🎮 RAWG Video Games Scraper

🚀 Export 500,000+ video games to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML in seconds. Search by genre, platform, Metacritic score, or release date. No scraping engineering required.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-22 · 📊 16 fields per record · 🎮 500,000+ games · 🕹️ 50+ platforms · 🗂️ Genres, ESRB, Metacritic

The RAWG Video Games Scraper connects to the RAWG Video Game Database REST API and returns structured game records with 16 fields each, including title, cover image, release date, ESRB rating, Metacritic score, genres, platforms, and average playtime. The RAWG dataset is the largest publicly accessible video game database, maintained by a global community and cited by Yandex, Discord bots, and Reddit recommendation engines worldwide.

The catalog spans every major console generation from Atari to PlayStation 5, covering PC, mobile, and retro platforms. Every record links directly to the game's RAWG page for attribution and further research.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Game developers, market analysts, journalists, data scientists, gaming platforms, content teams, academic researchers	Game catalog enrichment, competitive analysis, genre trend mapping, recommendation engine training data, content generation, store listings

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📋 What the RAWG Video Games Scraper does

Six filtering workflows in a single run:

• 🔍 Keyword search. Find games by title or keyword (e.g. "Grand Theft Auto", "Witcher", "Zelda").
• 🗂️ Genre filter. Restrict to one or more genre slugs like action, rpg, strategy, or indie.
• 🕹️ Platform filter. Scope to specific platform IDs such as 4 (PC), 187 (PS5), or 18 (PlayStation 4).
• ⭐ Metacritic range. Return only games with a critic score in a given range (e.g. 80,100 for acclaimed titles).
• 📅 Date range. Filter by release window using ISO date pairs (e.g. 2023-01-01,2023-12-31).
• 🔃 Custom ordering. Sort by rating, Metacritic, release date, playtime, relevance, or recently added.

Each record includes image URL, unique ID, slug, release date, user rating, rating count, Metacritic score, average playtime, genres, platforms, ESRB rating, and a direct RAWG URL.

💡 Why it matters: building your own game data pipeline means dealing with authentication, pagination, rate limits, and schema changes. This Actor handles all of that and delivers clean structured data in under a minute. Free API key required - register in 60 seconds at rawg.io.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
apiKey	string	required	Your free RAWG API key. Get one at rawg.io/apidocs - sign up takes under a minute.
maxItems	integer	10	Records to return. Free Apify plan caps at 10, paid plan at 1,000,000.
searchQuery	string	""	Search by game title or keyword.
genres	string	""	Comma-separated genre slugs (e.g. action,rpg). Leave blank for all genres.
platforms	string	""	Comma-separated platform IDs (e.g. 4,187 for PC and PS5). Leave blank for all platforms.
ordering	select	""	Sort order. Options: rating, Metacritic, release date, playtime, relevance, recently added.
metacriticRange	string	""	Filter by Metacritic score range (e.g. 80,100).
dates	string	""	Release date range in YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2023-01-01,2023-12-31).

Example: top-rated action games with Metacritic 85+.

{
    "apiKey": "YOUR_RAWG_API_KEY",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "genres": "action",
    "metacriticRange": "85,100",
    "ordering": "-metacritic"
}

Example: RPGs released in 2023.

{
    "apiKey": "YOUR_RAWG_API_KEY",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "genres": "rpg",
    "dates": "2023-01-01,2023-12-31",
    "ordering": "-rating"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: RAWG's free API plan includes up to 20,000 requests per month. Each Actor run uses one request per 20 games collected. For 1,000 games, that is 50 requests. Platform IDs can be found via the RAWG API at https://api.rawg.io/api/platforms?key=YOUR_KEY. Common IDs: PC=4, PlayStation 5=187, Xbox Series S/X=186, Nintendo Switch=7, iOS=3, Android=21.

