Steam Game Reviews Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "appId": "730",
  "appName": "Counter-Strike 2",
  "recommendationId": "232505657",
  "authorSteamId": "76561199327340135",
  "authorNumGamesOwned": 7,
  "authorNumReviews": 3,
  "authorPlaytimeForeverMin": 937,
  "authorPlaytimeAtReviewMin": 937,
  "authorPlaytimeLastTwoWeeksMin": 937,
  "authorLastPlayed": "2026-08-10T11:32:26.000Z",
  "reviewText": "Even kids love this game.",
  "language": "english",
  "votedUp": true,
  "votesHelpful": 0,
  "votesFunny": 0,
  "weightedVoteScore": 0.5,
  "commentCount": 0,
  "steamPurchase": true,
  "receivedForFree": false,
  "writtenDuringEarlyAccess": false,
  "refunded": false,
  "primarilySteamDeck": false,
  "timestampCreated": "2026-08-10T13:44:02.000Z",
  "timestampUpdated": "2026-08-10T13:44:02.000Z",
  "developerResponse": null,
  "developerResponseDate": null,
  "reviewUrl": "https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199327340135/recommended/730/",
  "summaryReviewScore": 8,
  "summaryReviewScoreDesc": "Very Positive",
  "summaryTotalPositive": 2231526,
  "summaryTotalNegative": 358808,
  "summaryTotalReviews": 2590334,
  "searchTerm": null,
  "source": "Steam",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:36:39.641Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete Steam game reviews scraper available. It returns every field a Steam review exposes, including full review text, thumbs up/down, helpful and funny votes, the author's playtime and library stats, purchase and refund flags, developer responses, and the game's overall review-score summary, with filters for type, language, purchase, date, playtime and developer replies.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor collects Steam game reviews for the app IDs (or game names) you pass and writes one normalized record per review to the run's dataset. Each record carries the full review text, the recommendation (thumbs up/down), helpful and funny votes, the weighted vote score, the author's Steam id and playtime and library stats, purchase, free-copy, early-access, refund and Steam Deck flags, creation and update timestamps, and any developer response. Every record also carries the game's overall review-score summary so you get sentiment context without a second call.

Filters let you keep positive or negative reviews only, one language or all, a purchase type, a date range, a playtime filter, only reviews with a developer response, and optionally include off-topic review-bombing activity that Steam hides by default.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns the 10 most recent English reviews for Counter-Strike 2 (app ID 730).

{
  "appIds": ["730"],
  "reviewType": "all",
  "language": "english",
  "sortBy": "recent",
  "maxReviews": 10
}

Provide one or more numeric app IDs in appIds, or use searchTerms to look up games by name. Add several app IDs to collect reviews for multiple games in one run.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
appIds	string[]	no	["730"]	One or more numeric Steam app IDs, for example 730 for Counter-Strike 2. Add several to cover multiple games in one run.
searchTerms	string[]	no	(empty)	Optional. Search Steam by game name instead of app id; the top matching game is used for each term.
reviewType	enum	no	all	all, positive (thumbs up), or negative (thumbs down).
language	string	no	english	Review language (for example english, schinese, spanish) or all for every language.
purchaseType	enum	no	all	all, steam (purchased on Steam), or non_steam_purchase.
sortBy	enum	no	recent	recent, updated (recently updated), or helpful (most helpful within the day range).
dayRange	integer	no	(none)	When sorting by helpful, only consider reviews from the last N days (1 to 365).
playedFilter	enum	no	any	any, played (has playtime at review), or notPlayed (no recorded playtime).
reviewsFromDate	string	no	(empty)	Only keep reviews created on or after this date, for example 2025-01-01.
reviewsToDate	string	no	(empty)	Only keep reviews created on or before this date, for example 2025-12-31.
onlyWithDeveloperResponse	boolean	no	false	Only keep reviews the developer/publisher has replied to.
includeReviewBombing	boolean	no	false	Include off-topic review-bombing activity that Steam hides by default.
maxReviews	integer	no	40	Maximum number of reviews to collect across the whole run (spread across all apps). Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.

