Tropico 4
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 20h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 46% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 12,802 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 35.4h for positive, 7.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (46% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (70)
story milestone ending side
- The Full Monty Have a full Ministry cabinet 100%
- Filthy Rich Make $100 000 for your Swiss Bank account in a mission 88%
- Foreign Cuisine Import 2 000 food 79%
- Heavy Traffic Construct at least 1000 meters of roads and 4 Garages 79%
- National Agenda Complete 20 agenda tasks in a single mission 79%
- Instant Construction Issue the Quick-build command on 10 constructions 78%
- You are Fired! Fire a Minister because of his gaffe 75%
- IMPORTant business Import 10 000 resources 62%
- Top Exporter Earn $1 000 000 from industry in a single game 61%
- Militarist Have more than 20 soldiers and generals in one game 57%
- Domestic Agenda Complete 10 Faction tasks in a single mission 53%
- Dictatorship for Dummies Finish all tutorial missions 52%
- Competent Have Character Trait at level 5 47%
- Made In China Distribute more than 1 000 Luxury Goods from a Shopping mall 43%
- Foreign Agenda Complete 10 Foreign tasks in a single mission 42%
- Smells Like Chemistry Buy all upgrades for a Chemical Plant 42%
- Coup de Grace Suppress a Military Coup 42%
- Specialist Have 3 Character Traits at level 5 42%
- Domestic Affairs Have maximum respect with all factions 41%
- Metropolis Construct 200 buildings on one island 40%
- Tropico VS The World Make Tropico the best country on the planet 40%
- Paradise Island Earn $1 000 000 from tourism profits in a single game 37%
- Foreign Affairs Have maximum relations with all foreign powers 36%
- Prepared For Everything Buy all upgrades for a Weather Station 36%
- Homes for Everyone Have population of over 300 and no Shacks 34%
- Iron Fist Suppress an uprising 34%
- Modern Agriculture Have no dry fields at the end of a Drought 32%
- Scapegoat Escape the wrath of your opponents 32%
- Nuclear Future Have a Nuclear Power Plant and a Nuclear Program built on your island 31%
- Building Blues Unlock 20 Blueprints in a single mission 31%
- Elitist Construct 1337 buildings 27%
- Tornado Valley Survive a Tornado Outbreak with no human casualties 27%
- War on Crime Arrest 10 Criminals in a single mission 27%
- The Rumors of my Death... Have one of your clones die instead of you during an assassination attempt 27%
- Year Of the Dragon Put out 10 buildings on fire in a single mission 26%
- Tropican Fiesta Finish a game with overall Happines of your citizens above 70% 25%
- Capo Di Tutti Capi Renovate your Palace 24%
- The Power of the Atom Generate 1 000 MW of electricity in a Nuclear Power Plant 24%
- Megalopolis Reach a population of 1000 22%
- Mona Llama Earn more than $30 000 from selling Tropican art in a Museum of Modern Art 21%
- Old Faithful Survive 3 Volcanic eruptions in a single mission 21%
- Theme Park Have a Roller Coaster near a Ferris Wheel and an Aqua park 20%
- The Golf Balls Solution Clean an Oil Spill in less than 4 months 19%
- A Better Tourist Trap Build an Aerodrome and a Seven-star hotel in a single mission 19%
- The Mastermind Find out who the Mastermind behind your downfall is 17%
- Past and Present Have both a Dungeon and a Colonial Museum in the same mission 16%
- Curse of the Llama Survive 10 disasters 16%
- Head for High Ground Survive a Tsunami with no human casualties 16%
- Heaven On Earth Build a Diamond Cathedral before 1990 15%
- Crisis Measures Resolve the Great Tropican Crisis 15%
- Going Green Build 4 Bio Farms and 4 Organic Ranches in a single mission 15%
- Better Than Tenements Have a Ziggurat with 50 families as tenants 14%
- Your Lucky Day Hire an unemployed citizen as a Minister 14%
- Office Space Have a Babel Tower with 50 employees 14%
- Special Taxes Gain $15 000 for your Swiss account from a Customs Office 13%
- On Top of the World Fulfill Presidente's dreams for Tropico 12%
- The Conclave Learn the true name of your enemy 11%
- Averted World War 3 Foil the Conclave's plans 9.6%
- Zeitgeist Complete the Modern Times campaign 7.4%
- Down with the Tyrant Finish a sandbox game with the "Rebel Yell" option 7.2%
- Kill Juanito Issue an Execution order on a citizen called Juanito 7.0%
- God Complex Finish a Sandbox game in God mode 6.7%
- Touristico Have 10 hotels and 15 tourist attractions 6.1%
- From Rags to Riches Have 30 Mansions and 10 Tenements 5.2%
- Generalissimo Have a total of 100 Soldiers and Generals 5.2%
- Tropico for the Tropicans Finish a sandbox game with the "No immigrants" option 5.0%
- The Big House Have 40 inmates in your Prisons 4.3%
- Philanthropist Issue the "Tax Cut" edict 10 times in a single mission 4.1%
- It's a Trap! Kill 5 rebels at once with a trap in your Mausoleum 3.5%
- Expert Have all Character Traits at level 5 3.0%