# Steam Store Scraper | Games, Prices, Reviews & Metadata (`longanimous_bracken/steam-scraper`) Actor Search and extract game data from Steam Store: titles, prices, ratings, genres, tags, descriptions, screenshots, and 27+ fields per game. Enriched via Steam API. - **URL**: https://apify.com/longanimous\_bracken/steam-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [petteri mähönen](https://apify.com/longanimous_bracken) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. 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 ## Steam Store Scraper Search and extract game data from Steam Store with full API enrichment. Extract titles, prices, ratings, genres, tags, descriptions, screenshots, and 27+ fields per game. ### Features - **Search & Extract** — Search Steam Store by keyword and extract game listings from search results - **API Enrichment** — Enrich every result with Steam's official API for detailed descriptions, tags, genres, screenshots, developers, publishers, and more - **Country-Specific Pricing** — Pass a country code (`cc`) to get localized pricing (USD, EUR, GBP, etc.) - **Structured Output** — All results normalized to a consistent schema with 27+ fields - **Lightweight** — Runs on 268MB memory (CheerioCrawler), fast and cost-effective ### Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | `searchQuery` | string | `"gaming"` | Search term for Steam Store search | | `maxResults` | number | `50` | Maximum number of games to extract (0 = no limit) | | `fetchDetails` | boolean | `true` | Enrich results via Steam API (descriptions, tags, screenshots) | | `cc` | string | `"US"` | Country code for localized pricing (e.g., `US`, `DE`, `GB`, `JP`) | ### Output Schema Each result contains the following fields: | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `title` | string | Game title | | `app_id` | number | Steam App ID | | `type` | string | App type (game, demorequire, etc.) | | `price_cents` | number | Current price in cents | | `discount_percent` | number | Current discount percentage | | `release_date` | string | Release date (coming soon / month/year or exact date) | | `review_percentage` | number | Positive review percentage (0-100) | | `review_sentiment` | string | "Overwhelmingly Positive", "Very Positive", etc. | | `platforms` | object | `{ windows, mac, linux }` — boolean flags | | `url` | string | Steam Store URL | | `steam_url` | string | Full Steam Store URL | | `source` | string | Always `"steam"` | | `cc` | string | Country code used for pricing | | `search_query` | string | Original search query | | `short_description` | string | Brief game description (from API) | | `detailed_description` | string | Full HTML description (from API) | | `about_the_game` | string | About section (from API) | | `header_image` | string | Header image URL (from API) | | `capsule_image` | string | Capsule image URL (from API) | | `website` | string | Official game website (from API) | | `developers` | array | Developer names | | `publishers` | array | Publisher names | | `currency` | string | Currency code (USD, EUR, etc.) | | `price_initial_cents` | number | Original price before discount | | `price_final_cents` | number | Current price after discount | | `is_free` | boolean | Whether the game is free-to-play | | `required_age` | number | Required age restriction | | `metacritic_score` | number | Metacritic score (if available) | | `recommendations` | number | Total number of user recommendations | | `genres` | array | Genre names (e.g., `"Action"`, `"RPG"`) | | `tags` | array | Tag names with counts | | `categories` | array | Category names (e.g., `"Single-player"`, `"Steam Achievements"`) | | `screenshots` | array | Screenshot image URLs (from API) | | `achievements_total` | number | Total achievements (if available) | | `dlc_count` | number | Number of DLC packages | | `supported_languages` | array | Supported language codes | ### Example #### Input ```json { "searchQuery": "rpg", "maxResults": 20, "fetchDetails": true, "cc": "US" } ```` #### Output (per item) ```json { "title": "Baldur's Gate 3", "app_id": 1086940, "type": "game", "price_cents": 5999, "discount_percent": 0, "release_date": "3 Aug, 2023", "review_percentage": 96, "review_sentiment": "Overwhelmingly Positive", "platforms": { "windows": true, "mac": true, "linux": false }, "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/", "steam_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/", "source": "steam", "cc": "US", "search_query": "rpg", "short_description": "Gather your party and return to the Forgotten Realms...", "developers": ["Larian Studios"], "publishers": ["Larian Studios"], "currency": "USD", "is_free": false, "genres": ["RPG", "Strategy"], "tags": ["RPG", "Story Rich", "Character