{ "openapi": "3.1.0", "info": { "title": "Video Games API", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "31,336 video games from Wikidata, CC0, with platforms, genres, developers, publishers and Steam app ids.\n\nVideo game metadata you can build a product on without a licensing bill: 31,336 games — every one with an English Wikipedia article — from Wikidata, CC0 public domain. Each game carries release year, platforms, genres, game modes, developers, publishers, series, official website, a notability rank and, for 8,369 titles, the Steam application id — resolve appid 1145360 to Hades (Supergiant Games, 2020) in one call. Search is token full-text (\"breath of the wild\" finds the Zelda you mean) with filters that answer real product questions: FromSoftware''s catalog led by Elden Ring, all 38 Legend of Zelda games, or every PlayStation 5 role-playing game since 2020 (Genshin Impact, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring lead the 278). Famous games rank first everywhere via cross-wiki sitelink counts. New releases sync daily from Wikidata as they gain Wikipedia articles, and re-syncs fill in metadata as editors add it. Built for game discovery apps, Discord bots, backlog trackers, deal sites and gaming media. CC0 source data, self-hosted — no third-party calls at request time.", "contact": { "name": "Data and APIs", "url": "https://dataandapis.com/contact" }, "termsOfService": "https://dataandapis.com/terms-of-service", "license": { "name": "Data and APIs Terms of Service", "url": "https://dataandapis.com/terms-of-service" }, "x-logo": { "url": "https://dataandapis.com/images/video-games.webp" } }, "externalDocs": { "description": "Documentation, live tester and pricing", "url": "https://dataandapis.com/apis/video-games" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api-video-games.dataandapis.com" } ], "tags": [ { "name": "Entertainment", "description": "Video Games API belongs to the Entertainment category of the Data and APIs catalog." } ], "paths": { "/v1/sources": { "get": { "operationId": "dataSources", "summary": "Data Sources", "description": "Data Sources endpoint of the Video Games API. Costs 1 token per call.", "externalDocs": { "url": "https://dataandapis.com/apis/video-games/data-sources" }, "responses": { "200": { "description": "Successful response", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object" }, "example": { "ok": true, "attribution": "Data from Wikidata (CC0)", "count": 1, "sources": [ { "slug": "wikidata-games", "name": "Wikidata video games (enwiki subset)", "publisher": "Wikidata contributors", "licence": "CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)", "source_url": "https://www.wikidata.org/", "file_url": "https://query.wikidata.org/sparql", "cadence": "daily new-release refresh", "record_count": 31336, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-05" } ] } } } }, "401": { "description": "Missing or invalid API key" }, "402": { "description": "Subscription past due; the response carries a payment_url" }, "429": { "description": "Monthly token allowance exhausted" } }, "security": [ { "ApiKey": [] } ] } }, "/v1/games/{qid}": { "get": { "operationId": "getGame", "summary": "Get Game", "description": "Get Game endpoint of the Video Games API. Costs 1 token per call.", "externalDocs": { "url": "https://dataandapis.com/apis/video-games/get-game" }, "parameters": [ { "name": "qid", "in": "path", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "example": "Q49740" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "Successful response", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object" }, "example": { "ok": true, "game": { "qid": "Q49740", "title": "Minecraft", "description": "2011 video game", "year": 2011, "platforms": [ "Android", "Linux", "Microsoft Windows", "PlayStation 3", "macOS", "ARM architecture", "Xbox 360", "iOS" ], "genres": [ "action-adventure game", "construction and management simulation", "survival game", "sandbox game", "retro-style video game" ], "game_modes": [ "single-player video game", "multiplayer video game" ], "developers": [ "Microsoft", "Mojang Studios" ], "publishers": [ "Xbox Game Studios" ], "series": "Minecraft", "steam_appid": null, "website": "https://minecraft.net", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft", "notability_rank": 156 } } } } }, "401": { "description": "Missing or invalid API key" }, "402": { "description": "Subscription past due; the response carries a payment_url" }, "429": { "description": "Monthly token allowance exhausted" } }, "security": [ { "ApiKey": [] } ] } }, "/v1/games/steam/{appid}": { "get": { "operationId": "lookupBySteamAppId", "summary": "Lookup By Steam App ID", "description": "Lookup By Steam App ID endpoint of the Video Games API. Costs 1 token per