Steam Scraper & Steam API — player counts, reviews, prices & SteamSpy owners

Scrape Steam game data at scale: live Steam player counts, review scores, Steam review texts, prices and discounts, store details and SteamSpy owner estimates for any game. Use it as an unofficial Steam API for any list of app IDs, or pull Steam's top sellers, specials and search results in any store region.

What is Steam Game Intelligence?

Steam Game Intelligence is a Steam scraper that gives you SteamDB-style data without SteamDB. It combines Steam's public JSON endpoints (store app details, the Steam Web API player count, store reviews and store search) with SteamSpy into one clean record per game.

• No API key, no login, no browser — it only reads public endpoints.
• An easy alternative to the official Steam Web API: instead of calling four Steam endpoints plus SteamSpy and merging the responses yourself, you get one flat item per game.
• Four modes: your own list of app IDs / URLs, global top sellers, specials (games on sale) or keyword search.
• Any store region: set country (us, gb, de, br, jp…) to get local prices and currency.
• Polite by design: store requests are throttled to Steam's rate limit, with automatic retry and backoff on HTTP 429 and server errors.
• Download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML, or read it via the Apify API.

What data can I extract with Steam Game Intelligence?

Field	Description
currentPlayers	Live concurrent player count right now (Steam Web API)
reviewScoreDesc	Steam review score label, e.g. "Very Positive"
totalReviews / totalPositive / totalNegative	Review counts across all languages and purchase types
positiveRatio	Share of positive reviews, 0–1
price / initialPrice / discountPercent / currency	Current price, price before discount, discount %, currency for the chosen country
isFree	Free-to-play flag
releaseDate / comingSoon	Release date and whether the game is unreleased
developers / publishers	Studio and publisher names
genres / categories / platforms	Store genres, features (Single-player, Co-op…), platforms (windows, mac, linux)
tags	Top user tags (SteamSpy)
ownersEstimate / ownersMin / ownersMax	SteamSpy owner estimate range
averagePlaytime	SteamSpy average playtime in minutes (often null)
metacriticScore	Metacritic score shown on the store page
headerImage / shortDescription / url	Store header image, short description, store URL
reviews	Optional newest review texts: recommended or not, playtime at review, helpful votes, date, language

How can I use Steam data?

• Game studios & publishers — track competitors' player counts, review sentiment and pricing every day.
• Market researchers & investors — size genres with SteamSpy owner estimates, tags and review volume.
• Deal sites & newsletters — pull current Steam specials with prices and discounts in any region.
• Content creators & analysts — feed dashboards, Google Sheets or databases with fresh Steam stats.
• Community managers — export the newest Steam reviews for sentiment analysis.
• Player-count trackers — schedule the Actor hourly to build your own Steam player count history.

How to scrape Steam data

1. Click Try for free on this Actor's page (you need a free Apify account).
2. Choose a Mode: specific apps, top sellers, search by keyword or specials.
3. Fill in app IDs / store URLs (or a search term), the store country and whether you want SteamSpy data and review texts.
4. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
5. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or connect it to your tools via the API.

How much does it cost to scrape Steam?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for games you actually get:

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.005 per run
app-result (one game in the dataset)	$0.002 per game = $2 per 1,000 games

Review texts and SteamSpy data are included at no extra charge. Error items (invalid IDs, apps not found, failed fetches) are never charged.

Example: 1 run × 1,000 games = $0.005 + $2.00 = $2.005.

The Apify free plan includes $5 of monthly credit, which covers roughly 2,500 games per month. You can set a maximum cost per run; once it is reached the Actor stops cleanly and keeps everything scraped so far.

⬇️ Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	apps | topSellers | search | specials	apps	What to scrape (required)
appIds	list of strings	—	apps mode: app IDs (730) or store.steampowered.com / steamcommunity.com / steamdb.info URLs
searchTerm	string	—	search mode: keyword, e.g. roguelike
maxItems	integer	50	Max apps in topSellers / search / specials mode (ignored in apps mode)
country	string	us	2-letter store region for prices and currency
includeSteamSpy	boolean	true	Add owner estimates, average playtime and tags from SteamSpy
includeReviews	boolean	false	Add the newest review texts
maxReviewsPerApp	integer	20	Reviews per app when includeReviews is on

{
  "mode": "apps",
  "appIds": ["730", "570", "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/"],
  "country": "us",
  "includeSteamSpy": true,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerApp": 20
}

Top 100 sellers in Germany: { "mode": "topSellers", "maxItems": 100, "country": "de" }

⬆️ Output

One item per game. The Overview table view in Apify Console shows image, name, players now, reviews, price, discount, owners and more at a glance.