Output reference

One dataset item per review. Types: string, integer, number, boolean, or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
appId	string	Steam app id of the game.
appName	string	Game name.
recommendationId	string	Unique id of the review.
authorSteamId	string	SteamID64 of the review author.
authorNumGamesOwned	integer	Number of games the author owns.
authorNumReviews	integer	Number of reviews the author has written.
authorPlaytimeForeverMin	integer	Author total playtime for this game, in minutes.
authorPlaytimeAtReviewMin	integer	Author playtime for this game at the time of the review, in minutes.
authorPlaytimeLastTwoWeeksMin	integer	Author playtime in the last two weeks, in minutes.
authorLastPlayed	string	ISO 8601 timestamp the author last played, or null.
reviewText	string	Full review text.
language	string	Review language.
votedUp	boolean	true for a positive (thumbs up) review, false for negative.
votesHelpful	integer	Number of helpful votes.
votesFunny	integer	Number of funny votes.
weightedVoteScore	number	Steam weighted helpfulness score (0 to 1).
commentCount	integer	Number of comments on the review.
steamPurchase	boolean	true when the copy was purchased on Steam.
receivedForFree	boolean	true when the reviewer received the game for free.
writtenDuringEarlyAccess	boolean	true when the review was written during early access.
refunded	boolean	true when the reviewer later refunded.
primarilySteamDeck	boolean	true when the review was primarily played on Steam Deck.
timestampCreated	string	ISO 8601 timestamp the review was created.
timestampUpdated	string	ISO 8601 timestamp the review was last updated.
developerResponse	string	Developer/publisher reply text, or null.
developerResponseDate	string	ISO 8601 date of the developer reply, or null.
reviewUrl	string	Public URL of the review.
summaryReviewScore	integer	Game overall review score (0 to 9).
summaryReviewScoreDesc	string	Game overall review score label, for example Very Positive.
summaryTotalPositive	integer	Total positive reviews for the game.
summaryTotalNegative	integer	Total negative reviews for the game.
summaryTotalReviews	integer	Total reviews for the game.
searchTerm	string	The searchTerms value that matched this game, or null.
source	string	Data source label (Steam).
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"appIds": ["730"], "language": "english", "sortBy": "recent", "maxReviews": 10}):

{
  "appId": "730",
  "appName": "Counter-Strike 2",
  "recommendationId": "232505657",
  "authorSteamId": "76561199327340135",
  "authorNumGamesOwned": 7,
  "authorNumReviews": 3,
  "authorPlaytimeForeverMin": 937,
  "authorPlaytimeAtReviewMin": 937,
  "reviewText": "Even kids love this game.",
  "language": "english",
  "votedUp": true,
  "votesHelpful": 0,
  "votesFunny": 0,
  "weightedVoteScore": 0.5,
  "steamPurchase": true,
  "receivedForFree": false,
  "refunded": false,
  "primarilySteamDeck": false,
  "timestampCreated": "2026-08-10T13:44:02.000Z",
  "developerResponse": null,
  "reviewUrl": "https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199327340135/recommended/730/",
  "summaryReviewScore": 8,
  "summaryReviewScoreDesc": "Very Positive",
  "summaryTotalPositive": 2231526,
  "summaryTotalNegative": 358808,
  "summaryTotalReviews": 2590334,
  "source": "Steam",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:36:39.641Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~steam-game-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"appIds":["730"],"reviewType":"negative","language":"english","maxReviews":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~steam-game-reviews-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms":["Elden Ring"],"sortBy":"helpful","dayRange":30,"maxReviews":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/steam-game-reviews-scraper \
  --input '{"appIds":["730"],"onlyWithDeveloperResponse":true}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per review returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 reviews per run. Upgrade for higher maxReviews.

FAQ and troubleshooting

How do I find a game's app ID? It is the number in the store URL, for example 730 in store.steampowered.com/app/730. Or pass the game name in searchTerms and the actor resolves the top match.

Can I get only negative reviews? Yes. Set reviewType to negative. Use positive for thumbs-up only.

How do I get the most useful reviews? Set sortBy to helpful and optionally dayRange to focus on recent, upvoted reviews.

What is weightedVoteScore? Steam's helpfulness score for the review, from 0 to 1. Higher means the community found it more helpful.

Why is developerResponse null? The developer has not replied to that review. Set onlyWithDeveloperResponse to true to keep only reviews that have a reply.

Is this an official Steam or Valve tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with Valve or Steam. It reads only publicly available review data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with Valve or Steam. Accesses only publicly available review data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.