About the Game
El Presidente is back!
In times of political turmoil and social unrest, the people are calling for visionary leaders, who will steer the fate of their country with foresight and ingenuity. Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras. Face new challenges on the international stage and always keep the needs of your people in mind.
For the first time in the series, manage extensive archipelagos, build bridges to connect your islands and use new means of transportation and infrastructure. Send your Tropicans on raids to steal the wonders of the world, including the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. Customize your palace at will and give election speeches from your balcony, to win the favor of your subjects.
Play on large archipelagos for the first time in the series. Manage multiple islands at the same time and adapt to various new challenges.
Send your agents on raids to foreign lands to steal world wonders and monuments, to add them to your collection.
Build bridges, construct tunnels and transport your citizens and tourists in taxis, buses and aerial cable cars. Tropico 6 offers completely new transportation and infrastructure possibilities.
Customize the looks of your palace at will and choose from various extras.
Tropico 6 features a revised research system focusing on the political aspects of being the world’s greatest dictator.
Election speeches are back! Address the people and make promises that you can’t possibly keep.
Online multiplayer for up to 4 players.
In times of political turmoil and social unrest, the people are calling for visionary leaders, who will steer the fate of their country with foresight and ingenuity. Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras. Face new challenges on the international stage and always keep the needs of your people in mind.
For the first time in the series, manage extensive archipelagos, build bridges to connect your islands and use new means of transportation and infrastructure. Send your Tropicans on raids to steal the wonders of the world, including the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. Customize your palace at will and give election speeches from your balcony, to win the favor of your subjects.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build v1.23.1282
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Latest on Steam: Build 17859233
Update available
Tropico 6 – Hotfix 23.2
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Fellow Tropicans,
We have just released a second Hotfix for Update 23. This Hotfix includes a fix for an issue with removed trees and decorations after loading a savegame and a fix for multiplayer games that could not be loaded, among others.
For more details, please check out the full changelog below.
Viva Tropico!
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue which removed trees and decorations when loading the game if the area has been previously cleared with the Destroy Decoration tool.
- Fixed an issue which prevented loading of multiplayer saves due to syncing issues between host and client related to tree and decoration placements.
- Fixed an issue which prevented special trade routes reappearing after saving and loading the game.
Caribbean Skies:
- Fixed a blocking issue which prevented the "Barbecue of Peace” and "Unforeseen Consequences" quests recurring in Penultimo's Secret Mission.
New Frontiers:
- Fixed a blocking issue in Race to Mars mission which prevented a quest from recurring.
Going Viral:
- Fixed an issue which caused the edicts “Secret Plan B” and "“Voluntary" Trial Run" to not work after saving and loading the game.
Tropico 6 - Update 23 Hotfix
Fellow Tropicans,
We have just released a Hotfix for some issues reported to us after Update 23 and the release of the “Return to Nature” DLC. This Hotfix includes a fix for the reported issue of buildings sometimes not getting recognized for mission progress in New Frontiers, among others.
For more details, please check out the full changelog below.
Viva Tropico!
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the "Replace Filter" action on the Reclaimer building subtracted payment twice while in debt.
- Fixed a missing hotkey icon for changing building variations on Mac platform.
- "R"-key no longer enters build road mode when already in "Destroy Decoration" mode.
- Fixed an issue which prevented the pirate ship of the Pirate Cove to properly relocate with the building.
- Fixed visualization of plantation plants.
- Fixed "Destroy Decoration" to not affect plantation plants.
- Several crashes have been fixed
- Some translation issues have been fixed
- [Return to Nature] Fixed an issue where a wrong voice line would play in the intro cutscene when playing as female Presidente.
- [Return to Nature] Fixed an issue where the wrong portrait picture was shown in the last main quest “Great Biggdrasil”.
- [Return to Nature] Fixed an issue with the stacking effect of the Beekeeper upgrade "Industrial Pollination" on Plantations.
- [Return to Nature] Fixed an issue which caused the sandbox map of “El Árbol De Maravilla” not showing up in the sandbox map selection.
- [Return to Nature] Clarified the "Forest of Tree Houses" work mode description of the Treehouse.
- [New Frontier] Fixed an issue which caused placed buildings in some quests to not get recognized, blocking the quest progress.
Tropico 6 Update 22 - Hotfix
Fellow Tropicans,
We have just released a Hotfix for some issues reported to us after Update 22 and the release of the “Tropican Shores” DLC.
For more details, please check out the full changelog below.
Viva Tropico!
Bug Fixes
Tropican Shores
- Fixed an issue which caused a yacht to move sideways after loading a save.
- Fixed an issue which caused a yacht to drive through land when launching a yacht and immediately relocating its Yacht Shipyard.
- Fixed an issue which showed the construction icon over a launchable yacht.
- Fixed an issue which caused yacht visitors to walk out of the yacht during relocation.
- Fixed an issue with the Dolphin Therapy which prevented dolphins and sharks from appearing after loading a save.
- Fixed an issue which caused faded map icons in the sandbox menu and load menu.
- Fixed an issue with scenario map description being out of bounds.
- Added a map selection icon to the Tropican Shores scenario selection screen to show the "difficulty completion" stamp.
