🎮 Steam Powered Search Scraper

This actor allows you to scrape games and software from Steam store by providing a search URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive product information including prices, reviews, platforms, and VR support.

Features

• URL-based Scraping: Extract games and software by providing a complete Steam search URL
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically scrolls and loads more results until reaching the end or max items limit
• Comprehensive Product Data: Extract detailed information about each game/software including:
  • Product titles and images
  • Release dates
  • Pricing information
  • Review scores and summaries
  • Supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux)
  • VR support status
  • Direct links to product detail pages
• Smart Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate products based on detail page URLs

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchUrl	string	Yes	Complete Steam search URL to scrape
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum number of products to fetch (default: unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Proxy settings for the actor

How to Get Search URL

1. Go to Steam Store
2. Use the search bar to find games or software
3. Apply any filters you want (genre, price, features, etc.)
4. Copy the complete URL from your browser's address bar
5. Paste it into the searchUrl field

Example search URLs:

https://store.steampowered.com/search?term=war
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=indie&supportedlang=english
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=rpg&maxprice=free

Output

The output is a dataset of product objects, each containing:

• searchUrl: The original search URL used
• detailPageUrl: Direct link to the product detail page on Steam
• appId: Steam application ID
• itemKey: Item key identifier
• tagIds: Tag IDs associated with the product
• crtrIds: Creator IDs
• imageUrl: URL of the product image/capsule
• title: Product title/name
• released: Release date
• reviewScoreText: Detailed review score information
• reviewSummary: Review summary text
• price: Display price (e.g., "Free", "$19.99")
• priceFinal: Final price as a number
• platforms: Array of supported platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux)
• vrSupported: Boolean indicating if VR is supported
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the product was scraped

Example output:

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/search?term=war",
    "detailPageUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/236390/War_Thunder/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1",
    "appId": "236390",
    "itemKey": "App_236390",
    "tagIds": "[113,599,11104,3993,4150,15045,21978]",
    "crtrIds": "[37819846]",
    "imageUrl": "https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/236390/019a2d6b67747f719793df0d241ba81cda31a674/capsule_231x87.jpg?t=1762769760",
    "title": "War Thunder",
    "released": "15 Aug, 2013",
    "reviewScoreText": "Mostly Positive<br>74% of the 283,202 user reviews for this game are positive.",
    "reviewSummary": "",
    "price": "Free",
    "priceFinal": "0",
    "platforms": ["Windows", "Mac", "Linux"],
    "vrSupported": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2025-11-11T08:14:13.641Z"
  },
  ...
]

Use Cases

• Game catalog building and research
• Price monitoring and comparison
• Market analysis and trend tracking
• Platform compatibility research
• VR game discovery
• Competitive analysis for game developers
• Review sentiment analysis
• Product availability tracking

Notes

• Results are saved incrementally as they are found
• All timestamps are in ISO 8601 format
• The actor handles network delays and timeouts gracefully
• Price information includes both display format and numeric values
• Platform information is extracted from visual indicators on the page
• Review scores include detailed breakdown information when available

Limitations

• Requires a valid Steam search URL
• Cannot scrape detailed product information from product pages (only listing data)
• Some dynamic content may require additional wait time
• Rate limiting may apply if scraping very large datasets
• Product availability and stock information is not captured

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