# Giant Bomb

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/giantbomb/  
**Website:** https://www.giantbomb.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

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.

## Kin Score — 41.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 60.1 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 42.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (9)

- **Giant Bomb Characters API** — Access to character data
- **Giant Bomb Companies API** — Access to company data
- **Giant Bomb Franchises API** — Access to franchise data
- **Giant Bomb Games API** — Access to video game data
- **Giant Bomb Platforms API** — Access to platform data
- **Giant Bomb Releases API** — Access to game release data
- **Giant Bomb Reviews API** — Access to game reviews
- **Giant Bomb Search API** — Search across all resources
- **Giant Bomb Videos API** — Access to videos

## Agentic access (1)

- **Giantbomb Agentic Access** — 17 operations

## Security (2)

- **Giantbomb Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Giantbomb Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Giantbomb Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Entertainment, Video Games, Game Database, Gaming, Media

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/giantbomb/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.