Engage in a tropical power trip! 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? Turn your island into a tourist paradise or an industrial power. Make promises to the electorate or slander political adversaries to get the crucial votes for the upcoming elections. Send your avatar to congratulate the people, visit the island of another player, or just sun-bathe on the Caribbean beach.
Play the Cold War superpowers against each other to your maximum advantage. Tropico 3 offers a tongue-in-cheek, light-hearted take on real world issues like third world politics, corruption and totalitarian regimes.
A campaign consisting of 15 missions
Random map generator
Timeline editor
The Avatar — customizable and under the player's control
Election speeches
Simulation of the life, family, and political views of each Tropican
Vehicles and Roads
New buildings and new units
Online Scoring
Visits to islands controlled by other players
windows Recommended
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7
Processor: CPU with 2.5 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 128 MB 3D Graphic Card
Storage: 5 GB Available HDD Space
Directx: DirectX® 9.0c
Sound card: 16-bit Sound Card
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Click the Games Menu.
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