Steam Store Game Search Scraper

Search the official Steam Store catalogue and save public game listing records: App ID, title, canonical store URL, displayed price, discount, review label, release text, platform labels, and search position. The Actor uses the Store search page as its source and keeps the source URL, final URL, page URL, source kind, query, sort, and collection timestamp with each saved row.

Get started

1. Open the Actor Store page and select Try for free or open the Input tab.
2. Set searchQuery to the game or phrase you need. An empty value lists games using the selected sort.
3. Choose sortBy and keep maxItems small for a first test.
4. Start the Actor, open the dataset, and export the saved records as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Open Run summary (OUTPUT) to check the outcome and counts.

Input

All fields are optional; the defaults below are ready to use. Unsupported field names and out-of-range values are rejected before requests start.

Field	Type	Required?	Default	Meaning
searchQuery	string	Optional	""	Public Steam Store search text; an empty value lists games using the selected sort. Up to 200 characters.
query	string	Optional	Not supplied	Compatibility alias for searchQuery, up to 200 characters.
sortBy	string enum	Optional	Review_Score_DESC	Review_Score_DESC, Released_DESC, Price_ASC, Price_DESC, or _ASC.
maxItems	integer	Optional	50	Maximum unique public game rows to save, 1–500.
delayMs	integer	Optional	750	Minimum serial delay between Steam requests, 250–10,000 ms.
maxRequestRetries	integer	Optional	1	Bounded retries for transient responses only, 0–3.
timeoutMs	integer	Optional	30000	Maximum time for one public Steam response, 5,000–120,000 ms.
maxResponseBytes	integer	Optional	5000000	Maximum response size accepted for parsing, 100,000–30,000,000 bytes.

Example input matching the saved portal run:

{
  "searchQuery": "portal",
  "sortBy": "Review_Score_DESC",
  "maxItems": 2,
  "delayMs": 250,
  "maxRequestRetries": 1,
  "timeoutMs": 30000,
  "maxResponseBytes": 5000000
}

The Actor reads the official public Steam Store search page. It does not log in or bypass access controls.

Output

The dataset contains one row per saved game search result. Optional values are omitted when Steam does not publish them; they are not inferred. No diagnostic or placeholder rows are written.

Field	Type	Availability	Meaning
recordType	string	Always	Record type; always steam-game.
sourceName	string	Always	Human-readable source name.
sourceUrl	string	Always	Exact public search URL requested.
sourceFinalUrl	string	Always	Final public URL after redirects.
sourceKind	string	Always	Source kind, search_html.
pageUrl	string	Always	Public search page URL.
appId	integer	Always	Steam application ID.
title	string	Always	Public game title.
url	string	Always	Canonical public Steam Store game URL.
headerImage	string	Always	Public capsule image URL.
releaseDate	string	Always	Release text shown in the search result.
reviewSummary	string	Always	Review label shown by Steam, such as Overwhelmingly Positive.
reviewScore	string	Always	Review percentage shown by Steam.
price	string	Always	Displayed price string, including currency symbol.
originalPrice	string	When published	Original price string when a discount is shown.
discountPercent	integer	When published	Discount percentage when a discount is shown.
platforms	string	Always	Platform labels shown by Steam.
searchQuery	string	Always	Search term used for the request.
sortBy	string	Always	Sort parameter used for the request.
position	integer	Always	One-based position in the saved search results.
scrapedAt	string	Always	Time the record was saved, in ISO UTC.

The example below is a real saved row from the 2026-10-25 run. Every value is unchanged.

