Does Tropico 5 run on Linux?
Verdict: Yes
Yes. Tropico 5 has its own Linux version on Steam, so it installs and plays like any other Linux game.
Tropico 5 is a RPG, simulation and strategy game from Haemimont Games, published by Kalypso Media Digital, first released on 23 May 2014.
You can play it alone or co-operatively online. Critics scored it 75 out of 100 on Metacritic.
The evidence
- Its own Linux version
- Yes, on Steam
- Player rating on ProtonDB
- Gold, from 33 reports
- Recent reports
- Trending Platinum
- Steam Deck (which runs Linux)
- Playable, with small niggles
- Anti-cheat
- None listed
How to play it
- Install Steam from your Linux app store and sign in. Your library is already there.
- Install Tropico 5 and press Play.
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