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Best 3-player environmental board games

The best 3-player environmental board games are Terraforming Mars, Pandemic Legacy Season 1 and Spirit Island — the top-rated of 85 3-player environmental board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Terraforming Mars (2016) at 8.4/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Top environmental board games for 3 players

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Time
Complexity
  • Terraforming Mars (2016)

    1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4

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  • Pandemic Legacy Season 1 (2015)

    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.6

    Complexity
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  • Spirit Island (2017)

    1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.4

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  • Dominant Species (2010)

    2–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Pandemic Legacy Season 2 (2017)

    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.1

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  • Takenoko (2011)

    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Barrage (2019)

    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2

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  • PARKS (2019)

    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Photosynthesis (2017)

    2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Evolution (2014)

    2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Quadropolis (2016)

    2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Pandemic The Cure (2014)

    2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Evolution Climate (2016)

    2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6

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  • The Manhattan Project Energy Empire (2016)

    1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Antiquity (2004)

    2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Ginkgopolis (2012)

    1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Myrmes (2012)

    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Oceans (2020)

    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Reef Encounter (2004)

    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Tang Garden (2020)

    1–4 players · 40–60 min · ★ 7.6

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  • Ecos First Continent (2019)

    2–6 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Planet (2018)

    2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Indian Summer (2017)

    1–4 players · 15–60 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Mariposas (2020)

    2–5 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Haspelknecht The Story of Early Coal Mining (2015)

    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Bios Megafauna (Second Edition) (2017)

    1–4 players · 90–180 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Dominant Species Marine (2021)

    2–4 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.4

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  • Habitats (2016)

    2–5 players · 30–50 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Era of Tribes (2019)

    1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.1

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  • Petrichor (2018)

    1–4 players · 20–80 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Bios Origins (Second Edition) (2019)

    1–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.0

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  • Trekking the World (2020)

    2–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Bios Genesis (2016)

    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.1

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  • 20th Century (2010)

    3–5 players · 120 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Lignum (Second Edition) (2017)

    2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Mondo (2011)

    1–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.5

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  • R-Eco (2003)

    2–5 players · 20 min · ★ 6.6

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  • Evolution The Beginning (2016)

    2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7

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  • Renature (2020)

    2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Waggle Dance (2014)

    2–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Prosperity (2013)

    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.7

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  • Meadow (2021)

    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.1

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  • Industrial Waste (2001)

    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.7

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  • Inhabit the Earth (2015)

    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Sunset Over Water (2018)

    1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.0

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  • The Cave (2012)

    2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.5

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  • Freshwater Fly (2019)

    1–4 players · 40–90 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Darwin's Choice (2019)

    2–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6

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Quick environmental board games for 3 players (30 minutes or less)

Frequently asked

What is the best 3-player environmental board game?
Terraforming Mars (2016) is the highest-rated 3-player environmental board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.4/10 from 68,412 ratings. Pandemic Legacy Season 1 and Spirit Island round out the top three.
How many 3-player environmental board games are there?
MeeplePick lists 85 3-player environmental board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.