Steam Game Scraper

Scrape game data from the Steam Store. Get prices, descriptions, reviews, genres, and screenshots for specific games, featured titles, top sellers, or search results. Pure HTTP, no browser.

What data does it extract?

Field	Description
appId	Steam application ID
name	Game title
type	Content type (game, dlc, demo, special, etc.)
price	Original price in cents (e.g. 5999 = $59.99)
currency	Currency code (USD, EUR, GBP, etc.)
discount	Discount percentage
finalPrice	Price after discount in cents
description	Full HTML description
shortDescription	Brief text summary
headerImage	Header image URL
developers	List of developer names
publishers	List of publisher names
genres	Genre names (Action, RPG, Strategy, etc.)
categories	Category names (Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, etc.)
releaseDate	Release date string
metacritic	Metacritic score
recommendations	Total recommendation count
platforms	Windows/Mac/Linux availability
screenshots	Screenshot URLs

Use cases

• Price tracking -- Monitor game prices and discounts across Steam sales.
• Market research -- Analyze which genres, developers, and price points perform best.
• Game recommendation engines -- Build datasets to power game suggestion algorithms.
• Competitor analysis -- Track what's featured, trending, or top-selling on Steam.
• Wishlist monitoring -- Check current prices for a list of games by App ID.

How to use

Get details for specific games (Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2):

{
    "mode": "app_details",
    "appIds": ["730", "570", "440"],
    "maxResults": 50
}

Get featured, top sellers, and new releases from Steam's front page:

{
    "mode": "featured",
    "maxResults": 30
}

Get top 100 most-played games (via SteamSpy):

{
    "mode": "top_sellers",
    "maxResults": 100
}

Search for games by keyword:

{
    "mode": "search",
    "searchQuery": "cyberpunk",
    "maxResults": 10
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	enum	featured	app_details, featured, top_sellers, or search
appIds	string[]	[]	Steam App IDs for app_details mode (e.g. ["730", "570"])
searchQuery	string	""	Search keyword for search mode
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum results to return (1-200)

Output example

{
    "appId": "730",
    "name": "Counter-Strike 2",
    "type": "game",
    "price": 0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "discount": 0,
    "finalPrice": 0,
    "description": "<p>Counter-Strike 2 expands upon the team-based action gameplay...</p>",
    "shortDescription": "For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience.",
    "headerImage": "https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/730/header.jpg",
    "developers": ["Valve"],
    "publishers": ["Valve"],
    "genres": ["Action", "Free to Play"],
    "categories": ["Multi-player", "Steam Achievements", "Steam Trading Cards"],
    "releaseDate": "Aug 21, 2012",
    "metacritic": 83,
    "recommendations": 7842519,
    "platforms": { "windows": true, "mac": false, "linux": true },
    "screenshots": [
        "https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/730/ss_1.jpg",
        "https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/730/ss_2.jpg"
    ]
}

Performance & cost

• 1.5-second delay between requests to respect Steam's rate limits, with automatic retry on 429 errors.
• app_details mode fetches one game at a time. 50 games takes about 75 seconds.
• featured and top_sellers modes complete in a single API call (2-3 seconds).
• No browser needed. Runs cost under $0.01 in Apify platform credits.

FAQ

Why are prices in cents? That's how Steam's API returns them. Divide by 100 to get the dollar amount (e.g. 5999 = $59.99).

What's the difference between featured and top_sellers? featured pulls from Steam's front page (specials, top sellers, new releases, coming soon). top_sellers uses the SteamSpy API to get the top 100 most-played games in the last 2 weeks.

Why is description null for some modes? featured, top_sellers, and search modes return summary data only. Full descriptions are only available in app_details mode. For search results with 10 or fewer hits, the scraper auto-enriches with full details.

Can I look up DLC or soundtrack prices? Yes. Pass the DLC's App ID in app_details mode. DLCs, demos, and soundtracks each have their own App ID on Steam.