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IGDB.com

IGDB.com — free tier with API key

🎮 GamesDEADchecked 5h ago
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IGDB.com exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

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Uptime history
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.igdb.com/v4/games

{
  "message": "Authorization Failure. Have you tried:",
  "Tip 1": "Ensure you are sending Authorization and Client-ID as headers.",
  "Tip 2": "Ensure Authorization value starts with 'Bearer ', including the space",
  "Tip 3": "Ensure Authorization value ends with the App Access Token you generated, NOT your Client Secret.",
  "Docs": "https://api-docs.igdb.com/#authentication",
  "Discord": "https://discord.gg/igdb"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.igdb.com/v4/games"
const res = await fetch("https://api.igdb.com/v4/games");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.igdb.com/v4/games")
print(res.json())

THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN

Endpoints · 6DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /v4/games no longer responds reliably
GET/v4/gamesPROBED

IGDB.com — free tier with API key

GET/v4

V4 — documented GET route.

GET/v4/1

V4 details by ID (example: 1).

GET/v4?limit=10

V4 — documented GET route.

GET/v4/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/v4/

V4 — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

IGDB.com: common questions

Is IGDB.com free to use?

Yes — IGDB.com is a free games API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does IGDB.com need an API key?

Yes — IGDB.com needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call IGDB.com from the browser?

Not directly — IGDB.com doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is IGDB.com up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, IGDB.com is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.