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RAWG.io

RAWG.io — free tier with API key

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RAWG.io exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://api.rawg.io/docs/

{
  "swagger": "2.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "RAWG Video Games Database API",
    "description": "\nThe largest open video games database.\n\n### Why build on RAWG\n- More than 350,000 games for 50 platforms including mobiles.\n- Rich metadata: tags, genres, developers, publishers, individual creators, official websites, release dates,\nMetacritic ratings.\n- Where to buy: links to digital distribution services\n- Similar games based on visual similarity.\n- Player activity data: Steam average playtime and RAWG player counts and ratings.\n- Actively developing and constantly getting better by user contribution and our algorithms.\n\n### Terms of Use\n- Free for personal use as long as you attribute RAWG as the source of the data and/or images and add an active\nhyperlink from every page where the data of RAWG is used.\n- Free for commercial use for startups and hobby projects with not more than 100,000 monthly active users or 500,000\npage views per month. If your project is larger than that, email us at [api@rawg.io](mailto:api@rawg.io) for\ncommercial terms.\n- No cloning. It would not be cool if you used our API to launch a clone of RAWG. We know it is not always easy\nto say what is a duplicate and what isn't. Drop us a line at [api@rawg.io](mailto:api@rawg.io) if you are in doubt,\nand we will talk it through.\n- You must include an API key with every request. The key can be obtained at https://rawg.io/apidocs.\nIf you don’t provide it, we may ban your requests.\n\n__[Read more](https://rawg.io/apidocs)__.\n",
    "version": "v1.0"
  },
  "host": "api.rawg.io",
  "schemes": [
    "https"
  ],
  "basePath": "/api",
  "consumes": [
    "application/json"
  ],
  "produces": [
    "application/json"
  ],
  "securityDefinitions": {}
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.rawg.io/docs/"
const res = await fetch("https://api.rawg.io/docs/");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.rawg.io/docs/")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 4On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /api/games?key=YOUR_API_KEY&search=portal awaits first probe
GET/api/games?key=YOUR_API_KEY&search=portalPROBED

Search games by title.

GET/api/games/3498?key=YOUR_API_KEY

Game details by RAWG ID (Grand Theft Auto V).

GET/api/platforms?key=YOUR_API_KEY

All gaming platforms RAWG tracks.

GET/api/genres?key=YOUR_API_KEY

Genre list with slug identifiers.

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

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

RAWG.io: common questions

Is RAWG.io free to use?

Yes — RAWG.io is a free games API. Free tier: Free tier — key may be required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does RAWG.io need an API key?

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

Can I call RAWG.io from the browser?

Yes — RAWG.io returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is RAWG.io up right now?

RAWG.io is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.