# Steam Games Scraper — Prices, Genres, Metacritic (`hipersoft/steam-games-scraper`) Actor

Search the Steam store and scrape full game data: name, price & discount, developers, publishers, genres, categories, platforms, Metacritic score, release date, description and store link. Fast clean HTTP via the Steam store API, no key.

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

## Pricing

from $0.0024 / game scraped

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

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# README

## Steam Games Scraper — Prices, Genres & Metacritic

Search the Steam store and pull clean, structured JSON with full game data: name, price and discount, developers, publishers, genres, categories, platforms, Metacritic score, release date, description and store link. It runs over Steam's public store API, so it's fast and needs **no account and no API key**. Built for price tracking, market research and building game catalogs — with per-country pricing.

### Features

- 💰 **Pricing & discounts** — `price`, `priceCents`, `currency` and `discountPct`, localized by `country`.
- 🏷️ **Full taxonomy** — `genres`, `categories`, `platforms`, `developers` and `publishers` per game.
- ⭐ **Metacritic & reviews** — `metacritic` score, `metacriticUrl` and total `recommendations`.
- 🆔 **Target exact titles** — pass Steam app IDs or `store.steampowered.com/app/...` URLs in `appIds`.
- 🌍 **Regional pricing** — set `country` (e.g. `us`, `gb`, `de`, `br`) to get the right currency.
- 🎚️ **Volume control** — `maxGamesPerSearch` (1–100) caps top results per search term.
- 🧱 **Flat, normalized JSON** — cleaned description and supported languages, ready to use.

### What you get

One flat JSON record per game. Example:

```json
{
  "appId": 620,
  "name": "Portal 2",
  "type": "game",
  "isFree": false,
  "price": "$9.99",
  "priceCents": 999,
  "currency": "USD",
  "discountPct": 0,
  "developers": ["Valve"],
  "publishers": ["Valve"],
  "genres": ["Action", "Adventure"],
  "categories": ["Single-player", "Co-op", "Steam Achievements"],
  "platforms": ["windows", "mac", "linux"],
  "metacritic": 95,
  "metacriticUrl": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/portal-2",
  "recommendations": 285000,
  "requiredAge": 0,
  "releaseDate": "18 Apr, 2011",
  "comingSoon": false,
  "website": "http://www.thinkwithportals.com/",
  "headerImage": "https://cdn.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/620/header.jpg",
  "shortDescription": "The Portal 2 single-player campaign introduces new characters and puzzles.",
  "supportedLanguages": "English, French, German, ...",
  "dlcCount": 1,
  "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/620"
}
```

### Input

```json
{
  "searches": ["portal", "roguelike", "stardew"],
  "appIds": [],
  "maxGamesPerSearch": 20,
  "country": "us"
}
```

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `searches` | Game titles or keywords to search on the Steam store, one per line. |
| `appIds` | Specific Steam app IDs or store URLs (optional). |
| `maxGamesPerSearch` | How many top results to fetch per search term (1–100). |
| `country` | Two-letter country code for pricing/currency (e.g. `us`, `gb`, `de`, `br`). |

### Use cases

- Track prices and discounts across regions with per-country runs.
- Build a game catalog with genres, categories, platforms and Metacritic scores.
- Research a genre's top titles by `recommendations` and reviews.
- Enrich a games dataset with developers, publishers and release dates.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: you're billed a small amount per run and per item scraped — you only pay for what you get. See the **Pricing** tab for current rates.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Steam account or API key?**
No. The Actor runs over [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com)'s public store API, so there's no account, no login and no API key to set up.

**How many games can I get per run?**
Set `maxGamesPerSearch` (1–100) to cap top results per search term. Pass multiple keywords in `searches`, or target exact `appIds`, to scale a single run.

**Can I download games or game files?**
No. This Actor returns public store metadata only — prices, genres, platforms, Metacritic scores and descriptions. It does not download any game files or DRM-protected content.

**What's the output format?**
Flat, normalized JSON with one record per game and consistent fields, ready for a database or spreadsheet. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

**Can I get regional pricing?**
Yes. Set `country` (e.g. `us`, `gb`, `de`, `br`) to get localized `price`, `priceCents`, `currency` and `discountPct` for each game.

### Related Actors

Building a games or entertainment dataset? Pair this with our other scrapers:

- [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/youtube-scraper) — video metadata, transcripts, comments and channel profiles.
- [TVMaze TV Shows Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/tvmaze-scraper) — TV shows, episodes and cast with IMDb IDs and ratings.
- [Google Play Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/hipersoft/google-play-reviews-scraper) — user reviews, ratings and developer replies for any app.

### Notes

This Actor uses Steam's public store API and returns public store metadata only — no game files or DRM-protected content. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Valve or Steam; all trademarks belong to their respective owners.

# Actor input Schema

## `searches` (type: `array`):

Game titles or keywords to search on the Steam store (e.g. "portal", "roguelike", "stardew"), one per line.

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

Specific Steam app IDs or store URLs (e.g. 620 or store.steampowered.com/app/620). One per line.

## `maxGamesPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

How many top results to fetch per search term.

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

Two-letter country code for pricing (e.g. us, gb, de, br).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. The Steam store API works without a proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    "portal"
  ],
  "appIds": [],
  "maxGamesPerSearch": 20,
  "country": "us",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searches": [
        "portal"
    ],
    "appIds": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/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 = {
    "searches": ["portal"],
    "appIds": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hipersoft/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 '{
  "searches": [
    "portal"
  ],
  "appIds": []
}' |
apify call hipersoft/steam-games-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/rw8WE3CDThDwxG48g/builds/0iwSrHQkSAXa7NQjO/openapi.json