Solid value for the price: about 34.5h, $39.99 (~$1.16/hr), 88% positive.
Better value than 51% of strategy games
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
BANGER threshold
Becomes a BANGER at $23.74
41% off today's $39.99. Wait for that sale.
Real value
$1.16/hr over the 34.5h main story, $0.52/hr if you 100% it (76.4h).
But only 7% finish a 34.5h game, budget for the first stretch, not the full ride.
Finish rate
7.1%
how far players get (achievements)
Advertised
34.5h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
76.4h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$1.16/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$39.99
Reviews
88%
29,116 reviews
Metacritic
78
critic score
Players
1.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2019
What drives the score
Value$1.16/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews88% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger
Finish rate7.1%
a top-end bonus, not the main driver
The exact weights stay secret, but these are the inputs and the direction each pushes. Length feeds the value line (price divided by hours).
Advertised 34.5h · only 7.1% of players finish it
Where players drop off
Share of players who unlocked each achievement, most-earned (left) to rarest (right).