/api/v1/games/searchSearch games
Find games by name (or app id), best match first.
Prefix, substring and fuzzy ("did you mean") matches over the ~240k-app catalog, ordered by relevance. A numeric query that is an app id returns that app.
Parameters
qstringqueryrequiredName or app id.
1–100 characters · example hades
limitintegerqueryoptionalResults to return (1-50, default 20).
1–50 · default 20 · example 1
Response
metaobjectEvery response's meta carries request_id and units.
request_idstringQuote it if you report a problem.
Example request
curl 'https://steampeek.app/api/v1/games/search?q=hades&limit=1' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STEAMPEEK_API_KEY"Example response
{
"data": [
{
"appid": 1145360,
"name": "Hades",
"type": "game",
"header_image": "https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1145360/header.jpg?t=1758127023",
"store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/",
"steampeek_url": "https://steampeek.app/app/1145360",
"release": {
"date_text": "Sep 17, 2020",
"timestamp": 1600353507,
"precision": null,
"coming_soon": false
},
"price": {
"is_free": false,
"currency": "USD",
"final": 2499,
"initial": 2499,
"discount_percent": 0
},
"reviews": {
"total": 286667,
"percent_positive": 97,
"label": "Overwhelmingly Positive"
},
"developers": [
"Supergiant Games"
],
"publishers": [
"Supergiant Games"
],
"genres": [
"Action",
"Indie",
"RPG"
],
"tags": [
"Action Roguelike",
"Roguelite",
"Hack and Slash",
"Indie",
"Mythology"
],
"platforms": {
"windows": true,
"mac": true,
"linux": false
}
}
],
"meta": {
"request_id": "0b7f6a8e-3c1d-4f6b-9a51-2e8d4c7b1a90",
"units": {
"charged": 1,
"day": {
"used": 121,
"limit": 5000,
"resets_at": "2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"month": {
"used": 6231,
"limit": 50000,
"resets_at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
}
}
}