Summary
The GOG Back to School Sale is on now, bringing huge deals on nearly 6,000 titles. Besides the games on sale, the digital game store is hosting a giveaway for an excellent city-building title, an often overlooked entry in the long-runningTropicoseries. Everyone with a GOG account can get a hold of this title for free, until the giveaway ends.
Players can getTropico 4for freeonGOG, but the game will only be free until 9 am EST on Thursday, August 29. The classic city sim was published in 2011, but still holds up today and would be an excellent addition to any fan of the genre. In fact, the officialGOGX (formerly Twitter) account calls it a great way to “start slacking off properly during this semester.”
GOG specializes in selling DRM-free games, and its giveaways come with no strings attached. Once the “Add to library” button is clicked andTropico 4is downloaded,players have it available to play forever.Tropicoitself has been releasing games for more than 20 years, yet doesn’t seem to attract the same attention as some larger city-building sims.
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Tropico 4 GOG Sale May Continue After Giveaway Ends
City Sim Fans Won’t Want To Miss Out
Tropico 4,developed by Haemimont Games and Feral Interactive, isa city-building game with a heavy dose of political intrigue and humor. Players step into the shoes of El Presidente, who is tasked with negotiating peace, electing officials, developing their nation, and gaining the favor of the citizens.Tropico 4specifically has players running a banana republic – an unsustainable economic model entirely dependent on the export of the nation’s natural resources, which are typically being exploited.
The game is currently on giveaway, butit will only be free for a few days, not for the duration of the sale. However, fans who miss the window of opportunity to grab the game for free might still be able to get it at a discount. Although the game is currently free, the page’s browser tab currently says it’s “-50%.” It appears thatTropico 4will remain on sale, probably for about $7.50, potentially through the remainder of the Back to School Sale.
Tropico 4may be an old game, but it maintains a “Very Positive” rating on Steam and a respectable 78% on Metacritic, and may be a nice substitute for games like theintricateCities: Skylines 2. There hasn’t been a new game sinceTropico 6was released in 2019, and it may be a while longer beforeTropico 7comes out. Until then, players can hone their dictatorial skills with this olderTropicogem.
