Salton Sea

A heavy worker-placement game about building a lithium empire on California's Salton Sea.

👥 1–4 players⏱ approx. 120 min🪄 Takes some learning12+

🧩 Solo mode★ 6.4 · BGG #1,668

Who it's for

Perfect for experienced euro gamers who want a meaty, 120-minute economic puzzle with real depth to chew on, solo or with up to three others.

Not for you if…

Skip it if you want a light or casual evening, this is a heavy, rules-dense economic game that rewards long planning, not a quick session.

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Vibe's take

Dense and cerebral. Every engineer placement locks you into a longer chain of drilling, processing, and selling, so plans need to be mapped several turns ahead.

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About this game

Salton Sea turns the real geothermal lithium fields of California into a heavyweight engine-building duel. You run a lithium extraction company, sending engineers to drill, process, and sell brine-derived lithium while managing contracts, shares, and research to fuel the clean-energy transition. Multiple paths to victory reward whichever strategy, exhausted land, fulfilled contracts, or steady business development, you commit to.

Real-world lithium industryWorker placement engineMultiple scoring paths

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from $36

from $36 · Amazon.com BGG