# Steam Scraper — Games, Prices, Discounts, Ratings & Reviews (`jeffev/steam-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Steam games by URL, app ID or store search (sort by reviews, release or price; only discounted; max price): price and discount, release date, developer, publisher, genres, Metacritic, user review score and counts, plus user reviews with playtime. No API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jeffev/steam-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jefferson Valandro](https://apify.com/jeffev) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 games

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## Steam Scraper — games, prices, discounts, ratings & reviews

Scrape the **Steam store** with no API key. Search games like on the store (**sort by user reviews, release date or price; only games on sale; maximum price**) or give game URLs and app IDs. For each game: **price, original price and discount**, release date, developers, publishers, genres, categories (multiplayer, co-op, controller...), platforms, **Metacritic score**, **user review score with positive/negative counts and % positive**, achievements, DLC count, languages and website. Optionally, **user reviews** with recommendation, text, playtime, language and date.

Use it for **game market research, pricing and discount tracking, competitor analysis for indie developers, and review sentiment analysis**.

### Why this one

- **Store search with real filters**: the same sort orders and filters as the Steam store, with up to thousands of results.
- **Review score at a glance**: total, positive, negative and % positive for every game.
- **Reviews at scale**: hundreds of thousands per game, by most recent or most helpful, in any language.
- **Any country's prices**: pick the store country for local prices and currency.

### Input

Best-rated roguelikes currently on sale:

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["roguelike"],
  "sortBy": "reviews",
  "onlyDiscounted": true,
  "maxGamesPerSearch": 100,
  "country": "us"
}
```

Reviews of specific games:

```json
{ "games": ["https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/", "730"], "reviewsPerGame": 1000, "reviewsSort": "recent" }
```

### Output (field `type`)

| type | Main fields |
|---|---|
| `game` | `appId`, `name`, `url`, `price`, `originalPrice`, `discountPercent`, `currency`, `releaseDate`, `developers`, `publishers`, `genres`, `categories`, `platforms`, `metacriticScore`, `reviewScore`, `totalReviews`, `positiveReviews`, `negativeReviews`, `positivePercent`, `achievements`, `dlcCount`, `shortDescription`, `headerImage` |
| `review` | `appId`, `gameName`, `recommended`, `text`, `language`, `createdAt`, `playtimeHours`, `playtimeAtReviewHours`, `helpfulVotes`, `funnyVotes`, `steamPurchase`, `earlyAccess` |

### Example output

One real item from a test run (long texts and lists shortened):

```json
{
  "type": "game",
  "appId": 1145360,
  "name": "Hades",
  "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360",
  "gameType": "game",
  "isFree": false,
  "price": 24.99,
  "originalPrice": 24.99,
  "discountPercent": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "releaseDate": "Sep 17, 2020",
  "comingSoon": false,
  "developers": [
    "Supergiant Games"
  ],
  "publishers": [
    "Supergiant Games"
  ],
  "genres": [
    "Action",
    "Indie",
    "RPG"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Single-player",
    "Steam Achievements",
    "Full controller support"
  ],
  "platforms": [
    "windows",
    "mac"
  ],
  "metacriticScore": 93,
  "reviewScore": "Overwhelmingly Positive",
  "totalReviews": 309918,
  "positiveReviews": 303696,
  "negativeReviews": 6222,
  "positivePercent": 98,
  "recommendations": 287069,
  "achievements": 49
}
```

### Notes

- `reviewsPerGame` applies to every game in the run, including games found by search.

### How much does it cost?

You pay only for results delivered, at a fixed price per item. **Apify platform usage is included** in that price, so there are no compute costs on top. Errors and items that couldn't be found are free.

| What you get | Price | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Game | $0.002 each | 1,000 games = $2.00 |
| Review | $0.0003 each | 1,000 reviews = $0.30 |

The Apify **Free plan includes $5 of monthly credit**, enough for about **2,500 games** per month at no cost. You can also set a maximum spend per run.

On paid Apify plans it gets cheaper automatically: **10% off on Starter, 20% on Scale and 30% on Business**.

### Feedback

Found a bug, a site change, or need an extra field? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab: every issue is read and answered. If this actor saved you time, a **review** helps other people find it.

# Actor input Schema

## `games` (type: `array`):

Steam store URLs or app IDs.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search games in the Steam store (e.g. 'roguelike', 'city builder', 'cozy').

## `maxGamesPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

How many games to return per search.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of the search results.

## `onlyDiscounted` (type: `boolean`):

Search only: keep games with an active discount.

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

Search only: keep games at or below this price (in the country's currency).

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code for prices and availability (us, gb, br, de, fr, jp...).

## `reviewsPerGame` (type: `integer`):

How many user reviews to return per game (0 = none). Each has recommendation, text, playtime, language and date.

## `reviewsSort` (type: `string`):

Which reviews come first.

## `reviewLanguage` (type: `string`):

Steam language name (english, brazilian, spanish, german...) or 'all'.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "games": [
    "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/",
    "730"
  ],
  "maxGamesPerSearch": 50,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "onlyDiscounted": false,
  "country": "us",
  "reviewsPerGame": 0,
  "reviewsSort": "recent",
  "reviewLanguage": "all"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Games and, if requested, user reviews (field 'type').

# 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 = {
    "games": [
        "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/",
        "730"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jeffev/steam-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 = { "games": [
        "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/",
        "730",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jeffev/steam-scraper").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 '{
  "games": [
    "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/",
    "730"
  ]
}' |
apify call jeffev/steam-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/IP9tSSnKWIBGvVouz/builds/vQ3ghcHanonRL3Zwc/openapi.json