with other games. Still great while it lasted will probably install again if we get an iPad or newer phone.
Love this game, Ive been playing for a long time and its easily one of our favorite city builders on mobile. One thing that could make it even better would be adding more advanced difficulty options, such as higher crime rates and increased standards of living, to really challenge experienced players. Another idea that could be fun is an optional sandbox with unlimited money, while still keeping key mechanics active (like rebel attacks, unrest, and consequences). That way players can experiment and build creatively without removing all challenge. Overall though, amazing game these additions could really take it to the next level for long term players.
We love this game but it seems to be crashing after auto saving in year 2001. Deletes all our newly built buildings.
Teamsters wont deliver to marketplace, people keep starving.
We keep coming back to this game after buying it in 2020 but we cannot enjoy it at all because its only touch controls which are super intuitive. A simple update to add controls for controllers would make this version way better than what it is currently.
Our first experience with this series was tropico 4. We remember it being a lot more difficult with challenges like constant rebel attacks (not scripted like some missions), higher standards for happiness, and a lot more crime. We have never had any criminals in any game. We had a slum city of 10 tenements side by side and the crime around it never even got to yellow. Im not sure if theres been a change in this port. We know there were changes in ferals empire port so we assume there is an ability to make changes to the gameplay. If you could amp up the difficulty, this would be a 5 star port. We enjoy the game, but as a $3 pocket city experience. This is a $12 dollar game yet we lose interest in 30 minutes.
Why our tropico dont have sound or music its silent.
Excellent adaptation for iPad, amazing game.
Thanks for Dev. To creating amazing adaptation game without micro transactions. Love it.
Tropico is a awesome and extremely fun game. We have been playing Tropico for a long time.
Thank you Feral Interactive for porting this Classic gem!!! So many bad predatory games in the App store.Tropico has saved us from boredom so many times. So Grateful.
We have played Tropico for YEARS!!! We love it so much.
Please keep adding missions packs ! As many packs as you can and you can charge extra for mission packs.
The music itself is worth the purchase. As much as we despise Castro and all communists this game has us making our own island hellscape. The Cuban in us is conflicted. We love and hate this game. Lol.
Just a suggestion, we think with how powerful M1/M2 IPad Pro or any iPads why havent you guy implemented keyboard and mouse support? We would love to play your game with our M2 IPad Pro and magic keyboards and mouse.
One of the best games Ive ever played on iPad. Feral has become our favorite game producer.
We love this game. We beat all of the campaigns a few years back. Recently opened the app to show a friend and was surprised to see new campaigns released for free! We would pay for more levels 3 or 4 times over.
Please add Chinese to this amazing port.
Kudos to Feral for another great PC port to iOS. This is basically Tropico 3 adapted for iOS. We would give it 5 stars if not for the following issues: 1. Everything is visually muted and dark, even in daytime. There should be more video settings sliders for brightness and gamma. 2. The original problem with construction builders acting worthless and spending 75% of their time not building has not been improved. This was a major fault in T3, corrected in later versions. 3. The need for garages for people to drive places remains in place. This was also a major fault in T3 and was greatly improved in later versions. 4. CPU / GPU use is so high it overheats our phone. Maybe this is normal for a PC port of this magnitude. Still, it would be great if there were a CPU throttle slider that trades processing power for fps or some other tradeoff. Again, great job Feral. If you can improve the above this will be a much improved game and we can give it the 5 stars it deserves.
Love the game but 20min in and we hit the construction button and all catalogues are locked, theres no function and no way passed it. So we cant build anything.
We bought the game because it said it was 11.99 and when we checked our capital one app it said it charged 19.99 but the game is pretty good.
Game needs to support controller.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.4.3
- Size: 2,383.67 MB
- iOS: 14.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, RU, ES
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: Feral Interactive Ltd
Last updated: 31st August 2023 | Genre: Strategy, Simulation | Developer: Feral Interactive Ltd