# Epic Games Store Scraper (`newbs/gamescout-epic-scraper`) Actor Scrape Epic Games Store offers, free games, deals, releases, demos, coming soon titles, and catalog update metadata with normalized prices and URLs. - **URL**: https://apify.com/newbs/gamescout-epic-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Newbs](https://apify.com/newbs) (community) - **Categories:** Games, E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## 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 ## Epic Games Store Scraper Scrape Epic Games Store offers, free games, deals, releases, demos, coming soon titles, and catalog update metadata. The actor returns normalized game, price, discount, image, and URL data for storefront monitoring and promotion tracking. ### What it can scrape - Epic Games Store catalog search and offers. - Free games and active promotions from Epic and EGData promotion sources. - Discounted games and current deals from EGData discounted offer data. - New release, demo, and coming soon discovery signals. - Public offer changelog entries through EGData when available; metadata timestamps are used as a fallback. ### Useful inputs - `mode`: `search`, `new_releases`, `deals`, `demos`, `coming_soon`, or `updates`. - `query`: game title or catalog search text. - `category`: Epic tag, namespace, or genre-style filter such as `action`, `strategy`, or `rpg`. - `gameId`: Epic offer ID for update checks. - `gameUrl`: Epic store URL for update checks. - `maxItems`: maximum records to return. ### Output fields Each result includes `platform`, `platformGameId`, `title`, `url`, `matchSource`, `signalTypes`, `description`, `developer`, `publisher`, `releaseDate`, `lastUpdatedAt`, `coverImageUrl`, `tags`, `genres`, `supportedSystems`, `hasDemo`, `demoUrl`, `isComingSoon`, `isReleased`, `currentPrice`, `originalPrice`, `currency`, `discountPercent`, `isFree`, `sourceFetchedAt`, and raw source data. Rows also include `sourceKind`, `sourceConfidence`, and `sourceNotes`. Official Epic promotion and GraphQL rows are high confidence; EGData catalog/changelog rows are medium confidence; metadata-only fallback rows are low confidence. ### Billing result definition One result is one normalized Epic Games Store offer, promotion, release, demo, coming-soon, or update row written to the default dataset. The `SUMMARY` key-value record and optional Firebase cache writes are not dataset results. If you run this actor with Apify pay-per-event monetization, price the `result-item` event so pricing maps directly to delivered dataset rows. ### Example inputs ```json { "mode": "deals", "maxItems": 10 } ```` ```json { "mode": "updates", "query": "Fortnite", "maxItems": 5 } ``` # Actor input Schema ## `platform` (type: `string`): Optional when the actor is deployed as a fixed platform actor. ## `mode` (type: `string`): Discovery signal to collect. ## `query` (type: `string`): Required for search mode. Also used to narrow browse/deals and resolve update checks when gameId/gameUrl is omitted. ## `category` (type: `string`): Optional category/genre filter, for example rpg, action, roguelike, strategy, or a platform-specific category id. ## `gameId` (type: `string`): Optional platform game id for update checks, for example a Steam appid, GOG product id, Epic offer id, or itch game id. ## `gameUrl` (type: `string`): Optional platform store page URL for update checks. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum normalized game records to push to the default dataset. When the actor is monetized with the result-item event, this is the maximum billable result count for the run. ## `countryCode` (type: `string`): Two-letter region for price and availability where the platform supports it. ## `currencyCode` (type: `string`): Currency code used for normalized prices when source data omits a currency. ## `language` (type: `string`): Locale/language requested from platform endpoints. ## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`): Fetch detail pages/API records when useful and cheap. ## `failOnEmpty` (type: `boolean`): Fail the run when no records were found. Disable for expected no-match checks. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Fallback pagination cap for platforms that do not expose direct filtered endpoints. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "new_releases", "maxItems": 10, "countryCode": "US", "currencyCode": "USD", "language": "en-US", "includeDetails": true, "failOnEmpty": false, "maxPages": 5 } ``` # 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 = { "mode": "new_releases", "maxItems": 10, "failOnEmpty": false }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("newbs/gamescout-epic-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 = { "mode": "new_releases", "maxItems": 10, "failOnEmpty": False, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("newbs/gamescout-epic-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 '{ "mode": "new_releases", "maxItems": 10, "failOnEmpty": false }' | apify call newbs/gamescout-epic-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=newbs/gamescout-epic-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Epic Games Store Scraper", "description": "Scrape Epic Games Store offers, free games, deals, releases, demos, coming soon titles, and catalog update metadata with normalized prices and URLs.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "vwT6h6f90byHAqJkT" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/newbs~gamescout-epic-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-newbs-gamescout-epic-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/newbs~gamescout-epic-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-newbs-gamescout-epic-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/newbs~gamescout-epic-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-newbs-gamescout-epic-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", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "platform": { "title": "Platform", "enum": [ "steam", "itch", "gog", "epic" ], "type": "string", "description": "Optional when the actor is deployed as a fixed platform actor." }, "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "search", "new_releases", "coming_soon", "demos", "deals", "updates" ], "type": "string", "description": "Discovery signal to collect.", "default": "new_releases" }, "query": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Required for search mode. Also used to narrow browse/deals and resolve update checks when gameId/gameUrl is omitted." }, "category": { "title": "Category or genre", "type": "string", "description": "Optional category/genre filter, for example rpg, action, roguelike, strategy, or a platform-specific category id." }, "gameId": { "title": "Platform game ID", "type": "string", "description": "Optional platform game id for update checks, for example a Steam appid, GOG product id, Epic offer id, or itch game id." }, "gameUrl": { "title": "Game URL", "type": "string", "description": "Optional platform store page URL for update checks." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum normalized game records to push to the default dataset. When the actor is monetized with the result-item event, this is the maximum billable result count for the run.", "default": 10 }, "countryCode": { "title": "Country code", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter region for price and availability where the platform supports it.", "default": "US" }, "currencyCode": { "title": "Currency code", "type": "string", "description": "Currency code used for normalized prices when source data omits a currency.", "default": "USD" }, "language": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Locale/language requested from platform endpoints.", "default": "en-US" }, "includeDetails": { "title": "Include details", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch detail pages/API records when useful and cheap.", "default": true }, "failOnEmpty": { "title": "Fail on empty", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fail the run when no records were found. Disable for expected no-match checks.", "default": false }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 25, "type": "integer", "description": "Fallback pagination cap for platforms that do not expose direct filtered endpoints.", "default": 5 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```