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Track PC game prices with CheapShark: find deals across Steam, GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming and dozens of other stores, search the game catalogue, and see the cheapest a game has ever been. No account or API key required.

Actions

ActionWhat it does
Get a dealLook up one deal by its id and get the game's full details, every store selling it for less right now, and the lowest price it has ever been.
Get a gameLook up one game by its CheapShark id and get every store selling it right now with their prices, plus the lowest price it has ever been.
Get several gamesLook up many games at once by their CheapShark ids and get each one's live deals and lowest price ever, one request instead of one per game.
List dealsFind current PC game deals across Steam, GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming and dozens of other stores, filtered by title, store, price, discount, Metacritic score, or Steam rating.
List storesList every store CheapShark tracks, with the id used to filter deals, the store name, whether it is still tracked, and its logo.
Search gamesSearch CheapShark's game catalogue by title or Steam App ID and get each match with its game id and cheapest price right now.

Get a deal

Look up one deal by its id and get the game's full details, every store selling it for less right now, and the lowest price it has ever been. No API key required.

Inputs

Deal IDdeal_idtextRequired
The CheapShark deal id, as returned by List deals. Deal ids change as prices update, so look one up fresh rather than saving it.

Outputs

cheaper_storeslist
Stores selling the same game for less right now, cheapest first. Empty when this is the best price.
cheapest_priceobject
The lowest price the game has ever been, across all stores.
deal_idtext
The deal id that was looked up.
deal_urltext
CheapShark redirect link for this deal. Always send users here rather than to the store directly: it is CheapShark's condition for the API being free.
game_infoobject
The game, priced at this deal's store.
Example output
{
  "cheaper_stores": [
    {
      "deal_id": "vb3EqB4KpKbSyV83DXQYAZCSBS60LaOMgLCXSt8pQxw%3D",
      "deal_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/redirect?dealID=vb3EqB4KpKbSyV83DXQYAZCSBS60LaOMgLCXSt8pQxw%3D",
      "retail_price": 29.99,
      "sale_price": 5.89,
      "store_id": "23"
    }
  ],
  "cheapest_price": {
    "date": "2023-04-26T22:33:45+00:00",
    "price": 4.49
  },
  "deal_id": "X8sebHhbc1Ga0dTkgg59WgyM506af9oNZZJLU9uSrX8%3D",
  "deal_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/redirect?dealID=X8sebHhbc1Ga0dTkgg59WgyM506af9oNZZJLU9uSrX8%3D",
  "game_info": {
    "game_id": "93503",
    "metacritic_score": 94,
    "metacritic_url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/bioshock-infinite",
    "name": "BioShock Infinite",
    "publisher": "2K Games",
    "release_date": "2013-03-25T00:00:00+00:00",
    "retail_price": 29.99,
    "sale_price": 29.99,
    "steam_app_id": "8870",
    "steam_rating_count": 98477,
    "steam_rating_percent": 93,
    "steam_rating_text": "Very Positive",
    "steamworks": true,
    "store_id": "1",
    "thumb": "https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/8870/capsule_sm_120.jpg"
  }
}

Get a game

Look up one game by its CheapShark id and get every store selling it right now with their prices, plus the lowest price it has ever been. No API key required.

Inputs

Game IDgame_idtextRequired
The CheapShark game id, for example 612. Search games first if you only have the title.

Outputs

cheapest_price_everobject
The lowest price the game has ever been, across all stores.
dealslist
Every live deal for the game, cheapest first.
infoobject
The game's title and artwork.
Example output
{
  "cheapest_price_ever": {
    "date": "2021-05-13T00:00:00+00:00",
    "price": 3.29
  },
  "deals": [
    {
      "deal_id": "OeAvw%2FSuIQBRlqCJZ4ijGmvOKn3Ic7zvV1EMWAvXqbY%3D",
      "deal_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/redirect?dealID=OeAvw%2FSuIQBRlqCJZ4ijGmvOKn3Ic7zvV1EMWAvXqbY%3D",
      "price": 4.24,
      "retail_price": 19.99,
      "savings": 78.789394,
      "store_id": "1"
    }
  ],
  "info": {
    "steam_app_id": "35140",
    "thumb": "https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/35140/capsule_sm_120.jpg",
    "title": "Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition"
  }
}

Get several games

Look up many games at once by their CheapShark ids and get each one's live deals and lowest price ever, one request instead of one per game. No API key required.

Inputs

Game IDsgame_idslistRequired
The CheapShark game ids to look up, for example 612 and 613. Search games first if you only have titles.

Outputs

countnumber
How many games were found.
gameslist
One entry per id CheapShark knew, in the order the ids were given. Unknown ids are left out.
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "games": [
    {
      "cheapest_price_ever": {
        "date": "2021-05-13T00:00:00+00:00",
        "price": 3.29
      },
      "deals": [
        {
          "deal_id": "OeAvw%2FSuIQBRlqCJZ4ijGmvOKn3Ic7zvV1EMWAvXqbY%3D",
          "deal_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/redirect?dealID=OeAvw%2FSuIQBRlqCJZ4ijGmvOKn3Ic7zvV1EMWAvXqbY%3D",
          "price": 4.24,
          "retail_price": 19.99,
          "savings": 78.789394,
          "store_id": "1"
        }
      ],
      "game_id": "612",
      "info": {
        "steam_app_id": "35140",
        "thumb": "https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/35140/capsule_sm_120.jpg",
        "title": "Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition"
      }
    }
  ]
}

List deals

Find current PC game deals across Steam, GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming and dozens of other stores, filtered by title, store, price, discount, Metacritic score, or Steam rating. Each deal comes with a CheapShark link to send users to. No API key required.