Customization", ...], "categories": ["Single-player", "Multi-player", "Steam Achievements", ...], "screenshots": ["https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/.../1.jpg", ...], "achievements_total": 54, "dlc_count": 0 } ``` ### Use Cases - **Game market research** — Analyze pricing, genres, and tags across Steam's catalog - **Competitive analysis** — Track competitor game details, pricing changes, and review trends - **Price monitoring** — Set up recurring runs to detect sales and discount patterns - **Content aggregation** — Build game recommendation engines or curated lists - **Data science** — Train ML models on game metadata, pricing, and review correlations ### Limitations - Steam API allows only one App ID per request — enrichment is sequential (concurrency-limited) - Free plan users: enrichment for 100+ games may take 30-60 seconds - Steam rate limits apply — very large extractions (500+ games) may be throttled - Some fields may be null for upcoming games or early access titles ### Pricing This actor uses Apify's **Pay Per Event** model: - **Result:** $0.001 per result ($1.00 per 1,000 results) - **Actor Start:** $0.00005 (one-time per run) With CheerioCrawler on 268MB memory, runs are extremely cost-effective — a search returning 20 enriched games costs just ~$0.025. ### Changelog | Version | Date | Changes | |---------|------|---------| | 0.2 | 2026-07-17 | Cloud deployment verified — 10 games, 10/10 enriched | | 0.1 | 2026-07-17 | Initial release: search + Steam API enrichment, 27+ fields | # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Search term for Steam Store (e.g. 'cyberpunk', 'rpg', 'indie'). ## `tags` (type: `array`): Steam tags to filter by (e.g. 'Singleplayer', 'Indie', 'RPG'). ## `categories` (type: `array`): Steam categories (e.g. 'Genre:Action', 'Feature:Controller'). ## `priceMin` (type: `number`): Minimum price filter in local currency. 0 = no minimum. ## `priceMax` (type: `number`): Maximum price filter in local currency. 0 = no maximum. ## `cc` (type: `string`): Two-letter country code for pricing (e.g. 'us', 'eu', 'gb', 'fi'). ## `sortBy` (type: `string`): Sort order for search results. ## `sortOrder` (type: `string`): Ascending or descending sort order. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of games to extract. 0 = unlimited. ## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`): Enrich results with full game data from Steam App Details API (genres, descriptions, screenshots, achievements, etc.). ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "cyberpunk", "tags": [], "categories": [], "priceMin": 0, "priceMax": 0, "cc": "us", "sortBy": "relevance", "sortOrder": "desc", "maxResults": 0, "fetchDetails": true } ``` # 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 = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("longanimous_bracken/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("longanimous_bracken/steam-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 '{}' | apify call longanimous_bracken/steam-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=longanimous_bracken/steam-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Steam Store Scraper | Games, Prices, Reviews & Metadata", "description": "Search and extract game data from Steam Store: titles, prices, ratings, genres, tags, descriptions, screenshots, and 27+ fields per game. Enriched via Steam API.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "ZPTzReW0xLjbslnAa" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/longanimous_bracken~steam-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-longanimous_bracken-steam-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/longanimous_bracken~steam-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-longanimous_bracken-steam-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/longanimous_bracken~steam-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-longanimous_bracken-steam-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "properties": { "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Search term for Steam Store (e.g. 'cyberpunk', 'rpg', 'indie').", "default": "cyberpunk" }, "tags": { "title": "Tags", "type": "array", "description": "Steam tags to filter by (e.g. 'Singleplayer', 'Indie', 'RPG').", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [] }, "categories": { "title": "Categories", "type": "array", "description": "Steam categories (e.g. 'Genre:Action', 'Feature:Controller').", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [] }, "priceMin": { "title": "Minimum Price", "type": "number", "description": "Minimum price filter in local currency. 0 = no minimum.", "default": 0 }, "priceMax": { "title": "Maximum Price", "type": "number", "description": "Maximum 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