call.", "externalDocs": { "url": "https://dataandapis.com/apis/video-games/lookup-by-steam-app-id" }, "parameters": [ { "name": "appid", "in": "path", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "example": "1145360" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "Successful response", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object" }, "example": { "ok": true, "game": { "qid": "Q59756366", "title": "Hades", "description": "2020 action role-playing game developed by Supergiant Games", "year": 2020, "platforms": [ "Microsoft Windows", "macOS", "PlayStation 4", "Xbox One", "Nintendo Switch", "PlayStation 5", "Xbox Series X and Series S" ], "genres": [ "roguelike", "action role-playing game", "roguelite" ], "game_modes": [ "single-player video game" ], "developers": [ "Supergiant Games" ], "publishers": [ "Supergiant Games" ], "series": "Hades", "steam_appid": "1145360", "website": "https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades_(video_game)", "notability_rank": 31 } } } } }, "401": { "description": "Missing or invalid API key" }, "402": { "description": "Subscription past due; the response carries a payment_url" }, "429": { "description": "Monthly token allowance exhausted" } }, "security": [ { "ApiKey": [] } ] } }, "/v1/games/random": { "get": { "operationId": "randomGame", "summary": "Random Game", "description": "Random Game endpoint of the Video Games API. Costs 1 token per call.", "externalDocs": { "url": "https://dataandapis.com/apis/video-games/random-game" }, "responses": { "200": { "description": "Successful response", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object" }, "example": { "ok": true, "game": { "qid": "Q1058903", "title": "Super Mario All-Stars", "description": "1993 video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development", "year": 1993, "platforms": [ "Wii", "Super Nintendo Entertainment System", "Nintendo Switch" ], "genres": [ "platformer" ], "game_modes": [ "single-player video game", "multiplayer video game" ], "developers": [ "Nintendo", "Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development" ], "publishers": [ "Nintendo" ], "series": "Super Mario", "steam_appid": null, "website": null, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_All-Stars", "notability_rank": 27 } } } } }, "401": { "description": "Missing or invalid API key" }, "402": { "description": "Subscription past due; the response carries a payment_url" }, "429": { "description": "Monthly token allowance exhausted" } }, "security": [ { "ApiKey": [] } ] } }, "/v1/games": { "get": { "operationId": "searchGames", "summary": "Search Games", "description": "Search Games endpoint of the Video Games API. Costs 1 token per call.", "externalDocs": { "url": "https://dataandapis.com/apis/video-games/search-games" }, "parameters": [ { "name": "developer", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" } }, { "name": "genre", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" } }, { "name": "limit", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "example": "20" }, { "name": "page", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "example": "1" }, { "name": "platform", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" } }, { "name": "publisher", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "example": "Nintendo" }, { "name": "q", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "example": "breath of the wild" }, { "name": "series", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "example": "Zelda" }, { "name": "year_from", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" } }, { "name": "year_to", "in": "query", "required": false, "schema": { "type": "string" } } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "Successful response", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object" }, "example": { "ok": true, "total": 1, "page": 1, "limit": 20, "count": 1, "results": [ { "qid": "Q17185964", "title": "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", "year": 2017, "platforms": [ "Wii U", "Nintendo Switch", "Nintendo Switch 2" ], "genres": [ "action-adventure game", "role-playing video game", "post-apocalyptic video game" ], "developers": [ "Monolith Soft Inc.", "Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development" ], "steam_appid": null } ] } } } }, "401": { "description": "Missing or invalid API key" }, "402": { "description": "Subscription past due; the response carries a payment_url" }, "429": { "description": "Monthly token allowance exhausted" } }, "security": [ { "ApiKey": [] } ] } } }, "components": { "securitySchemes": { "ApiKey": { "type": "apiKey", "in": "header", "name": "X-Api-Key", "description": "Create a free key at https://dataandapis.com/sign-up. 500 tokens a month on the Free plan; this API costs 1 token per call." } } }, "security": [ { "ApiKey": [] } ] }