{
  "appId": 1245620,
  "name": "ELDEN RING",
  "type": "game",
  "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/",
  "isFree": false,
  "price": 59.99,
  "initialPrice": 59.99,
  "discountPercent": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "releaseDate": "Feb 24, 2022",
  "comingSoon": false,
  "developers": ["FromSoftware, Inc."],
  "publishers": ["FromSoftware, Inc.", "Bandai Namco Entertainment"],
  "genres": ["Action", "RPG"],
  "categories": ["Single-player", "Multi-player", "PvP", "Online Co-op", "Steam Achievements", "Full controller support"],
  "tags": ["Souls-like", "Open World", "Dark Fantasy", "RPG", "Difficult", "Action RPG"],
  "platforms": ["windows"],
  "metacriticScore": 94,
  "currentPlayers": 23130,
  "reviewScoreDesc": "Very Positive",
  "totalReviews": 1157026,
  "totalPositive": 1076557,
  "totalNegative": 80469,
  "positiveRatio": 0.93,
  "ownersEstimate": "20,000,000 .. 50,000,000",
  "ownersMin": 20000000,
  "ownersMax": 50000000,
  "averagePlaytime": null,
  "headerImage": "https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1245620/.../header_alt_assets_3.jpg",
  "shortDescription": "THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace...",
  "reviews": [
    { "id": "236585976", "recommended": true, "text": "nice", "playtimeAtReview": 16586, "votesUp": 0, "createdAt": "2026-10-01T00:44:29.000Z", "language": "english" }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-01T01:36:19.569Z"
}

Notes on fields:

• price / initialPrice are in major units (59.99), currency follows country. Free games have price: 0, currency: null.
• positiveRatio is 0–1 (0.93 = 93 % positive) across all languages and purchase types.
• tags, ownersEstimate, ownersMin, ownersMax, averagePlaytime come from SteamSpy and are null with includeSteamSpy: false. averagePlaytime is in minutes and is null when SteamSpy has no playtime data (currently the case for most games).
• playtimeAtReview is in minutes. reviews is present only with includeReviews: true.

Error items

{ "appId": 999999999, "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/999999999/", "errorType": "NOT_FOUND", "error": "No store data for app 999999999 in country \"us\"" }

errorType is NOT_FOUND (removed app or not sold in that region), INVALID_APP_ID, FETCH_FAILED or LISTING_FAILED. Error items are never charged.

Integrations and API

Apify API — start a run and get results over HTTP:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/istmobot~steam-game-intelligence/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode": "topSellers", "maxItems": 20, "country": "us"}'

Python (pip install apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("istmobot/steam-game-intelligence").call(run_input={
    "mode": "apps",
    "appIds": ["730", "570"],
    "country": "us",
})
for game in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(game["name"], game.get("currentPlayers"))

Node.js (npm install apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('istmobot/steam-game-intelligence').call({
    mode: 'search',
    searchTerm: 'roguelike',
    maxItems: 50,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

• Schedules — run it hourly or daily to track Steam player counts, prices and reviews over time.
• Webhooks — get notified or trigger your own pipeline when a run finishes.
• Make, Zapier, n8n — send Steam data to Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack or a database without code.
• AI agents — use it from Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client via the Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com).

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Steam? This Actor only reads publicly available data from public endpoints, does not log in and does not collect personal data beyond what Steam publishes in public reviews (review texts carry no author names). Public data is generally fine to collect, but reviews are user-generated content — if you store or process it, be mindful of GDPR and similar privacy laws. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws and the sites' terms; if unsure, consult a lawyer.

Do I need a Steam API key? No. Everything comes from public endpoints that need no key and no login.

How fast is it? Steam limits the store details endpoint to ~200 requests per 5 minutes, so the Actor fetches about one game every 1.5 s (≈40 games/minute). Player counts, reviews and SteamSpy run in parallel within that window.

How accurate are SteamSpy owner estimates? They are SteamSpy's estimated ranges, not official Valve numbers. Use them for relative comparisons and market sizing, not exact sales.

Can I get historical player charts? No — Steam only exposes the current player count. Schedule the Actor (e.g. hourly) and the dataset history becomes your chart.

Can I schedule it? Yes. Use Apify Schedules to run it on any cron interval (hourly, daily, weekly) and combine with webhooks or integrations to push the results wherever you need them.

Why is a game missing in my region? Some apps are not sold everywhere; you get a NOT_FOUND error item (free). Try another country.

Does it include DLC, soundtracks, hardware? In apps mode, anything with an app ID works. Listing modes return what Steam lists (bundles and packages are skipped); check the type field.

Do I need proxies? No. Requests are few, lightweight and rate-limited.

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Disclaimer

This is an unofficial tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Valve Corporation, Steam or SteamSpy.