# CheapShark Game Deals — PC Game Prices Across Stores (`alaudinburki/cheapshark-deals`) Actor

Current PC game discounts across stores as flat rows — title, sale price, normal price, discount percentage and store. Free public API, no key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alaudinburki/cheapshark-deals.md
- **Developed by:** [alaudin burki](https://apify.com/alaudinburki) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## CheapShark Game Deals — PC Game Prices Across Stores

Current PC game discounts across stores as flat rows — title, sale price, normal price, discount
percentage and store. Free public API, no key.

### What you get

`title`, `salePrice`, `normalPrice`, `savingsPct`, `storeId`, `steamRating`, `steamRatingPct`,
`metacriticScore`, `dealRating`, `thumb`, `id`.

### Sample output

```json
{ "title": "Unity of Command II", "salePrice": "6.99", "normalPrice": "29.99",
  "savingsPct": "76.692", "storeId": "1", "steamRating": "Very Positive" }
```

### Limitations

- **`storeID` is a CheapShark number, not a name** — `1` is Steam and the rest are their own list. The
  id is returned as given rather than mapped.
- Prices are **US-dollar strings** as the store lists them; regional pricing is not covered.
- **Deals expire within hours.** A price from a previous run is not a current price.
- Only PC storefronts; console stores are not included.
- `dealRating` is CheapShark's own score and is not explained by them.

### Pricing

Pay per result.

### Fields

| Field | Type | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| `title` | string | Title as the source writes it. |
| `salePrice` | number | Sale price as the source records it. A non-arm's-length transfer may be zero or blank. |
| `normalPrice` | number | The undiscounted price as the store lists it. A NUMBER in the store's own currency, and the currency is named elsewhere in the row. |
| `savingsPct` | number | Saving as a PERCENTAGE against the normal price. Computed by the source, and it floors rather than rounds. |
| `storeId` | number | Identifier of the store offering the deal. An id, not a name. |
| `steamRating` | number | Steam's own rating text for the game, e.g. 'Very Positive'. |
| `steamRatingPct` | number | Share of Steam reviews that are positive, as a PERCENTAGE. |
| `metacriticScore` | number | Metacritic score, 0-100. Absent when the game has too few reviews for a score. |
| `dealRating` | number | The source's own rating of how good the deal is. |
| `thumb` | string | URL of the deal's thumbnail image. |

# Actor input Schema

## `storeId` (type: `string`):

Optional CheapShark store id, e.g. 1 Steam, 2 GamersGate, 3 GreenManGaming. Empty for all stores.

## `upperPrice` (type: `number`):

Only deals at or below this price.

## `lowerPrice` (type: `number`):

Only deals at or above this price.

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

Stop after this many rows.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPages": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per item, with the 10 fields listed under Views.

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 500,
    "maxPages": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alaudinburki/cheapshark-deals").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 = {
    "maxItems": 500,
    "maxPages": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alaudinburki/cheapshark-deals").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPages": 5
}' |
apify call alaudinburki/cheapshark-deals --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alaudinburki/cheapshark-deals"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/kocB89ebI34jbEPoi/builds/cBKfvSG4vOhJtsqVU/openapi.json