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 APIs 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 6 more developer resources.

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36.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 APIs

Database EntertainmentGame DiscoveryGames Gaming Metadata Video Games

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 36.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Access Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Contract Governance 3.5 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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.

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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 11

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database creator-roles API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database creator-roles creators API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database creator-roles developers API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Database creator-roles games API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database creator-roles genres API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database creator-roles platforms API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database creator-roles publishers API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database creator-roles stores API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database creator-roles tags API

OPEN COLLECTION

RAWG Video Games Database API

OPEN COLLECTION

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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

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 API 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

Rawg Platforms 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

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

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
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  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.
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  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - creator-roles
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  - type: Vocabulary
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- aid: rawg:rawg-creators-api
  name: RAWG creators API
  description: The creators API from RAWG — 2 operation(s) for creators.
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  baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
  tags:
  - Creators
  tags_raw:
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  - type: JSONStructure
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  - type: JSONLD
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  - type: Vocabulary
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- 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
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  - type: JSONStructure
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  - type: JSONLD
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  - type: Vocabulary
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- 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:
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Rules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONStructure
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  - type: JSONLD
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  - 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
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Rules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONStructure
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  - type: JSONLD
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  - 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:
  - Platforms
  tags_raw:
  - platforms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Rules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONStructure
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  - type: JSONLD
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  - 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:
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  - type: JSONStructure
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  - type: JSONLD
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  - 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
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Rules
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONStructure
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  - type: JSONLD
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  - 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
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  - type: Documentation
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  - 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
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  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
common:
- 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

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