📈 Steam Charts Scraper: Concurrent Players, Peaks & Monthly History

Steam Charts Scraper is an Apify actor that exports player-count data from steamcharts.com as structured rows: the top Steam games ranked by concurrent players (25 per page, up to 40 pages), per-game stats (playing now, 24-hour peak, all-time peak) and one row per month of average and peak players back to 2012. No login or API key. Export CSV, Excel, JSON or XML. Pay per row, nothing for errors or empty results.

Steam Charts Scraper turns the reference tracker for Steam concurrent players into datasets you can chart, join and monitor. In a test run on 2026-10-04, Counter-Strike 2 was rank 1 with a 30-day peak of 1,450,705 players and an all-time peak of 1,818,368.

🎮 What does Steam Charts Scraper do?

It reads three kinds of pages on steamcharts.com and writes one dataset row per record:

• Top games (recordType: "top-game"): rank, game name, Steam app ID, current concurrent players, 30-day peak and hours played in the last 30 days.
• Per-game stats (recordType: "game-stats"): players right now, 24-hour peak and all-time peak for any Steam app ID.
• Monthly history (recordType: "monthly"): one row per month with average players, absolute gain, percentage gain and monthly peak. Old titles go back to 2012, and the latest row is "Last 30 Days".

Every row also carries the Steam store link, the Steam Charts link and a scrapedAt timestamp, so you can join with price or review data.

📊 What data can I get from Steam Charts?

Field	Record type	Meaning
rank	top-game	Position in the current ranking
appId, name	all	Steam app ID and game name
currentPlayers	top-game	Concurrent players now
peakPlayers30d, hoursPlayed30d	top-game	30-day peak and hours played
playingNow, peak24h, allTimePeak	game-stats	Live, 24-hour and record peaks
month, avgPlayers, gain, gainPercent, peakPlayers	monthly	One month of history
steamUrl, url, scrapedAt	all	Store page, tracker page, timestamp

🧪 Steam Charts Scraper output sample (real run)

This row comes from a real run on 2026-10-04 (input: top list page 1, app ID 730). Fields that do not apply to a record type are left out of the row instead of being filled with null.

{
  "recordType": "game-stats",
  "appId": "730",
  "name": "Counter-Strike 2",
  "playingNow": 530797,
  "peak24h": 1182939,
  "allTimePeak": 1818368,
  "steamUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/730/",
  "url": "https://steamcharts.com/app/730",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-04T05:04:56.555Z"
}

A monthly row from the same run:

{
  "recordType": "monthly",
  "appId": "730",
  "name": "Counter-Strike 2",
  "month": "Last 30 Days",
  "avgPlayers": 806812.49,
  "gain": 1174.7,
  "gainPercent": "+0.15%",
  "peakPlayers": 1450705,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-04T05:04:56.575Z"
}

💰 How much does Steam Charts Scraper cost?

Pay per event, charged only for rows that are saved to the dataset. Prices on the Free plan tier (higher Apify plans pay less on game stats):

Event	Price	You get
top-game-record	$0.010 per row ($10 per 1,000)	One ranked game
game-stats-record	$0.012 per row	One game with live, 24h and all-time peak
monthly-record	$0.010 per row ($10 per 1,000)	One month of history

Error rows, "app not tracked" rows and empty results are never charged. The actor stops cleanly when your maxTotalChargeUsd or maxItems is reached. Free Apify users get a 10-row preview per run.

Example: top 100 games (4 pages) is 100 rows, about $1.00. Five years of monthly history for one game is the stats row plus 60 monthly rows, about $0.61.

🚀 How do I use Steam Charts Scraper?

1. Open the actor on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Choose how many top pages to walk (25 games each) and/or paste Steam app IDs such as 730 (Counter-Strike 2) or 570 (Dota 2). Full steamcharts.com URLs also work.
3. Click Start, then download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML.