Going Viral DLC
- Fixed an issue which caused the “Visit Status” display to be removed from the Mobile Doctor Squad building.
General
- Fixed an issue which prevented displaying the tool tip of the “Tourist only” checkbox of tourist buildings.
- Fixed a common crash.
- Fixed an issue which caused the Trading Post to get coloured by non-related overlays.
Localization
- Minor Japanese language adjustments.
Tropico 6 Update 21.5
Fellow Tropicans,
We have just released the minor Update 21.5 for Steam, Windows PC, Xbox series X | S, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 | 5.
With Update 21.5, we have fixed several uncommon issues that could lead to corrupted savegames, several “Going Viral” DLC specific issues, and an issue that led to very large savegames.
Among other fixes we have also included some balance changes, like the reduced pollution cleansing effect of Inspiring Billboard "Recycle!".
For more details, please check out the full changelog below.
Viva Tropico!
Balancing:
- The pollution cleansing effect of Inspiring Billboard "Recycle!" has been greatly reduced.
- The Opera House efficiency is now affected by surrounding beauty as intended and stated in its efficiency tab. Updated the building description accordingly.
- [Going Viral]: In campaign mission 4 “Tropico’s Healing Hands”, completing the side quest “Infection Clean-up” now rewards the delays of Wyndham’s attacks for the current chemtrail interval.
- [Going Viral]: Greatly reduced the time until an active disease ends when only a few infected are left in the world and on Tropico.
Fixes:
- Fixed rare savegame corruptions related to the “Sea Disposal” edict.
- Fixed rare savegame corruptions related to destroyed buildings.
- Fixed rare savegame corruptions related to El Presidente Club.
- An issue in the calculation of the efficiency bonus of the Immigration Office has been fixed. On the highest efficiency setting, the immigration office no longer stops immigration completely when several bonuses are combined.
- Fixed an issue where savegames would become large in size when relocating the Drone to Home Delivery while the Zeppelin is moving.
- Fixed an issue where citizens could get stuck or corrupt the savegame when inside Drone Taxis
- Fixed an issue where the player was able to build roads through the Fourth Dungeon Entrance.
- Fixed an issue where the wrong voice line was played when borrowing The Eternal Flame.
- Fixed an issue where Coconut Harvesters and Mines could not be relocated when their resource was depleted.
- Fixed an issue where Random Map Generation would generate slightly different terrains when loading a game on Mac, Linux, and PlayStation.
- Fixed an issue where the selection arrow clipped into the Inspiring Statue
- Fixed an issue where Inspiring Statue did not show its effect during placement. A tooltip was added.
- Increased resolution of blurry building overhead icons for the Reclaimer, Fresh Water Well, and Fresh Water Tower
- Fixed overlay display of The Great Wall.
- Mod compatibility is now also checked when using "Continue" from the main menu.
- : Fixed an issue where players sometimes had the wrong quests or constitution options assigned.
- [Going Viral]: Fixed an issue where citizens in a coma (Lethargic Plague) got permanently stuck when getting immunized through a quest reward.
- [Going Viral]: Added description of the effect of a pandemic on the Martial Law edict.
- [Going Viral]: Fixed some issues with the text layout on the Disease UI.
- [Going Viral]: Fixed an issue where the yellow '!' marker in the Disease UI button did not show up when testing the cure multiple times in a row.
- [Going Viral]: Disease UI no longer closes when selecting Tropicans from the Disease Overview
- [Going Viral]: "Testing" of any different ingredients is instant when the cure is already known.
- [Going Viral]: Fixed money awarded through the “Tri-Monthly Booster” edict not showing up in Almanac statistics.
- [Going Viral] : In multiplayer, fixed display of Swiss Money prices when "Closed Borders" edict is running.
Update 20 – Hotfix #1
With Hotfix 1 on Steam, Microsoft Store (and other PC platforms), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, we have now fixed some issues occurring with Update 20 in Tropico 6, such as all Tropicans turning male when loading a savegame after Update 20.
We are also still working on the other reported issues.
Please stay tuned.
- Fixed an issue, where all citizens became male after loading the game.
(Please note: Savegames which are affected by this issue cannot be restored to their original state and will start with an all-male population. However, women will be able to immigrate to Tropico again. Newly created savegames as well as older ones from before Update 20 are not affected, so please use an old savegame or start a new one.) - Fixed an issue, where special citizens disappeared in the Almanac and criminal roles became hidden after loading the game.
- Added sound when selecting the Eternal Flame.
- Fixed the “Customer Service” edict sometimes not being applied correctly.
- Fixed a quest that did not accept the Eternal Flame as objective.
Current Release
Build v1.23.1282
Uploaded Apr 15, 2025
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System Requirements
OS
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CPU
AMD or Intel, 3 GHz (AMD A10 7850K, Intel i3-2000)
RAM
8 GB RAM
GPU
AMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 2GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon HD 7870, Geforce GTX 750)
How to Install
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Extract the .ISO file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
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Mount the ISO file (double-click or right-click → Mount)
4
Run setup.exe
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Launch the game from desktop shortcut or Start Menu
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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CRC32
F2587C08
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