---
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- games
- steam
- python
- json
- csv
- video games
pretty_name: Steam Games Dataset
size_categories:
- 10K![](banner.png)
Information of more than 83,000 games published on Steam. Only games (no DLCs, episodes, music, videos, etc) currently released have been added.
This dataset has been created with [this code (MIT)](https://github.com/FronkonGames/Steam-Games-Scraper) and use the API provided by Steam, the largest gaming platform on PC. Data is also collected from Steam Spy.
The data is in two formats: CSV and JSON. Here is a simple example of how to parse json:
```
import os
import json
dataset = {}
if os.path.exists('games.json'):
with open('games.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fin:
text = fin.read()
if len(text) > 0:
dataset = json.loads(text)
for app in dataset:
appID = app # AppID, unique identifier for each app (string).
game = dataset[app]
name = game['name'] # Game name (string).
releaseDate = game['release_date'] # Release date (string).
estimatedOwners = game['estimated_owners'] # Estimated owners (string, e.g.: "0 - 20000").
peakCCU = game['peak_ccu'] # Number of concurrent users, yesterday (int).
required_age = game['required_age'] # Age required to play, 0 if it is for all audiences (int).
price = game['price'] # Price in USD, 0.0 if its free (float).
dlcCount = game['dlc_count'] # Number of DLCs, 0 if you have none (int).
longDesc = game['detailed_description'] # Detailed description of the game (string).
shortDesc = game['short_description'] # Brief description of the game,
# does not contain HTML tags (string).
languages = game['supported_languages'] # Comma-separated enumeration of supporting languages.
fullAudioLanguages = game['full_audio_languages'] # Comma-separated enumeration of languages with audio support.
reviews = game['reviews'] #
headerImage = game['header_image'] # Header image URL in the store (string).
website = game['website'] # Game website (string).
supportWeb = game['support_url'] # Game support URL (string).
supportEmail = game['support_email'] # Game support email (string).
supportWindows = game['windows'] # Does it support Windows? (bool).
supportMac = game['mac'] # Does it support Mac? (bool).
supportLinux = game['linux'] # Does it support Linux? (bool).
metacriticScore = game['metacritic_score'] # Metacritic score, 0 if it has none (int).
metacriticURL = game['metacritic_url'] # Metacritic review URL (string).
userScore = game['user_score'] # Users score, 0 if it has none (int).
positive = game['positive'] # Positive votes (int).
negative = game['negative'] # Negative votes (int).
scoreRank = game['score_rank'] # Score rank of the game based on user reviews (string).
achievements = game['achievements'] # Number of achievements, 0 if it has none (int).
recommens = game['recommendations'] # User recommendations, 0 if it has none (int).
notes = game['notes'] # Extra information about the game content (string).
averagePlaytime = game['average_playtime_forever'] # Average playtime since March 2009, in minutes (int).
averageplaytime2W = game['average_playtime_2weeks'] # Average playtime in the last two weeks, in minutes (int).
medianPlaytime = game['median_playtime_forever'] # Median playtime since March 2009, in minutes (int).
medianPlaytime2W = game['median_playtime_2weeks'] # Median playtime in the last two weeks, in minutes (int).
packages = game['packages'] # Available packages.
for pack in packages:
title = pack['title'] # Package title (string).
packDesc = pack['description'] # Package description (string).
subs = pack['subs'] # Subpackages.
for sub in subs:
text = sub['text'] # Subpackage title (string).
subDesc = sub['description'] # Subpackage description (string).
subPrice = sub['price'] # Subpackage price in USD (float).
developers = game['developers'] # Game developers.
for developer in developers:
developerName = developer # Developer name (string).
publishers = game['publishers'] # Game publishers.
for publisher in publishers:
publisherName = publisher # Publisher name (string).
categories = game['categories'] # Game categories.
for category in categories:
categoryName = category # Category name (string).
genres = game['genres'] # Game genres.
for gender in genres:
genderName = gender # Gender name (string).
screenshots = game['scrennshots'] # Game screenshots.
for screenshot in screenshots:
scrennshotsURL = screenshot # Game screenshot URL (string).
movies = game['movies'] # Game movies.
for movie in movies:
movieURL = movie # Game movie URL (string).
tags = game['tags'] # Tags.
for tag in tags:
tagKey = tag # Tag key (string, int).
```