⚙️ Steam Charts Scraper input

Field	Default	Description
includeTopGames	true	Scrape the top games list ranked by concurrent players
maxTopPages	4	Pages of the top list (25 games each, 1 to 40)
appIds	none	Steam app IDs or steamcharts.com URLs for per-game stats and history
includeMonthlyHistory	true	Add one row per month for each app ID
maxMonthsPerGame	60	Cap on monthly rows per game (60 is five years)
maxItems	unlimited (10 on Free)	Hard cap on total rows delivered and charged

Example input:

{
  "includeTopGames": true,
  "maxTopPages": 2,
  "appIds": ["730", "570"],
  "includeMonthlyHistory": true,
  "maxMonthsPerGame": 24,
  "maxItems": 200
}

📦 Steam Charts Scraper output

Rows land in the default dataset. The Overview view shows the key columns per record type; the full dataset has every field. Rows are de-duplicated before they are charged.

⚖️ How does it compare with other Steam Charts scrapers?

Measured from the public Apify Store listings on 2026-10-04:

Actor	Price per 1,000 rows	Monthly history	Per-game 24h and all-time peaks
This actor	$10 to $12	Yes, back to 2012	Yes
crawlerbros/steamcharts-player-count-scraper	$5 plus $0.005 per start	Not stated	Not stated
bakos_bence/steamcharts-players	about $2 plus $0.001 per start	Not stated	Not stated
ninhothedev/steam-charts-scraper	$0.50 plus $0.00005 per start	Not stated	Not stated

We are not the cheapest per row. The extra price pays for three record types in one run (ranking, live stats, monthly time series), Steam store links for joins, and a top list that walks up to 40 pages. If you only need a single page of current player counts, a cheaper actor will do the job.

💼 What can I use Steam Charts data for?

• Competitive benchmarking: your game's monthly curve against three rivals in one dataset.
• Investor research: engagement trends behind a publisher's portfolio.
• Live-ops measurement: player lift after each patch or event.
• Content and media: "most played games right now" with citable numbers.
• Esports and community teams: track when a title crosses a new peak.

🔌 How do I run Steam Charts Scraper from the API?

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/RecordsData~steam-charts-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"includeTopGames": true, "maxTopPages": 1, "appIds": ["730"], "maxItems": 50}'

With the apify-client package for Node.js or Python, call client.actor("RecordsData/steam-charts-scraper").call(runInput) and read the dataset items. The actor also plugs into Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, Google Sheets and Slack through Apify integrations, for daily top-list snapshots or alerts when a game hits a new peak. AI agents can call it through the Apify MCP server.

🛡️ Is it legal to scrape Steam Charts?

The actor reads public pages on steamcharts.com at a polite rate (about one request per 1.2 seconds) and collects factual player counts. It does not log in or bypass any access control. Check the site's terms for your use, and credit Steam Charts when you republish the numbers.

❓ Steam Charts Scraper FAQ

Where do I find a game's Steam app ID?

It is the number in the game's store URL, for example 730 in store.steampowered.com/app/730. Top-list rows include appId, ready to paste into appIds.

How far back does the monthly history go?

To the first month steamcharts.com tracks for that game, as early as 2012. Use maxMonthsPerGame to cap it.

What is the difference between the three peaks?

playingNow is live. peak24h is the highest in the last 24 hours. allTimePeak is the record since tracking began. The top list adds a 30-day peak.

Why did I get 0 results?

Either no input was selected (turn on includeTopGames or add appIds), or the app ID is not tracked on steamcharts.com. In both cases the run succeeds with a status message and costs nothing. If steamcharts.com blocks the request or changes its layout, the run fails instead of finishing empty.

Am I charged for failed or empty rows?

No. Only rows saved to the dataset are charged, and error rows are written without a charge event.

Can I try it for free?

Yes. Free Apify users get a 10-row preview per run; paid plans unlock full runs.

How many games can the top list return?

25 per page, up to 40 pages (1,000 games).

Is the data real time?

It matches what steamcharts.com shows at run time, and every row has a scrapedAt timestamp.

🔗 Want more Steam and game data?

• Steam Scraper: Reviews, Achievements, News & Players
• Steam Reviews Scraper
• Epic Games Store Scraper

🛟 Support

Found a bug or missing field? Open the Issues tab on this actor's page, or write to contact.punkrecordsdata@gmail.com. Custom solutions are available on request.

Last updated: 2026-10-03