Tropico 6
- Developer
- Limbic Entertainment
- Publisher
- Kalypso Media
- Released
- 29 March 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £34.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC, macOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: real time strategy rts , simulator , strategy
El Presidente is back! 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.
Best gaming PC for Tropico 6 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Tropico 6 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Kalypso Media on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit |
| CPU | AMD or Intel, 3 GHz (AMD A10 7850K, Intel i3-2000) | AMD or Intel, 3.3 GHz (AMD FX 8300, Intel i5 3000) |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | AMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 2GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon HD 7870, Geforce GTX 750) | AMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 4GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon R9 380, Geforce GTX 960) |
| Storage | 16 GB | 0 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | — |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Tropico 6?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD and your GPU is at or above AMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 4GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon R9 380, Geforce GTX 960), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.