Giant Bomb

aid: giantbomb
name: Giant Bomb
description: Giant Bomb is a video game database and media platform providing comprehensive data on over 100,000 games, characters,
  companies, concepts, franchises, locations, objects, and other game-related entities. The Giant Bomb API offers RESTful
  access to this rich dataset, enabling developers to query and integrate video game information into their applications using
  simple GET requests authenticated with a personal API key.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Entertainment
- Video Games
- Game Database
- Gaming
- Media
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: giantbomb:giantbomb-api
  name: Giant Bomb API
  description: The Giant Bomb API provides RESTful access to the Giant Bomb video game database, covering games, characters,
    companies, concepts, franchises, genres, locations, objects, people, platforms, releases, reviews, themes, videos, and
    more. Authentication is via an API key passed as a query parameter. Responses are available in JSON or XML format.
  humanURL: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/
  baseURL: https://www.giantbomb.com/api
  tags:
  - Video Games
  - Game Database
  - Gaming
  - Characters
  - Companies
  - Franchises
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/documentation/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/openapi/openapi.json
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/giantbomb-rate-limits.yml
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/plans/giantbomb-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/finops/giantbomb-finops.yml
  contact:
  - FN: Giant Bomb API Developers Forum
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/api-developers-3017/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.giantbomb.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/documentation/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/topics/giantbomb-api
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/giant-bomb/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.giantbomb.com/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/giantbomb
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/plans/giantbomb-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/giantbomb-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/finops/giantbomb-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com