# PlayStation Store Scraper (`crawlerbros/playstation-store-scraper`) Actor

Scrape the official PlayStation Store (store.playstation.com) - search games, browse curated storefront categories (PS5, PS4, new releases, deals, free-to-play, PSVR2, add-ons), and fetch rich game detail (price, rating, media) by product ID.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/playstation-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## 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?

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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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Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## PlayStation Store Scraper

Scrape the official PlayStation Store (store.playstation.com) — search games by
keyword, browse curated storefront categories (PS5, PS4, new releases, deals,
free-to-play, PSVR2, add-ons), or fetch rich game detail (price, average star
rating, cover art, screenshots, trailers) by product ID. No login, no cookies,
no proxy required.

### What this actor does

- **Three modes:** `search`, `category`, `byProductId`
- **Curated category browsing** across the store's real storefront collections
- **Filters:** price range, free-only, platform (PS5/PS4), min rating
- **Real store pricing** including active discounts
- **Empty fields are omitted**

### Output per game

- `productId` / `conceptId` — PlayStation Store identifiers
- `name`
- `npTitleId`, `classification`, `topCategory`
- `platforms[]` — `PS5` / `PS4` (search mode)
- `basePrice`, `discountedPrice`, `discountText`, `currency`, `isFree`, `isExclusive`
- `averageRating`, `totalRatingsCount` (mode=byProductId)
- `editions[]` (mode=byProductId)
- `browsedCategory` (mode=category)
- `coverImageUrl`, `screenshots[]`, `videos[]`
- `sourceUrl` — canonical PlayStation Store page
- `recordType: "psnGame"`, `scrapedAt`

### Input

| Field | Type | Console prefill | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string | `search` | `search` / `category` / `byProductId` |
| `searchQuery` | string | `spider-man` | Free-text query (mode=search). No forced default via API - required in `search` mode |
| `category` | string | `ALL_DEALS` | Curated storefront category (mode=category) |
| `productIds` | array | – | Product IDs (mode=byProductId); deduplicated automatically. The Console test button prefills one sample ID (`UP9000-PPSA03016_00-MARVELSPIDERMAN2`) but this is not injected on programmatic calls that omit the field |
| `platform` | string | `ANY` | `ANY` / `PS5` / `PS4` (search mode) |
| `minPrice` / `maxPrice` | int | – | Price range in USD |
| `freeOnly` | bool | `false` | Only free games |
| `minRating` | int | – | Min average star rating, 1-5 (mode=byProductId) |
| `maxItems` | int | `25` | Hard cap (1-500) |

#### Example: browse PS5 deals under $30

```json
{
  "mode": "category",
  "category": "ALL_DEALS",
  "maxPrice": 30,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Example: game detail with ratings

```json
{
  "mode": "byProductId",
  "productIds": ["UP9000-PPSA03016_00-MARVELSPIDERMAN2"]
}
```

#### Example: search PS5 games under $60

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "spider-man",
  "platform": "PS5",
  "maxPrice": 60,
  "maxItems": 25
}
```

### Use cases

- **Price tracking** — monitor deals and discounts on specific games or entire storefront categories
- **Market research** — analyze pricing and rating trends across PS5/PS4 titles
- **Deal alert tools** — feed `ALL_DEALS` category data into a price-drop notifier
- **Game discovery** — surface free-to-play or newly released titles for a content site or newsletter
- **Competitive analysis** — compare a title's rating, price, and edition lineup against similar games

### Data source & reliability

Search and category results are parsed from the store's server-rendered
Next.js page data (`__NEXT_DATA__`), the same data the store website itself
renders from — no browser automation needed. Product detail (mode=byProductId)
uses the store's public, unauthenticated persisted-query GraphQL endpoint. All
requests are plain HTTPS with no cookies, login, or paid proxy dependency.

### FAQs

**Do I need a PSN account or cookies?** No — this actor only reads the public
storefront, exactly as an anonymous visitor sees it.

**Why do some fields (like `platforms` or `averageRating`) only appear in
certain modes?** Different PlayStation Store pages expose different data. The
actor only ever includes fields it can populate with real data — it never
emits nulls, `"N/A"`, or placeholder values.

**What are the category options?** `ALL_PS5_GAMES`, `ALL_PS4_GAMES`,
`NEW_GAMES`, `FREE_TO_PLAY`, `PRE_ORDERS`, `PSVR2_GAMES`, `PS5_PRO_ENHANCED`,
`ALL_DEALS`, `ADD_ONS` — these mirror the real navigation categories on
store.playstation.com.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to fetch.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Free-text game title or keyword to search for.

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

Curated PlayStation Store storefront category to browse.

## `productIds` (type: `array`):

PlayStation Store product IDs, e.g. `UP9000-PPSA03016_00-MARVELSPIDERMAN2` (found in a game's store URL: store.playstation.com/en-us/product/<productId>).

## `platform` (type: `string`):

Only keep results available on this platform (search mode only — category/detail records pass through).

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Drop games priced below this (current/discounted price).

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Drop games priced above this (current/discounted price).

## `freeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only keep games that are currently free.

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

Drop games with an average star rating below this (1-5). Only populated in mode=byProductId.

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

Hard cap on emitted records.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "spider-man",
  "category": "ALL_DEALS",
  "productIds": [
    "UP9000-PPSA03016_00-MARVELSPIDERMAN2"
  ],
  "platform": "ANY",
  "freeOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `games` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped PlayStation Store games.

# 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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "searchQuery": "spider-man",
    "category": "ALL_DEALS",
    "productIds": [
        "UP9000-PPSA03016_00-MARVELSPIDERMAN2"
    ],
    "platform": "ANY",
    "freeOnly": false,
    "maxItems": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/playstation-store-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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "searchQuery": "spider-man",
    "category": "ALL_DEALS",
    "productIds": ["UP9000-PPSA03016_00-MARVELSPIDERMAN2"],
    "platform": "ANY",
    "freeOnly": False,
    "maxItems": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawlerbros/playstation-store-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 '{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "spider-man",
  "category": "ALL_DEALS",
  "productIds": [
    "UP9000-PPSA03016_00-MARVELSPIDERMAN2"
  ],
  "platform": "ANY",
  "freeOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 25
}' |
apify call crawlerbros/playstation-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xmKq5Zrhd87P4epFh/builds/06JK9leqgS2yWe3JG/openapi.json