Inputs

Title containstitletext
Optional. Only deals whose game title contains this text, for example "tomb raider".
Exact title matchexacttrue/false
Optional. Require the title to match exactly instead of matching anywhere in the name. Off by default.Default: false.
Storesstore_idslist
Optional. Only deals at these stores. All stores are included when nothing is chosen.
Minimum pricelower_pricenumber
Optional. Only deals priced above this, in USD.At least 0.
Maximum priceupper_pricenumber
Optional. Only deals priced at or below this, in USD. CheapShark treats 50 as no limit.At least 0.
On sale onlyon_saletrue/false
Optional. Only games discounted right now. Off by default, which also includes full-price listings.Default: false.
AAA titles onlyaaatrue/false
Optional. Only games with a retail price above $29. Off by default.Default: false.
Redeems on Steam onlysteamworkstrue/false
Optional. Only deals that redeem on Steam. Off by default.Default: false.
Minimum Metacritic scoremetacriticnumber
Optional. Only games scoring at least this, out of 100.From 0 to 100.
Minimum Steam ratingsteam_ratingnumber
Optional. Only games whose Steam reviews are at least this percent positive.From 0 to 100.
Minimum Steam reviewsminimum_review_countnumber
Optional. Only games with at least this many Steam reviews, useful for filtering out barely-rated titles.At least 0.
Found within (hours)max_agenumber
Optional. Only deals first seen in the last this many hours, between 1 and 2500.From 1 to 2500.
Steam App IDssteam_app_idstext
Optional. Only deals for these Steam games, as a comma-separated list of Steam App IDs, e.g. "8190,6980".
Sort bysort_bytext
Optional. How to order the results. Defaults to deal rating, CheapShark's own measure of how good a deal is.One of: DealRating (Deal rating), Title, Savings, Price, Metacritic (Metacritic score), Reviews (Steam review score), ReviewCount (Steam review count), Release (Release date), Store, Recent (Recently updated). Default: DealRating.
Reverse orderdesctrue/false
Optional. Sort descending instead of ascending. Off by default.Default: false.
Pagepage_numbernumber
Optional. Which page of results to read, counting from 0. The result's total_page_count says how many there are.At least 0. Default: 0.
Deals per pagepage_sizenumber
Optional. How many deals to return, up to 60. Defaults to 60.From 1 to 60. Default: 60.

Outputs

countnumber
How many deals this page returned.
dealslist
The matching deals, in the requested order.
page_numbernumber
Which page this is, counting from 0.
total_page_countnumber
How many pages the filter matched in total.
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "deals": [
    {
      "deal_id": "HhzMJAgQYGZ%2B%2BFPpBG%2BRFcuUQZJO3KXvlnyYYGwGUfU%3D",
      "deal_rating": 9.6,
      "deal_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/redirect?dealID=HhzMJAgQYGZ%2B%2BFPpBG%2BRFcuUQZJO3KXvlnyYYGwGUfU%3D",
      "game_id": "102249",
      "internal_name": "DEUSEXHUMANREVOLUTIONDIRECTORSCUT",
      "is_on_sale": true,
      "last_change": "2021-05-20T18:47:00+00:00",
      "metacritic_score": 91,
      "metacritic_url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/deus-ex-human-revolution---directors-cut",
      "normal_price": 19.99,
      "release_date": "2013-10-22T00:00:00+00:00",
      "sale_price": 2.99,
      "savings": 85.042521,
      "steam_app_id": "238010",
      "steam_rating_count": 17993,
      "steam_rating_percent": 92,
      "steam_rating_text": "Very Positive",
      "store_id": "1",
      "thumb": "https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/238010/capsule_sm_120.jpg",
      "title": "Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut"
    }
  ],
  "page_number": 0,
  "total_page_count": 42
}

List stores

List every store CheapShark tracks, with the id used to filter deals, the store name, whether it is still tracked, and its logo. No API key required.

Inputs

None.

Outputs

countnumber
How many stores were returned.
storeslist
Every store, by ascending store id.
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "stores": [
    {
      "banner_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/img/stores/banners/0.png",
      "icon_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/img/stores/icons/0.png",
      "is_active": true,
      "logo_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/img/stores/logos/0.png",
      "store_id": "1",
      "store_name": "Steam"
    }
  ]
}

Search games

Search CheapShark's game catalogue by title or Steam App ID and get each match with its game id and cheapest price right now. Use the game id with Get a game. No API key required.

Inputs

Titletitletext
The game title to search for, for example "batman". Matches anywhere in the name unless Exact match is on. Required unless a Steam App ID is given.
Steam App IDsteam_app_idtext
Optional. Find the game with this Steam App ID, for example 35140. Use instead of a title when you have it.
Exact title matchexacttrue/false
Optional. Require the title to match exactly instead of matching anywhere in the name. Off by default.Default: false.
Maximum resultslimitnumber
Optional. How many games to return, up to 60. Defaults to 60.From 1 to 60. Default: 60.

Outputs

countnumber
How many games were returned.
gameslist
Matching games, best match first.
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "games": [
    {
      "cheapest_deal_id": "OeAvw%2FSuIQBRlqCJZ4ijGmvOKn3Ic7zvV1EMWAvXqbY%3D",
      "cheapest_deal_url": "https://www.cheapshark.com/redirect?dealID=OeAvw%2FSuIQBRlqCJZ4ijGmvOKn3Ic7zvV1EMWAvXqbY%3D",
      "cheapest_price": 4.24,
      "game_id": "612",
      "internal_name": "BATMANARKHAMASYLUMGAMEOFTHEYEAREDITION",
      "steam_app_id": "35140",
      "thumb": "https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/35140/capsule_sm_120.jpg",
      "title": "Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition"
    }
  ]
}

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