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11 Players*

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
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Playing Tropico 3 on macOS

Playable

Great news, Tropico 3 is playable on macOS!

Playable Methods

  1. Tropico 3 is playable on macOS by using CrossOver. CrossOver is the most popular way to play Windows games on macOS.

See game reports below, submitted by gamers like you.

macOS Game Reports

Tropico 3 is not natively supported on macOS, but it might be playable using CrossOver, Parallels, or other methods. See game reports below.

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Excellent 1440p < 1 Hour Played

  • M4 Mac mini

    24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU

    10-Core GPU

    macOS Sequoia

  • CrossOver v25.0.1

    Steam

    High Graphics

Additional Information

It plays perfectly other than some frame drops when zooming in and out and panning around.