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RAWG

RAWG is the largest video game database and game discovery service, providing access to more than 350,000 games across 50+ platforms with rich metadata including tags, genres, developers, publishers, creators, release dates, Metacritic ratings, store links, ESRB ratings, average playtime, achievements, screenshots, trailers, and social media data. RAWG offers a free REST API for personal and small commercial use with API key authentication, enabling developers to search and filter games by platform, genre, developer, publisher, tag, release date, and rating. The API also provides endpoints for exploring game series, DLCs, development team members, and visually similar games (enterprise tier). RAWG is used by developers building game discovery apps, recommendation engines, gaming dashboards, and data warehouses.

RAWG publishes 9 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Creator Roles API, Creators API, Developers API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Database, Entertainment, Game Discovery, Games, and Gaming.

The RAWG catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

RAWG’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

35.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 published contracts
DatabaseEntertainmentGame DiscoveryGamesGamingMetadataVideo Games

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Media Asset Management
BC-3710
games
GET /games GET /games/{game_pk}/screenshots GET /games/{id} GET /games/{id}/movies

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0
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Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.
The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
  • Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
  • Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
  • Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.
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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
APIs.guru OpenAPI Directory (API definition directory) standard 17.2 (thin) - -

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

RAWG Creator Roles API

The creator-roles API from RAWG — 1 operation(s) for creator-roles.

RAWG Creators API

The creators API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for creators.

RAWG Developers API

The developers API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for developers.

RAWG Games API

The games API from RAWG — 14 operation(s) for games.

RAWG Genres API

The genres API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for genres.

RAWG Platforms API

The platforms API from RAWG — 3 operation(s) for platforms.

RAWG Publishers API

The publishers API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for publishers.

RAWG Stores API

The stores API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for stores.

RAWG Tags API

The tags API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for tags.

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Open Collections 10

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

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RAWG API pricing

Not yet checked against RAWG's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
Free freemium Free
Professional paid Free
Enterprise enterprise —

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against RAWG's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rawg Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rawg Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

RAWG

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Rawg Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Rawg Context

39 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

RAWG — jsonschema rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

RAWG API Rules

8 rules · 2 errors 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

RAWG Game

34 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rawg Game Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Rawg Game Detail Example

38 fields

EXAMPLE

Rawg Games List Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Rawg Genres List Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Rawg Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Rawg Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Rawg Agentic Access

60 operations

60 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: rawg
name: RAWG
description: RAWG is the largest video game database and game discovery service, providing access to more than 350,000 games
  across 50+ platforms with rich metadata including tags, genres, developers, publishers, creators, release dates, Metacritic
  ratings, store links, ESRB ratings, average playtime, achievements, screenshots, trailers, and social media data. RAWG offers
  a free REST API for personal and small commercial use with API key authentication, enabling developers to search and filter
  games by platform, genre, developer, publisher, tag, release date, and rating. The API also provides endpoints for exploring
  game series, DLCs, development team members, and visually similar games (enterprise tier). RAWG is used by developers building
  game discovery apps, recommendation engines, gaming dashboards, and data warehouses.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rawg.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Database
- Entertainment
- Game Discovery
- Games
- Gaming
- Metadata
- Video Games
created: '2025-02-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
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  name: RAWG Creator Roles API
  description: The creator-roles API from RAWG — 1 operation(s) for creator-roles.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - creator-roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rawg-creator-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Rules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
- aid: rawg:rawg-creators-api
  name: RAWG Creators API
  description: The creators API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for creators.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Creators
  tags_raw:
  - creators
  properties:
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Rules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
- aid: rawg:rawg-developers-api
  name: RAWG Developers API
  description: The developers API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for developers.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Developers
  tags_raw:
  - developers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rawg-developers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/rules/rawg-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rawg-game-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
- aid: rawg:rawg-games-api
  name: RAWG Games API
  description: The games API from RAWG — 14 operation(s) for games.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Games
  tags_raw:
  - games
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rawg-games-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/rules/rawg-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rawg-game-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
- aid: rawg:rawg-genres-api
  name: RAWG Genres API
  description: The genres API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for genres.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Genres
  tags_raw:
  - genres
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rawg-genres-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/rules/rawg-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rawg-game-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
- aid: rawg:rawg-platforms-api
  name: RAWG Platforms API
  description: The platforms API from RAWG — 3 operation(s) for platforms.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Platform
  tags_raw:
  - platforms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rawg-platforms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/rules/rawg-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rawg-game-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
- aid: rawg:rawg-publishers-api
  name: RAWG Publishers API
  description: The publishers API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for publishers.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Publishers
  tags_raw:
  - publishers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rawg-publishers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/rules/rawg-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rawg-game-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
- aid: rawg:rawg-stores-api
  name: RAWG Stores API
  description: The stores API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for stores.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Stores
  tags_raw:
  - stores
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rawg-stores-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/rules/rawg-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rawg-game-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
- aid: rawg:rawg-tags-api
  name: RAWG Tags API
  description: The tags API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Tags
  tags_raw:
  - tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rawg-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/rules/rawg-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rawg-game-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/rawg-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/rawg-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/rawg-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/rawg-capability-edges.yml
  name: RAWG Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/rawg-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rawg-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/rawg-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rawg
- type: Website
  url: https://rawg.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
- type: Signup
  url: https://rawg.io/login?forward=developer
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://rawg.io/terms
- type: Blog
  url: https://rawg.io/blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

RAWG API — frequently asked questions

Does RAWG have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from RAWG, including RAWG Creator Roles API, RAWG Creators API and RAWG Developers API, and 6 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the RAWG API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for RAWG, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the RAWG API?

RAWG uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Rawg Authentication.

How much does the RAWG API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for RAWG, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the RAWG API ready for AI agents?

RAWG has a Kin Score of 35.6 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 25.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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