# OpenCritic Game Reviews & Scores Scraper (`crawlerbros/opencritic-scraper`) Actor Scrape OpenCritic browse lists and game pages. Extract game titles, OpenCritic scores, recommendation percentages, platforms, genres, and release metadata - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/opencritic-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## OpenCritic Scraper Scrape OpenCritic browse lists and direct game pages. This actor is designed for public real-data lanes such as popular games, recently released games, upcoming games, reviewed-today listings, and full game URLs. ### Modes - `popular` - `recentlyReleased` - `upcoming` - `reviewedToday` - `byUrl` ### Input Use the browse modes for high-yield real-data runs, or `byUrl` for direct game pages. ```json { "mode": "popular", "fetchDetail": true, "maxItems": 10 } ```` For direct pages: ```json { "mode": "byUrl", "gameUrls": [ "https://opencritic.com/game/14346/wwe-2k23" ], "maxItems": 1 } ``` ### Output Each record can include: - `gameId`, `title`, `slug`, `url` - `topCriticScore`, `percentRecommended`, `rating`, `tier` - `year`, `releaseDate`, `releaseDateDisplay` - `platforms`, `genres` - `description`, `imageUrl` - `siteName`, `recordType`, `scrapedAt` Empty values are omitted from output. ### Notes - Browse modes are sourced from OpenCriticโ€™s server-rendered homepage state. - Detail enrichment comes from public game pages and structured JSON-LD. - This actor focuses on the stable public browse and detail surfaces instead of site-internal search. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): Which OpenCritic surface to scrape. ## `gameUrls` (type: `array`): Direct OpenCritic game URLs such as https://opencritic.com/game/14346/wwe-2k23 ## `fetchDetail` (type: `boolean`): Follow list items to their game pages to populate richer fields. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on emitted game records. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "popular", "gameUrls": [], "fetchDetail": true, "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `games` (type: `string`): Dataset containing all scraped OpenCritic game records. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "popular", "gameUrls": [], "fetchDetail": true, "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/opencritic-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`๐Ÿ’พ 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); }); // ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "popular", "gameUrls": [], "fetchDetail": True, "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/opencritic-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("๐Ÿ’พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "mode": "popular", "gameUrls": [], "fetchDetail": true, "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call crawlerbros/opencritic-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/opencritic-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "OpenCritic Game Reviews & Scores Scraper", "description": "Scrape OpenCritic browse lists and game pages. Extract game titles, OpenCritic scores, recommendation percentages, platforms, genres, and release metadata", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "q0ZRkWOPmXPC9CQcx" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~opencritic-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-opencritic-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~opencritic-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-opencritic-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~opencritic-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-opencritic-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "popular", "recentlyReleased", "upcoming", "reviewedToday", "byUrl" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which OpenCritic surface to scrape.", "default": "popular" }, "gameUrls": { "title": "Game URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Direct OpenCritic game URLs such as https://opencritic.com/game/14346/wwe-2k23", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "fetchDetail": { "title": "Fetch detail pages", "type": "boolean", "description": "Follow list items to their game pages to populate richer fields.", "default": true }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, 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