Tropico 3 is an adventure developed by Haemimont Games, released 20 October 2009 on Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.99 at Humble Store.
What Tropico 3 is
Tropico 3 is an adventure game developed by Haemimont Games and released in 2009. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tropico 3 is a video game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media. Like the previous games in the series, Tropico 3 is a construction and management simulation as well as a political simulation game, with emphasis on city building. As a thematic sequel to Tropico, the game attempts to return to the roots of the series, which puts the player into the shoes of "El Presidente" – a ruler governing over an island banana republic.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, business and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Tropico 3 holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 64 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for CPU with 2.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 128 MB 3D Graphic Card with Shader Model 3.0 support. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at Humble Store, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Tropico 3 launched on 20 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Dragon Age: Origins, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Dragon Age: Origins, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tropico 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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