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8 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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How To Play Tropico 3 on macOS

Playable

Great news, Tropico 3 can be played on macOS using any of the methods below:

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

See game reports below for details.

Game Reports

See how well this game plays on macOS.

Tropico 3 is not natively supported on macOS. See below for ways you can play it that have been tested.

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MacGamer

Excellent 1440p < 1 Hour Played

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Sequoia, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    v25.0.1

  • Launcher Steam
  • Graphics Preset High

Additional Information

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