Tropico 5
Haemimont Games · Kalypso Media Digital
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Year 7
May 23, 2020 - May 23, 2021
Cross-platform multiplayer support connected Steam and GOG accounts, giving Tropico 5 players a way to play together across those storefronts. The same update also addressed the XAudio2_7.dll_unloaded crash on Windows 10 and improved incompatible lobby visibility.
- Cross-platform multiplayer: Steam and GOG accounts gained cross-platform multiplayer support.
- PC stability and input: The Windows 10 XAudio2 compatibility crash was fixed, and gamepad input stopped working after players disabled it in Options.
- Lobby and road tools: Incompatible lobbies no longer appeared in the browser, while the Road Demolish menu tooltip clarified that players could only remove roads inside territories they owned.
Year 6
May 23, 2019 - May 23, 2020
Year 5
May 23, 2018 - May 23, 2019
No verified Tropico 5 changes were captured in the supplied material. The named releases instead concerned Tropico 6 and Tropico for iPhone, which were separate versions of the franchise rather than updates to Tropico 5.
- Scope: Tropico 6 Free Beta and Tropico for iPhone were the main releases cited, but neither represented a verified content, systems, or balance change for Tropico 5.
Year 4
May 23, 2017 - May 23, 2018
Year 3
May 23, 2016 - May 23, 2017
Year 2
May 23, 2015 - May 23, 2016
Tropico 5 – Espionage Expansion added a full espionage-themed campaign, new buildings, maps, and mechanics on May 29, 2015. Tropico 5 – Complete Collection later bundled all 10 released DLC add-ons, including Espionage and Waterborne, into a package advertised with more than 100 hours of gameplay.
- Espionage Expansion: Added a six-mission campaign, four sandbox island maps, and espionage-focused tasks and events. Its nine new spy and military buildings included the Spy Academy and Ministry of Information, alongside four avatar costumes, six accessories such as the Spy hat and Long Curls hair, and four music tracks.
- Complete Collection: Bundled Espionage, Waterborne, and the other eight DLC add-ons, along with additional maps, missions, and buildings.
- Steam Workshop and editor: Made Steam Workshop content downloadable on Linux and Mac, added another sand color to the map editor, and fixed deleted-content upload problems plus duplicate tasks and dynasty-selection issues in custom missions and maps.