One of my favourite city-building games of the past decade has to be Tropico. As the newly 'elected' despot of an insignificant banana republic, it's your job to secure your island's (and your own) fortune by any means necessary. It's quite compact versus something like Cities: Skylines, but it also has oodles of atmosphere and a banging soundtrack to boot.
The series celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and to kick off the celebrations publisher Kalypso is offering the entire series - including current iteration Tropico 6 - at some respectable discounts. There's a special event running for the sixth game where you can earn free cosmetic prizes, such as a 'golden palace' skin for the capitol building.
The first Tropico game was released in 2001, developed by PopTop Software. It wasn't until Kalypso acquired the license and recruited Haemimont Games that the series really fell into its stride with Tropico 3 and Tropico 4. Haemimont would work on one final entry in Tropico 5 before moving on to create Surviving Mars with Paradox Interactive. Tropico 5 is notable because it was the first time the series was able to break away from its traditional formula and try out new ideas.
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