Games like Tropico 6

3.3average player rating•5 games

Tropico 6's pull is ruling a living island economy: juggling factions, edicts, trade and tourism while keeping the palace standing. These picks keep that pressure: city-building driven by policy levers where citizens and cashflows react to your hand.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic76

Avg. player rating3.3/5

Avg. playtime6h

Main genreSimulation

Released2017–2025

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Simulation5 of 5
Strategy5 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Anno 1800
StrategySimulation
Multi-island economy play: supply chains, trade routes and exports funding grand projects and propaganda.
4.2/5Player ratingMC81View game
2
Frostpunk
StrategySimulation
Lawbooks and discontent as core levers, with protests, propaganda and hard choices to keep people working.
4.2/5Player ratingMC85View game
3
Patron
SimulationStrategy
City-building with social classes to appease — policies, taxes and edicts tugging at loyalty and unrest.
3.6/5Player ratingView game
4
Surviving Mars
SimulationStrategy
Colony management with citizen traits, policies and disasters testing whether your services and budgets hold.
2.7/5Player ratingView game
5
Urban Empire
SimulationStrategy
Politics-first city rule, where parties vote on your edicts and you broker favors to pass them.
1.7/5Player ratingMC62View game