# Steam Games Scraper - Top Sellers, Prices, Discounts & Genres (`feedforge/steam-games-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Steam top sellers, new releases and specials. Prices, discounts, genres, developers and Metacritic scores as JSON or CSV.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/feedforge/steam-games-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Dominik](https://apify.com/feedforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Games, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.40 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Steam Games Scraper - Top Sellers, Prices, Discounts & Genres

Extract Steam top sellers, new releases and discounted games with prices, genres, developers, release dates and Metacritic scores.

### What you can do with it

- **Price and discount tracking** - monitor sales across the store over time.
- **Market research for game developers** - what is selling, in which genres.
- **Deal aggregation** - power a discount alerts site or bot.
- **Competitive analysis** - track a publisher's catalogue and pricing.
- **Feed an AI agent** - structured game metadata rather than scraped pages.

### Input

Every field is optional. Run it with no configuration and it returns useful data
straight away.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `search` | string | Find any game by name or keyword, e.g. 'roguelike' or 'Stardew'. Leave empty to browse a featured category instead. |
| `category` | string | One of: top\_sellers, new\_releases, specials, coming\_soon. Default `top_sellers`. |
| `country` | string | Two-letter country code controlling the currency and prices, e.g. us, gb, de. Default `us`. |
| `maxItems` | integer | How many games to return. Each is enriched with full store details. Default `50`. |

### Output

Flat JSON records, exportable as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML. Fields the source does
not publish come back as `null` rather than being omitted, so your schema stays
stable between runs.

### Pricing

Pay per result. You are charged only for records actually delivered - a run that
matches nothing costs nothing.

### Keeping it fresh

Use Apify **Schedules** to run this on a timer and your dataset stays current
without you touching it. Add a webhook to push new records straight into your
database, Google Sheet or Slack channel.

### Reliability

This reads the source's own public API - no logins, no bot circumvention. That is
a deliberate choice: actors that depend on defeating bot protection break without
warning. This one does not.

# Actor input Schema

## `search` (type: `string`):

Find any game by name or keyword, e.g. 'roguelike' or 'Stardew'. Leave empty to browse a featured category instead.

## `category` (type: `string`):

One of: top\_sellers, new\_releases, specials, coming\_soon.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code controlling the currency and prices, e.g. us, gb, de.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

How many games to return. Each is enriched with full store details.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "top_sellers",
  "country": "us",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("feedforge/steam-games-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("feedforge/steam-games-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call feedforge/steam-games-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=feedforge/steam-games-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ajlEp9yoJ5CjX6rLd/builds/nxq6BDbwDRpp4iXJT/openapi.json