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📊 Output

Each game record contains 16 fields. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🖼️ imageUrl	string	"https://media.rawg.io/media/games/20a/20aa03a10cda45239fe22d035c0ebe64.jpg"
🆔 id	integer	3498
🏷️ name	string	"Grand Theft Auto V"
🔗 slug	string	"grand-theft-auto-v"
📅 released	string	"2013-09-17"
⭐ rating	number	4.47
🗳️ ratingsCount	integer	7391
🏆 metacritic	integer	92
⏱️ playtime	integer	74
🗂️ genres	string	"Action"
🕹️ platforms	string	"PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3"
🔞 esrbRating	string	"Mature"
🌐 url	string	"https://rawg.io/games/grand-theft-auto-v"
🕐 scrapedAt	string	"2026-05-22T00:13:42.251Z"
❌ error	string	null

📋 Sample Records

Record 1 - Grand Theft Auto V

{
  "imageUrl": "https://media.rawg.io/media/games/20a/20aa03a10cda45239fe22d035c0ebe64.jpg",
  "id": 3498,
  "name": "Grand Theft Auto V",
  "slug": "grand-theft-auto-v",
  "released": "2013-09-17",
  "rating": 4.47,
  "ratingsCount": 7391,
  "metacritic": 92,
  "playtime": 74,
  "genres": "Action",
  "platforms": "PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3",
  "esrbRating": "Mature",
  "url": "https://rawg.io/games/grand-theft-auto-v",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T00:13:42.251Z",
  "error": null
}

Record 2 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

{
  "imageUrl": "https://media.rawg.io/media/games/618/618c2031a07bbff6b4f611f10b6bcdbc.jpg",
  "id": 3328,
  "name": "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt",
  "slug": "the-witcher-3-wild-hunt",
  "released": "2015-05-18",
  "rating": 4.64,
  "ratingsCount": 7203,
  "metacritic": 92,
  "playtime": 43,
  "genres": "Action, RPG",
  "platforms": "PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S/X, Nintendo Switch, macOS",
  "esrbRating": "Mature",
  "url": "https://rawg.io/games/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T00:13:42.251Z",
  "error": null
}

Record 3 - Portal

{
  "imageUrl": "https://media.rawg.io/media/games/7fa/7fa0b586293c5861ee32490e953a4996.jpg",
  "id": 13536,
  "name": "Portal",
  "slug": "portal",
  "released": "2007-10-09",
  "rating": 4.49,
  "ratingsCount": 5025,
  "metacritic": 90,
  "playtime": 4,
  "genres": "Action, Puzzle",
  "platforms": "PC, Nintendo Switch, Android, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3",
  "esrbRating": "Teen",
  "url": "https://rawg.io/games/portal",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T00:13:42.251Z",
  "error": null
}

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✨ Why choose this Actor

Feature	What it means for you
🌐 500,000+ games covered	The largest open video game database available via public API
🗂️ 16 structured fields	Image, rating, Metacritic, ESRB, playtime, genres, platforms - all in one record
📅 Date range filtering	Pin down any release window from 1970 to tomorrow
⭐ Metacritic range	Filter only the games critics loved - or the overlooked gems
🔃 Flexible ordering	Sort by relevance, rating, Metacritic, or recency
📤 4 export formats	CSV, Excel, JSON, XML - no conversion scripts needed
🔌 API-ready output	Clean JSON schema connects directly to Make, Zapier, and n8n

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Setup time	Maintenance	Data freshness	Fields
This Actor	2 minutes	Zero	Real-time	16
Manual RAWG API calls	30+ minutes	Pagination, key rotation	Real-time	Custom
Static game CSV databases	Hours	Manual updates	Stale (often months old)	Varies
Web scraping store pages	Hours	Breaks on UI changes	Real-time	Limited

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🚀 How to use

1. Get a free RAWG API key at rawg.io/apidocs - registration takes under a minute.
2. Create a free Apify account - includes $5 in free credits.
3. Open the Actor on the Apify Console.
4. Paste your RAWG API key into the apiKey field.
5. Set filters - genre, platform, date range, Metacritic range, ordering, or a search query.
6. Set maxItems - 10 for a preview, up to 1,000,000 for a full export.
7. Click Run and wait a few seconds.
8. Download your dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Storage tab.

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💼 Business use cases

Game Market Analysis

Track which genres dominate by Metacritic score, compare release cadence across platforms, or identify underserved niches. Export 10,000 games filtered by date range and sort by rating to spot trends in critic reception over time.

Game Catalog Enrichment

Enrich your own game database with RAWG cover images, ESRB ratings, average playtime, and platform lists. Use the slug field to link back to RAWG for attribution and additional detail pages.

