Games like Tropico
Closest overall match: Dungeons 3 (★ 3.3). Highest rated: Stronghold Crusader HD at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: Tropico 3 at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Tropico 5? Our model ranked 25 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Economy, City Builder and Resource Management.
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69%
1. Dungeons 3
Shares Economy, RTS, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, cooperative and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, 14
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66%
2. Dungeons 2
Shares achievements, RTS, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Comedy and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.8 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, 14
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66%
3. Tropico 4
Shares Politics, City Builder, Resource Management, Economy and RTS and 5 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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64%
4. Stronghold Crusader 2
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, achievements, Historical and RTS and 8 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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64%
5. Omerta - City of Gangsters
Shares Historical, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 48
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, 14
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63%
6. Prison Architect
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, Economy, achievements and RTS and 7 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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61%
7. Tropico 3
Shares Politics, City Builder, Economy, Comedy and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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61%
8. Railway Empire
Shares Economy, Historical, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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60%
9. Surviving Mars
Shares City Builder, cooperative, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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60%
10. Planet Coaster
Shares Economy, Steam Workshop, Open World, Great Soundtrack and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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59%
11. Cities: Skylines
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, Economy, Steam Workshop and Includes level editor and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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58%
12. Stronghold 3 Gold
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, Historical, RTS and Includes level editor and 5 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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57%
13. Stronghold Legends
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, Economy, Historical and RTS and 7 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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57%
14. Project Highrise
Shares achievements, Steam Workshop, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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57%
15. Craft The World
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, achievements, Open World and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, 14
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57%
16. Jurassic World Evolution 2
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, Economy, Open World and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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56%
17. Jurassic World Evolution
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, Economy, Open World and Great Soundtrack and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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56%
18. Stronghold Crusader HD
Shares City Builder, Economy, Historical, RTS and Includes level editor and 5 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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56%
19. Banished
Shares City Builder, Resource Management, Economy, Historical and RTS and 3 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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56%
20. Port Royale 3
Shares Economy, Historical, Open World, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.7 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 55
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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55%
21. Battle Islands
Shares Cross-Platform Multiplayer, cooperative, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.1
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, 14
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55%
22. Divinity: Original Sin
Shares Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Open World and cooperative and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
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55%
23. 7,62 High Calibre
Shares steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, 14
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55%
24. Worms Revolution
Shares Comedy, cooperative, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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55%
25. Little Big Workshop
Shares Resource Management, Economy, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Tropico 5?
On our similarity model, Dungeons 3 is the closest match to Tropico 5 — shares Economy, RTS, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, cooperative and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
Which game like Tropico 5 is rated highest?
Stronghold Crusader HD holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 241 players.
Are there games like Tropico 5 on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 5 games like Tropico 5 on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Tropico 5 on Android or iOS?
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How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Tropico 5 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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