{
  "recordType": "steam-game",
  "sourceName": "Steam Store game search",
  "sourceUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=portal&sort_by=Review_Score_DESC&start=0&category1=998",
  "sourceFinalUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=portal&sort_by=Review_Score_DESC&start=0&category1=998",
  "sourceKind": "search_html",
  "pageUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=portal&sort_by=Review_Score_DESC&start=0&category1=998",
  "appId": 400,
  "title": "Portal",
  "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/400/Portal/",
  "headerImage": "https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/400/capsule_231x87.jpg?t=1745368554",
  "releaseDate": "Oct 10, 2007",
  "reviewSummary": "Overwhelmingly Positive",
  "reviewScore": "98%",
  "price": "$9.99",
  "platforms": "Windows, Linux/SteamOS",
  "searchQuery": "portal",
  "sortBy": "Review_Score_DESC",
  "position": 1,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-25T21:13:17.994Z"
}

Run summary

Run summary is stored separately from the dataset in the run's key-value store under OUTPUT (and mirrored to OUTPUT_SUMMARY).

Field	Meaning
recordType	Summary record type, runSummary.
status	Run outcome: SUCCEEDED or FAILED.
runStatus	Canonical run status; matches status.
dataStatus	Dataset completeness: COMPLETE, PARTIAL, NO_RESULTS, or FAILED.
itemCount	Game rows saved to the dataset.
uniqueAppIds	Distinct app IDs among the saved rows.
pagesScraped	Search pages processed.
requestCount	Public requests attempted.
responseCount	Public responses received.
failedRequestCount	Requests that failed before a usable response.
diagnosticCount	Operational issues recorded outside the dataset.
recordsStored	Complete records saved to the dataset.
searchQuery	Search term used for the run.
sortBy	Sort parameter used for the run.
maxItems	Configured item cap.
fixtureMode	Whether a bundled QA fixture was used.
sourceWebsite	Steam Store source website.
sourceEndpoint	Public search endpoint.
includeDiagnostics	Whether diagnostic detail was retained for the run.
outputWriteFailureCount	Summary writes that failed.
completedAt	UTC summary creation time.

Status	Data status	Meaning
SUCCEEDED	COMPLETE	Games were saved without an extraction problem.
SUCCEEDED	PARTIAL	Games were saved, but a later problem prevented a complete run. Saved rows remain available.
SUCCEEDED	NO_RESULTS	The search completed cleanly and returned no matching games.
FAILED	FAILED	A fatal error occurred before any usable game was saved.

Example OUTPUT from the 2026-10-25 run:

{
  "recordType": "runSummary",
  "status": "SUCCEEDED",
  "runStatus": "SUCCEEDED",
  "dataStatus": "COMPLETE",
  "itemCount": 2,
  "uniqueAppIds": 2,
  "pagesScraped": 1,
  "requestCount": 2,
  "responseCount": 2,
  "failedRequestCount": 0,
  "diagnosticCount": 0,
  "recordsStored": 2,
  "searchQuery": "portal",
  "sortBy": "Review_Score_DESC",
  "maxItems": 2,
  "fixtureMode": false,
  "sourceWebsite": "https://store.steampowered.com/",
  "sourceEndpoint": "https://store.steampowered.com/search/",
  "includeDiagnostics": true,
  "outputWriteFailureCount": 0,
  "completedAt": "2026-10-25T21:13:18.155Z"
}

Coverage and limitations

The Actor reads the public Steam Store game search page (category1=998). It does not crawl every Store category, follow app pages for extra details, log in, use a proxy, or bypass access controls. Requests are direct HTTPS calls with a robots preflight, bounded same-host redirects, a response-size cap, serial delays, and transient-only retries. Prices are display strings for the storefront returned to this request, not normalized currency amounts; originalPrice and discountPercent appear only when a discount is shown. Review labels and positions reflect the Store response at collection time. Empty or unobserved values are omitted, and failures never create diagnostic or placeholder dataset rows.

Usage and support

Run cost depends on Apify compute and the number of search pages requested. Start with a small maxItems, inspect the dataset and OUTPUT, then raise the cap or widen the query. See the Actor's Pricing tab for current account rates. Use the Actor Issues page to report a problem. Include the run ID, the input used, and the run summary; do not include tokens, cookies, or private data. This Actor is not affiliated with Valve or Steam. Use it only for public data and in accordance with Steam's terms, robots guidance, and applicable law.