Recommendation Engine Training Data

Export structured game records with genres, platforms, and ratings to train or validate content-based recommendation models. The rating and ratingsCount fields give signal on community reception quality.

Content and Journalism

Produce data-driven articles on game trends, publisher output, or platform exclusivity. Filter the 2024 release window, sort by Metacritic, and you have a ranked list of the year's best games in seconds.

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🔌 Automating RAWG Video Games Scraper

Connect this Actor to your workflow tools without writing any code:

• Make (Integromat): Trigger a scenario whenever the Actor completes and send new game records to Airtable, Google Sheets, or Slack.
• Zapier: Automatically push game data to HubSpot, Notion, or a database whenever a run finishes.
• n8n: Use the Apify node to run the Actor on a schedule and feed results to any downstream service.
• Apify Scheduler: Run daily or weekly to keep your game catalog fresh without any manual intervention.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Academic Research

Map the history of video game genres across decades. Filter by release year and platform to study how the industry evolved from 8-bit consoles to cross-platform releases.

Game Recommendation Bots

Power a Discord or Telegram bot with real game data. Export action games rated above 4.5 with Metacritic over 90 and surface them to users asking for recommendations.

Personal Game Libraries

Export every game on your preferred platform and import it into a personal spreadsheet tracker, Notion database, or Obsidian vault.

Indie Game Discovery

Filter by genres=indie and ordering=-rating to surface hidden gems that critics and community members loved but that never got mainstream attention.

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

"What RAWG scraper fields can I use to build a game recommendation system?" "How do I get all PS5 games released in 2024 with a Metacritic score above 80?" "Can I combine genre and platform filters with a date range in this Actor?"

The Actor's structured output is designed for downstream AI and analytics workflows. Every record has consistent field names and types, making it immediately compatible with pandas, OpenAI function calls, and LLM-powered pipelines.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❓ Do I need a paid RAWG account? No. The free RAWG API tier includes 20,000 requests per month, which covers roughly 400,000 game records per month at the default page size.

❓ Where do I get a RAWG API key? Visit rawg.io/apidocs, click "Get API Key", and register with an email address. The key appears immediately after filling out a short form.

❓ How many games can I export? On Apify's paid plan, up to 1,000,000 per run. The RAWG database has 500,000+ games total, so a single run can export the entire catalog.

❓ How fresh is the data? The data is fetched in real-time from the RAWG API on every run. No cached or stale records.

❓ What genre slugs can I use? Common slugs: action, adventure, rpg, shooter, strategy, simulation, puzzle, arcade, indie, platformer, sports, racing, fighting, casual, family, massively-multiplayer. For the full list, query the RAWG platforms API.

❓ What platform IDs should I use? Common IDs: PC=4, PlayStation 5=187, PlayStation 4=18, Xbox Series S/X=186, Xbox One=1, Nintendo Switch=7, iOS=3, Android=21, macOS=5, Linux=6. For the full list, query https://api.rawg.io/api/platforms?key=YOUR_KEY.

❓ Can I combine multiple filters? Yes. You can combine genres, platforms, metacriticRange, dates, searchQuery, and ordering in a single run.

❓ What does ordering=-metacritic do? It sorts results from highest to lowest Metacritic score. Use -rating for user ratings, -added for most recently added to RAWG.

❓ Does the Actor handle pagination automatically? Yes. The Actor paginates through results automatically until it reaches maxItems or the end of the dataset.

❓ Is the error field always null? For successful records, yes. If a page fails to load, the Actor pushes a record with the error field populated and continues running.

❓ Can I run this on a schedule? Yes. Use Apify Scheduler or connect via Make/Zapier to run on any interval and keep your dataset current.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

The Actor output connects natively with the full Apify integration ecosystem:

Storage and spreadsheets: Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, Excel
Automation: Make (Integromat), Zapier, n8n, Apify Scheduler
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Supabase
Analytics: BigQuery, Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI
AI and ML: OpenAI API, Langchain, pandas, Jupyter notebooks
Messaging: Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams
CMS: Webflow, WordPress, Contentful

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Data sourced from the RAWG Video Game Database public API (rawg.io). ParseForge does not claim ownership of any game data or images. All data is attributed to RAWG per their Terms of Service. For commercial use exceeding 100,000 monthly active users, contact api@rawg.io for commercial licensing.