Steam Reviews & Game Data Scraper

Extract Steam reviews, game details, prices and player estimates. No API key, no login, no Steam account required.

Every review row carries how long the reviewer had played when they wrote it — the field that separates an informed verdict from a five-minute rage post.

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Why this scraper

Playtime per reviewer. Steam exposes it; most scrapers drop it. With playtimeHoursAtReview you can filter out reviews written after 12 minutes, weight sentiment by hours played, or find the reviewers who actually know the game.

Purchase type filtering. Separate genuine Steam purchases from review keys and gifts. If you are measuring sentiment, free copies distort it — one setting removes them.

Owner estimates included. Steam never publishes ownership numbers. Game mode adds estimated owners, average playtime and peak concurrent players.

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What you can extract

Mode	What you get
Reviews of a game	Every public review with full text, verdict, votes, language, and the reviewer's playtime and library size
Game details and stats	Price, discount, genres, developers, review score, Metacritic, owner estimates, achievements, platforms
Search the Steam store	Find games by keyword with price, release date and rating
Review score summary only	Just the numbers — total, positive, negative, percentage — without pulling individual reviews

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Quick start

1. Pick a mode.
2. Paste an App ID (730) or a store URL (https://store.steampowered.com/app/730/).
3. Set Maximum results.
4. Click Start, then download as CSV, Excel or JSON.

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Example inputs

All recent reviews of a game

{
  "mode": "reviews",
  "appIds": ["730"],
  "maxItems": 5000,
  "sortBy": "recent"
}

Negative German reviews from the last 30 days

{
  "mode": "reviews",
  "appIds": ["730"],
  "language": "german",
  "reviewType": "negative",
  "dayRange": 30,
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Honest sentiment — real purchases only, no free keys

{
  "mode": "reviews",
  "appIds": ["1245620"],
  "purchaseType": "steam",
  "sortBy": "all",
  "maxItems": 2000
}

Compare several games side by side

{
  "mode": "games",
  "appIds": ["730", "570", "1245620", "1172470"],
  "country": "de"
}

Find every game in a genre

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "roguelike deckbuilder",
  "maxItems": 500
}

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Output fields

Reviews

Field	Description
review	Full review text
recommendation	Recommended or Not Recommended
votedUp	Same as a boolean
playtimeHoursAtReview	Hours played when the review was written
playtimeHoursTotal	Hours played overall
playtimeHoursLast2Weeks	Hours played recently — is the reviewer still active?
authorName, authorSteamId, authorProfileUrl	Who wrote it
authorGamesOwned, authorReviewCount	How experienced the reviewer is
createdAt, updatedAt	When it was posted and last edited
votesHelpful, votesFunny, commentCount	Community response
helpfulnessScore	Steam's own weighting, 0 to 1
steamPurchase	False for keys, gifts and review copies
receivedForFree, refunded, writtenDuringEarlyAccess	Context flags
primarilySteamDeck	Played mostly on a Steam Deck
language	Language of the review

Games

Field	Description
name, url, type, isFree	Identity
priceInitial, priceFinal, discountPercent, priceCurrency	Pricing for the chosen country
totalReviews, positiveReviews, negativeReviews, positivePercent	Review breakdown
reviewScoreDesc	Steam's wording, e.g. Very Positive
metacriticScore, metacriticUrl	Critic score
ownersEstimate	Estimated ownership range
averagePlaytimeForever, averagePlaytime2Weeks, ccu	Engagement
developers, publishers, genres, categories	Classification
releaseDate, comingSoon	Release status
achievementCount, dlcCount, requiredAge	Extras
platformWindows, platformMac, platformLinux	Availability

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Input notes

• Games accept an App ID or a full store URL — no need to extract the number.
• Several games split the maxItems budget evenly between them.
• Store country changes prices and currency: us, de, gb, br, jp.
• Sort order recent gives newest first, all gives most helpful first.

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Performance

Run	Results	Time
Reviews	150	~2 s
Reviews	5,000	~1 min
Game details	3 games	~4 s

Reviews paginate 100 at a time; game details need three requests per title (store, review summary, owner estimates).

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Limits

• Public data only. Private profiles and unreleased games return little.
• Owner estimates are estimates. They come from SteamSpy's sampling, not Steam.
• Review counts are snapshots at the time of scraping.
• Very large runs may hit rate limits — raise Delay between requests to 1–2 seconds.

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FAQ

Do I need a Steam account or API key? No. Everything runs against public store endpoints.

Can I get every review of a big game? Yes, though popular titles have millions. Use dayRange or language to narrow it.

Why do some reviews show zero playtime? The reviewer's profile is private. The review text is still returned.

Can I filter out review keys and gifts? Yes — set How the game was obtained to Steam purchases only.

What formats can I export? CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, or straight from the Apify API.

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Legal and responsible use

This Actor reads publicly available data from Steam's public store endpoints. It does not bypass authentication or access private content.

You are responsible for how you use the results, including GDPR obligations when the data concerns people in the EU. Review text and profile names are personal data — do not republish them without a lawful basis.